--- title: Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks description: A dog who was presumed dead after she went missing in the Pacific Ocean five weeks ago has been found alive. canonical: https://time.com/4263400/dog-found-alive-lost-at-sea-5-weeks/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-17T21:45:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:59.597Z og:title: Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks og:description: It's the real life Homeward Bound og:url: https://time.com/4263400/dog-found-alive-lost-at-sea-5-weeks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks twitter:description: It's the real life Homeward Bound twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 17, 2016 9:45 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 17, 2016 9:45 PM UTC [A dog](http://time.com/4256193/dog-riding-lawnmower/) who was presumed dead after she [went missing](http://time.com/3973782/lost-dog-indiana-arizona-1800-miles/) in the Pacific Ocean five weeks ago has been found alive. Luna, a one-year-old [German Shepherd](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921614,00.html), was on a commercial fishing trip with her owner Nick Haworth when she fell overboard about two miles offshore of San Clemente, a Naval island off the coast of San Diego. Haworth reported her disappearance on Feb. 10 and then spent days scouring the area with the help of the Navy. However, Luna was eventually [presumed dead](https://www.facebook.com/nick.haworth.5/posts/10206319887462366). **Read More:** [Watch This Emotional Video of a Young Boy Reuniting with His Lost Dog](http://time.com/4183204/boy-reunites-with-dog/) But on Tuesday, she was miraculously discovered by Naval personnel on San Clemente. “They saw Luna just sitting on the side of the road wagging her tail,” Sandy DeMunnik, a Naval public affairs officer, told [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/US/navy-finds-missing-dog-fell-off-fishing-boat/story?id=37701943). “Keep in mind, there are no domesticated animals on the island, so it was a stunning sight.” Luna is believed to have swum ashore and survived by eating mice on the island. She was examined by a wildlife biologist for the San Diego Zoo who said she was “perfectly healthy other than being a little undernourished.” Haworth is currently traveling for a work trip, but will be reunited with his pet in the near future. Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4263400/dog-found-alive-lost-at-sea-5-weeks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4263400/dog-found-alive-lost-at-sea-5-weeks/"},"headline":"Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks","datePublished":"2016-03-17T21:45:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:59.597Z","description":"It's the real life Homeward Bound","url":"https://time.com/4263400/dog-found-alive-lost-at-sea-5-weeks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4263400/dog-found-alive-lost-at-sea-5-weeks/","name":"Dog Found Alive After Being Lost at Sea for 5 Weeks"}}]}] ```