Lovesick Dog Finds Owner in Hospital

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As John Dolan lay in a hospital bed at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Islip, N.Y., last Thursday, he got a phone call he least expected.

A hospital employee, later identified as a man named Rick, told Dolan that he was standing outside the hospital with a white samoyed dog whose tag listed Dolan as the owner. The man told Dolan he needed to come pick up the dog because he was late for work.

Dolan, 46, said the dog was indeed his, but he couldn’t come right away because he was inside the hospital and his wife was asleep at their home, two miles away.

It was then that the two men wondered, how did Zander get so close to Dolan’s bedside, so many miles from home?

“It’s not nonsense that he was at the hospital,” Dolan, resting at home with Zander by his side, told ABCNews.com today. “He was moping around for the days I was already at the hospital, sitting in my seat and rolled up and depressed. My wife said he had water in his eyes and looked like he was really sad.”

Zander is a 70-pound, approximately 7-year-old samoyed-husky mix that Dolan and his wife had rescued from a shelter five years ago who has a history of escaping.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/10/loyal-dog-leaves-new-york-home-seeks-out-sick-owner-in-hospital/

[Lucinda]

1. Great story. Thanks!

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[life long demo]

2. Awwwwwwww

Just reaffirmed my view that we humans could learn so much from our animal friends.

[ellie]

3. Puppy loves his dad!