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Jokerman

(3,517 posts)
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 11:46 AM Apr 2013

A heartwarming scene at the vet’s office.

I was at the counter of the vet’s office paying the bill while one of our cats was in the back getting blood drawn for a test when a woman walks in the door with a huge smile on her face. She was carrying a flyer with the headline “MISSING” and a photo of a dog. She announces enthusiastically “I want my baby back!”

One of the other techs at the counter greets her and leads her down the hallway while the tech helping me explains that the woman had lost her dog over a week ago. A couple of days ago, a man who lives several miles away found the dog. He quickly took a liking to it and wanted to keep it but a friend urged him to take the dog to the vet for a health check and to see if it was micro-chipped before getting too attached.

About this time the man comes out into the hallway with the dog on a leash. The dog has heard her voice and is going crazy with excitement. When they meet she drops down, hugs the dog and starts to cry. Then the man starts to cry, then the vet tech starts to cry, pretty soon everyone in the office is shedding tears of joy at this wonderful reunion.

This may sound like a commercial for the pet microchip companies but it was a real, heartwarming scene that I was fortunate enough to witness.

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A heartwarming scene at the vet’s office. (Original Post) Jokerman Apr 2013 OP
Awww, that is so sweet Duer 157099 Apr 2013 #1
I love happy endings. warrior1 Apr 2013 #2
Critters know their humans. talkingmime Apr 2013 #3
Some years ago a woman came into my business with a flyer Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2013 #4
+1 CrispyQ Apr 2013 #9
Aw, that is wonderful! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #5
I feel bad for the man that found the dog Worried senior Apr 2013 #6
I was living in Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia) a few years ago. SwissTony Apr 2013 #11
Thanks for that- it's always nice to hear good news! marzipanni Apr 2013 #7
Wonderful story. Thanks. Both of mine are microchipped. Kudos to the man for returning the dog.nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #8
No doubt had I been there, there would have been one more person crying. hamsterjill Apr 2013 #10

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
1. Awww, that is so sweet
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 11:51 AM
Apr 2013


Reminds me of when I found a lost cat. Took her to the vet because she was in awful shape. Got her cleaned up, spayed, etc. Then, after many weeks, saw LOST flyers about her. Returned her, very tearfully, to her owner. A few days later, got a call from that owner, asking if I wanted her. Said, she wasn't happy back at home because she didn't like the kitten the lady now had--which incidentally, was one from this very cat--and I excitedly accepted. Never looked back. She lived a very long life and we were both very happy.
 

Boudica the Lyoness

(2,899 posts)
4. Some years ago a woman came into my business with a flyer
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:03 PM
Apr 2013

for her missing dog. The flyer had his mug shot on it and announced the $100 reward. She told me he had fallen out of the pick up truck's kennel thing she had him in, some where along the highway between the interstate and where I was...about 20 miles of road. It's a pretty barren stretch of road and my building sat on the end of a very small industrial park.

A few days later I looked outside the window and there was the dog trotting along the highway. I dropped everything and ran out and grabbed him. The woman was so happy when I called and told her I had him. My dog kept the happy wanderer entertained till his mum showed up. It was a lovely scene indeed. She got her check book out to write me a check and I said NO WAY! To reunited a dog with his family was priceless.

CrispyQ

(36,225 posts)
9. +1
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 09:52 AM
Apr 2013

Responding to come back & read more great reunion stories!

Years ago I could have captured a stray dog if I'd only had a leash. I bought two later that day, one for each car. Amazingly, I used one on . . . a cow! A farmer had some temporary fencing up & one of his cows got out & was trotting down the road. I drove ahead of it, pulled over & got out the leash. Another driver also pulled over & we got the cow, put the leash around it's neck - it was more of a collar than a leash - & we were able to coax the creature back the other way. The farmer was nowhere to be seen, so we led the cow back into the field & made the fencing more secure. Not sure I would have been able to help that creature without a leash.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,297 posts)
5. Aw, that is wonderful!
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:36 PM
Apr 2013

And I just gave you the fifth recommendation for the Greatest Page!

This story definitely belongs there.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
11. I was living in Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia) a few years ago.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 07:13 PM
Apr 2013

I used to go to work on the bus. One day, I was walking to the bus stop and saw a Great Dane walking around the neighbourhood. I wondered if he had gotten loose.

The next day, I came home after work to see the same dog walking down my street, unfortunately with a limp. I took him inside and gave him water and steak - the only meat I had in the house. That night, he slept with me and licked my face for ages as a token of his appreciation.

The next day, I rang the Darwin Council (while at work) to ask if someone had reported a lost dog. I had only uttered a few sentences when the guy put me on hold and transferred me to another number. I had no clue to whom I was talking, but it had to be about the dog. I told the (new) guy what had happened and he told me it was almost certainly his dog. I gave him my address and he went round and collected Axl, as he was called.

That evening, I was sitting outside drinking a beer (Darwin is a tropical city) and this big guy walks in. He tells me it was his dog and thanks me for looking after him. I say "No problem", we share a beer and we shake hands and he leaves. Fifteen minutes later, he returns with a block (30 x 375 ml cans, about $50) of the beer we had been drinking. I hadn't asked for it but it was a very nice thank you.

I was very willing to keep Axl, but he wasn't my dog. At least I looked after him for one day. But, I was a little sad when he left.

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
7. Thanks for that- it's always nice to hear good news!
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 04:04 PM
Apr 2013

I hope this experience inspires the man to find a dog to adopt.

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
10. No doubt had I been there, there would have been one more person crying.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 01:31 PM
Apr 2013

Great advice to ALWAYS check any found pets for microchips. I've returned several that way!

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