He is called Marlow The Brave and has earned that name, to be sure. Eight-year-old Marlow, a black-haired rescue who hails from the streets of Mexico, went missing from his Paradise Valley home on May 8. The saga he and his fur parents endured is quite the tale.
Lost As his fur dad, Thomas Matthew, tells it, Marlow ran into the woods behind his neighbour's house to chase something and did not return when called, which was not like him. "My nerves began to spark. I started calling him and climbed into the hills to investigate," Matthew recalled in a written account he sent to The Squamish Chief.
"Calling felt silly. Marlow doesn't wander off, and he doesn't need to be called home. I knew that he was either gone to coyotes, trapped/injured somewhere, chased away and lost, or 'rescued' and brought home with someone.
" That first day turned to night, but no Marlow. Coyotes are often heard howling very loudly nearby, and given that it is birthing season for pups, for more than two days, his human parents worried and feared the worst. The day after he went missing, Matthew set out looking for Marlow with one of his dog buddies, Pedro.
"I brought one of Marlow's canine friends out to sniff around, but we found zero sign of our buddy," Matthew said. They did, however, find a coyote den. “We actually ended up encircled and squaring off with multiple wild canids, but our fearless presence asserted dominance over the situation and the dogs receded.
Not before darting between us though,.