Titan the Great Dane headed home after 16-day ordeal

Titan the Great Dane on Sunday was headed home to Medford, Ore.

He received care and then was discharged from the DoveLewis animal hospital’s intensive care unit in Portland.

Titan had been missing for 16 days when discovered injured and emaciated Friday in a ravine near Felida Park.

“His will to survive and the fact that he’s still alive, nobody can figure it out,” said Gary Walters, who was looking after the dog when he bolted. “He lost a third of his body weight, at least.”

The saga began the evening of Dec. 29.

Walters was dog-sitting Titan for his sister when he let the dog into the front yard for a potty break.

Finished with his business, Titan was waiting to come back into the house when he was spooked just as a car passed by. Walters said the car resembled the one his sister drives, and Titan was last seen galloping off in chase.

Walters and his wife, Amanda Giese, organized an intensive neighborhood-wide search.

The family spent the first 20 hours after he disappeared walking the area, contacting neighbors and calling for Titan. His sister and her husband drove overnight from their home in Medford, Ore., to join the search.