When you get a pet, they quickly become an important part of your family as you care for them and watch them grow. So the idea of being separated from your furry friend can be incredibly upsetting.
One couple recently experienced this heartbreak as their seven-month-old miniature dachshund went missing on a 350-acre farm in Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire.
Fern Holmes and Doug Dinwiddie were worried little Floyd wouldn't be able to make it out there on his own, so searched high and low for the pup.
The tiny dog got scared last Friday, after another dog started barking and he "took flight" disappearing into an oilseed rape field.
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