"We brought Callie home": Dog found safe after spending 28 days in Canadian mountains (PHOTOS)

After 28 worry-filled days, a local pet owner has finally reunited with her dog after her pup went missing in a mountainous area in BC.

On January 29, Samantha Jung, her dog and friend were in the the Mount Seymour area which is less than an hour away from Vancouver.

Jung explained that while she went to the washroom, her friend held her dog Callie.

Callie was on a leash, but something scared her and she pulled away and ran, Jung said.

“She ran through the parking lot, past people, and down the mountainside where there are zero trails,” she explained.

“I’m devastated I wasn’t there to call her back. I never thought she would take off like that as we trained to come back if the leash dropped.”

Photo of Callie (Samantha Jung)

Jung notified local shelters, mountain staff and spent weeks herself looking for Callie on sanctioned and unsanctioned trails.

“Samantha has taken time off of work and has stayed in North Vancouver (where she is 45 mins outside of) to try to search for Callie during odd hours,” a GoFundMe, set up by one of Jung’s friends, reads.

The fundraiser has since been collecting donations to support Samantha with her search.

As of Sunday afternoon, $4,700 has been raised.

For about a month, Jung has updated hundreds of people online about her search to help narrow down where her beloved pup is.

Thankfully, on Saturday, she shared some good news.

“We brought Callie home,” the post reads.

Jung said Callie is acting “like nothing ever happened.”

“I’m in awe at the strength and will to survive she exhibited – considering the terrain I was exploring the day she was found to follow her tracks in the snow. I can only imagine the things she’s seen and done to get back home,” Jung added Sunday.

Jung said for now, her focus is on ensuring Callie is getting enough sleep, time or recover and food.

“Thank you everyone for helping to bring my best friend back,” she added.