Warm and fuzzy ending to tale of Flossie the missing poodle

Almost a week after she went missing the beloved red-brown toy poodle Flossie is back home with her owner. Here’s all we know.

Almost a week after she went missing the beloved red-brown toy poodle Flossie is back home with her owner.

In what has to be the good news story of 2025 (so far), eight-year-old Flossie was found Monday morning.

Reality TV show star and singer-turned-real estate agent Amity Dry – who is a friend of Flossie’s owner Ann-Louise Hordacre – shared the good news on social media.

“Flossie has been found!!!!!,” she wrote, adding: “She was near Sefton Plaza, walking by the road (I think).”

The shopping centre is more than 10km from Flossie’s home in Fullarton.

Ann-Louise Hordacre and Flossie before she went missing. Picture: Facebook.

Ms Dry continued: “Ann-Louise was so emotional when she called me I couldn’t get all the details. She is taking her to the vet now but she seems unharmed. But most importantly she’s in her mum’s arms. I can’t believe it. I’d really lost hope.”

Flossie was declared missing – presumedly stolen – after an intruder broke in on Tuesday, January 28.

Flinders University academic Dr Hordacre previously told The Advertiser she believed the thieves who took Flossie were “opportunistic”.

“She looks like a puppy, they may have thought she would make a nice gift or they could sell her,” Ms Hordacre told The Advertiser.

“She would be anxious, she would be scared … she’s so little.

“She didn’t run away … she just runs to me, that’s all she wants.”

The Mix 102.3 billboard. Source: social media

Flossie. Picture: Supplied

The Advertiser and Mix 102.3’s breakfast show Hayley & Max in the Morning helped in the six-day search for Flossie by telling the tale of the little dog lost. Mix also put a “Find Flossie” billboard above the Caledonian Hotel in North Adelaide.

Signing off from her social media post, Ms Dry said Dr Hordacre wanted to thank everyone who had helped in the search for Flossie, adding: “This is the greatest outcome we could’ve hoped for. “

Originally published as Warm and fuzzy ending to tale of Flossie the missing poodle