Community Corner
Happy Ending: Ripley the Dog Returns Home
Missing since Friday, the boxer is hungry, but safe.
Today's early morning rain brought more than just mud with it.
returned safely to her grateful family’s home in the Autumn Hill neighborhood at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.
“She just showed up at the back door in the rain,” said Kelli Rathfon, Ripley’s owner, in an email. “She hates the rain so that might have made her find her way home.”
Find out what's happening in Cranberrywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Rathbon said the tan-and-white boxer is a little beat up from being outside for several days and hungry, but otherwise OK.
In the days Ripley was missing, the Rathfon family plastered the area with flyers featuring the 5-year-old missing boxer’s photo and notified and the Humane Society about the missing dog.
Find out what's happening in Cranberrywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Rathfon said they also received calls about Ripley sightings in the Freedom Road area. The family is thrilled to have her back safe and sound.
“We are just so, so happy our Ripley is home!” Rathfon said.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
