Te Miro School students are desperate to find their missing pet.
Three-year-old Suzie went missing from the school almost two weeks ago.
Year 4 student Imogen Nicholls said students wanted Suzie back “a million to the power of a billion”.
The black and white dog is owned by principal Michaela Phillips.
Suzie the dog. Photo: Supplied.
“Suzie is a family dog who loves children, loves to dig for rabbits and loves to come to work with me and has done for the past three years,” Michaela said.
“She will sit and listen to children read and will play ball with them at break times. The rest of the time, she laps up cuddles and will sit close by at morning tea, hoping for a tidbit.”
“Suzie comes into my classroom and she’s usually a bit cheeky – she opens up a lunchbox that’s on the ground and eats all the food in it,” Imogen, eight, said.
“She loves rabbit holes, but we’ve checked all the rabbit holes and we’ve collapsed all the ones we think she’d fit under, but we can’t find her.
“I am very, very, very sad. I miss her popping in and out of the classroom and cuddling up.”
Year three student Leo Lewis said he would run up to Suzie and hug her if she came back.
“We’ve had families from the community come in and out every day looking for her,” he said. “They’ve even checked all the paddocks.”
Michaela is offering a $1000 reward for her beloved dog’s safe return.
She said Suzie looked a little bit like Yoda from Star Wars. Her father was a shih tzu cross and her mother was a mix of breeds.
“We just really want her back,” she said.
Year three student Clara Thompson is missing her hugs with Suzie.
