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Alan Funnell and Louisa Andrew have been on a long and difficult journey in search of their missing dogs, Dice and Wee Dog.
You might have seen the signs along the road, or found a leaflet in your mailbox: Two small dogs, very much loved, possibly separated and both at large. Dice and Wee Dog vanished into the Otago hills about 18 months ago. Their owners, Louisa Andrew and Alan Funnell, started looking within minutes, and have not stopped since. They’ve combed coastlines at 1am in the morning, and followed vague tip-offs and half remembered sightings across the country; they have rounded the South Island several times over, hit dead ends, turned down work, abandoned hobbies, gone broke, torn themselves apart.
Missing dogs Weed (L) and Dice.
Photo: Supplied / by Allan and Louisa Funnell
Dice, a small black poodle, and Weed, a fox terrier- jack russell cross, disappeared from their home on the Otago Peninsula in October 2019.
Their owner Alan Funnell said the dogs were unsupervised for under two minutes when they disappeared. My partner Louisa had the dogs with her when she went to feed the chooks, she let them out for a pee and in the couple of minutes she walked into the shed and back again they were gone. We think they chased a rabbit off the property and someone has picked them up, he said.