Lizzie, jack russell terrier

Lost dog reunited with Mapperley family after two years
Thursday, August 06, 2009, 07:00


WHEN their dog went missing from Mapperley Park more than two years ago the owners never stopped thinking about her. But just days ago they received a call from a vets in Wolverhampton to say Lizzie the Jack Russell had been found safe and well.

No one knows how she travelled the 65 miles from Nottingham, but the four-year-old pet is now back at the family home in Warwick Road.

Her amazed owner, Chris Day, 40, said: "It's absolutely fantastic, she just came in, sniffed the other dog and the cats and sat down on her favourite pink sofa."

He remembers vividly the day they lost Lizzie in June 2007. Mr Day said: "She and her brother Stubbs got out of the gate and were seen running down Woodborough Road. Stubbs was found straight away.

"Lizzie is more nimble on her feet and raced into St Ann's and that was the last we saw of her," said Mr Day, who lives with his wife Fi and their children Nat, 12, Ben, 15 and Mimi, 11.

Despite putting up posters and placing notices with lost dog websites, the family never heard of her whereabouts.

Mr Day said: "Time drifted by and we thought she would have been picked up. It plays on your mind and we hoped she'd gone to a good home and stayed out of harm's way."

The reunion took place after she was brought into a Wolverhampton vets as a stray by a farmer who found her in the area. She was scanned for a microchip and staff realised her home was in Nottingham.

Toni Colbourne, who works at George's Veterinary Group, said: "She was brought in as a stray and we automatically do a scan. We were all surprised when we realised where she was from and the time and distance she was found from home.

"The dog has been somewhere but we don't know where. I think this really highlights why people should get their dog microchipped and that people should never give up hope."

The Day family are at a loss to where Lizzie has been for the past two years.

Mr Day said: "We've got no idea where she's been. The vets at St George's said, judging by the marks on her elbows, she looked like she'd been a working dog.

"I think she was found, set to work and escaped."

Source:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Lost-dog-reunited-Mapperley-family-years/article-1228098-detail/article.html