Sophie the dog: a castaway for four months

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 around 8 am mountain time

This is an incredible story of survival instincts in a house-broken pet.

A pet dog that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia has been reunited with its owners after surviving alone on an island for four months, reports said.

The dog was believed to have drowned and Griffith said the family was devastated.

But out of sight of the family, Sophie Tucker was swimming doggedly and finally made it to St. Bees Island, five nautical miles away, and began the sort of life popularized by the TV reality show “Survivor.”

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