Breed won't predict dog's personality, study says 01:46. A runaway dog named Valerie has been captured after a 529-day adventure, transfixing Australia as she roamed an island teeming with ...

After 529 days on the run, Valerie the dachshund is safe and sound. The eight-pound sausage dog recently made headlines around the world for surviving on a rugged Australian island for more than a ...

Valerie ran off while she was on a camping trip with her owners back in 2023 on a remote island in Australia. They had lost hope until locals spotted her more than a year later, surviving in the wild.

Valerie the dachshund has finally been reunited with her owners after surviving 540 days alone on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.

Valerie’s capture ended an odyssey that started in November 2023, when she escaped during a family camping trip to Kangaroo Island, a rugged island off the southern Australian coast.

Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.

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