By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Being lost and freezing in the Alaskan tundra is what Hollywood horror stories are made of, but for one poor blind pooch it became a chilly reality after she went missing during a bitter blizzard.

With temperatures reaching 40 degrees below zero, eight-year-old Abby's family thought they would not see their beloved pet again, whom they raised from an animal shelter puppy, when she was swept up on December 13 during the worst part of the recent snow storms, reported the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

McKenzie Grapengeter had sadly resolved to the reality that the short-haired brown-and-white mixed breed would never again sniff around in their five-acre lot with her children, Greg, 10, Shane, 9, and Ava, 6, especially as the the rescue dog began losing her sight a number of years ago.

Amazingly, the family got a real-life Christmas miracle when after a week of pining for their pet, they got a call saying Abby had been found safe and sound more than 10 miles away from home.

"It's a miracle; there's no other words to describe it," revealed Grapengeter, wh