The Leader Post, Regina Saskatchewan Canada, is reporting on a lost dog that survived the cold for an estimated two weeks.

“After being lost in the harsh winter weather for two weeks, a Regina family’s dog has been found, but is still fighting for survival.

On Sunday morning, the Regina Humane Society (RHS) received a call on their 24-hour emergency line from CP Rail employees who had found an injured dog lying on the train tracks near MacRae Bay in northeast Regina.

Gail MacMillan, director of development at the RHS, said an emergency personnel worker sent to the scene found a two-year-old American Eskimo lying between the train tracks. The dog’s tail was frozen to the tracks, making him immobile.

MacMillan said the dog likely went to the location, laid down and had given up, causing his body heat to melt the ice and snow between the tracks. With the low temperatures recorded last week, the melted snow would have frozen again, trapping the dog in ice.

While it’s unknown how long he was lying there, the dog’s position could have helped him survive, yet also caused him trauma.”

Read the full story in the Leader Post.