Footage shows the moment a missing dog was finally rescued - after she caused eight temporary motorway closures in 11 days.

Nicola Patterson, 33, received a call while on a trip to Majorca with her husband and two young children to say that her beloved dog Phoebe had gone missing.

The Welsh Springer Spaniel was being looked after by a friend in Bean, near Dartford, when she knocked the latch on the back gate and escaped from their garden.

After getting the dreaded news, owner Nicola immediately booked a flight for her and her seven-month-old baby.

She said: “I flew home – I didn’t sleep all of Tuesday night and on Wednesday I got a really late-night flight home for me and my baby.

“I got back to Stansted at around 2am on Thursday morning and managed to get home at 3am but I was out looking by 5am.”

Meanwhile, Nicola's brother and his flat mate made it their mission to find Phoebe, sharing her pictures on social media to spread the word.

The Lost Dog Phoebe Facebook group would grow to more than 1,000 members in just two weeks following her initial disappearance on Tuesday, August 27.

Although there were sightings across Kent, it appeared Phoebe had crossed over the A2 on a footbridge and upon reaching some industrial units, panicked and ran away.

Nicola said: “Every time there had been a sighting they [her brother and friend] got there just after she’d gone.

“We didn’t really know where to start looking because we had people calling in saying ‘I think I’ve seen your dog’ and wherever it was, we would go.”

After hearing from National Highways about a report of a spaniel on the side of the A2, the road was temporarily closed for a check, but Phoebe was nowhere to be seen.

Throughout the search there was a team of around 15 people putting up posters.