MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – A 5-year-old boy and his dog who went missing on Tuesday evening have been found safe and sound.

Brett Paul Bowman and “Tank” – his family's Labrador Retriever – were found safe on Wednesday morning, according to Capt. Greg Van Patten of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies was dispatched to a reported missing child from a residence located in the 27000 block of Fox Road – in a remote rural portion of the Brooktrails subdivision – in Willits just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Van Patten reported.

When deputies arrived, Van Patten said they learned that Brett left the family's residence at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, indicating he was “going on a field trip.”

He was last seen by a sibling walking uphill in a southwestern direction into a heavily wooded area adjacent to the family's residence. Van Patten said the boy was with Tank, a black 5-year-old Labrador Retriever.

Deputies began an immediate search of the area with the assistance of personnel from the Brooktrails Fire Department and Mendocino County Search and Rescue. Van Patten said a reverse 911 notification call was sent out to the surrounding areas near where Brett was last seen.

Due to the circumstances of Brett’s disappearance, Van Patten said a mutual aid request was made for further assistance which included personnel from Cal Fire, Marin County Search and Rescue, San Mateo Search and Rescue, California Highway Patrol, Willits Police Department, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Federal Bureau of Investigations, REACH air ambulance, Lake County Sheriff's Office, California Rescue Dog Association, Bay Area Mountain Rescue, Sonoma County Search and Rescue, California Office of Emergency Services and Falck ambulance service.

At approximately 7:55 a.m. Wednesday search teams found Brett in a heavily wooded area approximately 2 miles from his family's residence. Brett was alive and appeared to be in good health, with Tank at his side, officials reported.

The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office thanked all the personnel and public safety agencies that assisted in the search operation.