Rescued German dog returns to owner after Swiss hiking mishap

A German shepherd dog has been reunited with her owner in Germany more than a week after being assumed dead after falling into a ravine in Switzerland. According to the cantonal police in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, a 61-year-old man from Germany was hiking with his dog from Säntis down to Schwägalp. In the Nasenlöcher area, the dog briefly played on a snow field, whereupon she slipped and fell into the depths. Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. The owner could see the dog motionless in the steep terrain below with his binoculars. Despite waiting a long time and constantly repeating calls and whistles, he could no longer detect any reaction from his dog. With the certainty that his dog had not survived the fall, the German set off on his descent and then made his way home. The accident took place on Friday 26 June. Eight days later the Appenzell Innerrhoden cantonal police received a report that a dog was in rough terrain in a meadow in the ...