Christmas Miracle! Dog re-united with Owner after 2 Years!

Maynard, an 8 year old Mastiff mix, was turned into the Erath County Humane Society shelter in Stephenville, Texas, 3 weeks before Christmas. He was very emaciated. The shelter manager scanned the dog for a micochip and got a number. She tried to trace it via telephone, but didn't have any luck for days. There just didn't seem to be a record of the dog anywhere.

So she asked me (I'm the vice president of the Erath County Humane Society) if I can help her track down the owner online since the shelter doesn't have a computer.

I managed to get a hit at the Austin TLAC Rescue Office. Thank you Kathryn!!! From then on the 2 Yahoo Groups (tlacrescue and centraltexasrescue) took over and before I knew it, there was more information available. What a networking! Thank you so much to everybody who got involved!

All traces ended with Charlyne's Pound Puppies where Susan ended up finding a record of the microchip number, the date he was adopted out and to whom!

In the meantime, Maynard's last day was nearing at the shelter. There is only so much room and funds available and Maynard was kept longer than usual already. So I decided to foster him at least over Christmas and try to find him a home. But it never came down to that.

Thanks to Susan who made a few phone calls, Maynard's original owner called. She explained that she had gone through some hard times nearly three years back and had given the dog to her parents for a short while. Until then the dog had lived with them, slept in bed with her 2 children who grew up with him and loved him with all their hearts.

When the time came to retrieve the dog, he turned up missing. After months and months of putting out flyers and making endless phone calls, they presumed him dead. They believed that he must have eaten some of the poison the neighbor had put out for the coyotes.

So imagine when she received the phone call that her dog was found alive and well. A little bit thin, but that's nothing that can't be changed. What greater Christmas miracle is there?

So please, microchip your pets! Activate that chip too! Read the description that comes with the chip!

And also go to the next shelter, make a donation or adopt a pet if you happen to be planning to purchase one. Don't buy - adopt! Too many pets are losing their homes in these hard times and the donations at the shelters are down. It's the dogs and cats that are paying with their lives. They give us so much, it's time to give back!

Happy Holidays!

Erath County Humane Society on petfinder: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TX1178.html

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• missing dog
• found after 2 years
• christmas miracle
• erath county humane society
• microchip
• mastiff found
• lost and found
• animal shelter

[HopyHop1]

Why can't the tracking device be on the dog's collar?

[MissDolittle]

@HopyHop1 Because collars get lost, switched, stolen, they break, get old etc

[HopyHop1]

@MissDolittle Well, I've had four dogs, and their collars were never lost, switched, stolen, broken ... I've never heard of that happening to any of the collars to any of the dogs that I've known either.

MIcrochip replacement would be much easier if it is in a collar and not under a pet's skin. Moreover, any health risks of having a microchip under the skin would not be a concern.

[MissDolittle]

@HopyHop1 That makes you the exception to the rule. I too have 4 dogs. One can't wear a collar right now because she has a bad ear infection and it irritates her even more. My little one doesn't wear a collar because he keeps getting sores from it. Of course I don't let them outside without a collar, but it happens. I'm sure you have good points too, but I prefer the chip inside the dog. Nobody can steal as easily as a collar and the proof is solid.

[QcTigerGirl7]

i lost my cat...and then..couple months later..she came back...i got out of the bus...i saw a pouffy thing at my door house...so i wint to go look what it was..and it was her...my cat...i started crying so much i was happy...and then she ran away couple onths latter...nevr came back :'(

[MissDolittle]

@QcTigerGirl7 I missed the best moments...took so long for the camera to turn on and then there were other people in the way...it was heartwarming. I just did a bad job capturing it with the camera.

[iRUN254]

i would have been more excited than what she showed!

[MissDolittle]

@iRUN254 I didn't catch the first moments of the re-union, had to cut it out because somebody was standing in front of me. It's also not everybody's thing to show their feelings in front of a group of people.

[amyisondrugs]

"he slept with my kids.." Sorry, I had too

[eub3072]

@OrochimaruChick

[eub3072]

@QcTigerGirl7 Haha, hope your cat died, dogs rule.

[katrina374]

@QcTigerGirl7 ♥♥♥

[QcTigerGirl7]

@katrina374 me too..animals are my friends :)

[katrina374]

@QcTigerGirl7 Aww. :'(

I don't know why but I'm seriously emotional when it comes to animals. :'\