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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsA heartwarming scene at the vet’s office.
I was at the counter of the vets 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.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)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.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)talkingmime
(2,173 posts)Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)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)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)And I just gave you the fifth recommendation for the Greatest Page!
This story definitely belongs there.
Worried senior
(1,328 posts)but extremely happy for the woman and the dog.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)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)I hope this experience inspires the man to find a dog to adopt.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Great advice to ALWAYS check any found pets for microchips. I've returned several that way!