RYE — After being lost for just over 24 hours in the Rye woods, Fulton Hurley was found in a swamp at about 8:30 Tuesday night. He ended his ordeal with one scoop of vanilla ice cream from Lago's Lone Oak Ice Cream before going home to bed.

RYE — After being lost for just over 24 hours in the Rye woods, Fulton Hurley was found in a swamp at about 8:30 Tuesday night. He ended his ordeal with one scoop of vanilla ice cream from Lago's Lone Oak Ice Cream before going home to bed.



The 15-year-old Husky mix, who is deaf and blind, had wandered away from his owner, Bill Hurley, during a walk on Monday night. Hurley, his wife Christine, and their daughter Elizabeth had searched for their beloved pet until 1 a.m. Tuesday. After a couple hours of sleep, the family resumed their search, posting signs in the town forest Tuesday morning asking other dog owners for help. And while many in the Rye community had answered that call for help and had searched all day, it was Zamboni Hurley, Elizabeth's year-old Collie mix, who sniffed out Fulton and led Elizabeth to him just before dark Tuesday night.



"It was like finding a needle in a haystack," said Fulton's owner, Chris Hurley. She said Fulton was lying in the swamp surrounded by a thicket in the woods about a half-mile from her home.



The drama had begun Monday evening, when Bill Hurley took Fulton out for a walk along with Gigi, his other dog.



"I used to walk him in the woods but stopped because he would bump into things," he said of Fulton. "I started walking him in Parsons Field because then I could let him wander around."



Hurley said he was looking at Gigi and, before he noticed, Fulton had slipped into the trees.



"We stayed up looking until 1 a.m. and we were right back out this morning," said William Hurley on Tuesday. "It's hard because it's not like we can yell his name."



Before Fulton had been found, the Hurleys said they were very worried, knowing Fulton's limitations. The dog wears a tag that says "I am deaf and blind. Please help me."



"We are beside ourselves," said Christine Hurley before Fulton was found. "He's like our child. We have eight people out looking for him now."



She said Fulton was "dog of the week" at a paper in Richmond, Va. "Elizabeth adopted him," she said. "She is a big baseball fan, and the Atlanta Braves were playing in Fulton Stadium — hence the name."



Fulton was not the only Hurley to get an ice cream before bed Tuesday, said Bill. "We also bought one for Zamboni," he said. "He also had vanilla."