The couple are unwilling to give up, despite more than two months of searching.
It has been nine weeks since 9-year-old black poodle Dice and 3-year-old fox terrier cross Weed, went missing from the couple’s property on the Otago Peninsula on October 17.
Ms Andrew, an equine dentist, and partner Alan, garden manager at Glenfalloch Garden, traditionally go for a run with their six dogs on Christmas morning.
That will be different this year.
"We’ll only have four dogs this year and will probably walk instead of run so it won’t be the same," Ms Andrew said.
"The whole experience of losing them has been gut-wrenching, my heart is broken."
Ms Andrew said she took four weeks off work after the dogs went missing to search for them.
The couple also contacted an animal psychic who provided them with direction on where to search, without luck.
Their hopes were renewed in November when, after they appeared on Seven Sharp, a man reached out to report he had seen Dice and Weed in Dunedin in the days after their disappearance.
"We got very excited over that lead because we had a group we could focus on — he had seen them tied on the inside of a white van at the freedom campers car park in Ocean View.
"It was hard because it was all positive for a minute and then we realised we still hadn’t actually found them."
A Facebook page Ms Andrew set up to widen the search for the dogs had provided them with large amounts of support from across the country, accruing more than 7800 likes.
"We’ve received messages from people in little pockets all over New Zealand telling us they were visiting freedom camps and
talking to tourists as well as spreading flyers."
She said she had printed and distributed countless flyers over the past two months.
"I travel a lot for work and everywhere I go I’ve made sure I put up flyers — in some quite remote places I travel to there are already flyers there which is just amazing."
At this point giving up would be more painful than continuing search efforts, Ms Andrew said.
"Some people wait 18 months and then get their dogs back, it’s not uncommon.
"Because there hasn’t been much information, its very hard to keep waking up and attacking each day with the same
enthusiasm and energy."
Ms Andrew believed the dogs could be anywhere in New Zealand and may not be together.
"If people could keep their eyes peeled for any sightings and contact us, we know we can’t find them on our own."
