Jul 15, 2008 9:41 pm US/Central
The Moeller family of Arlington Heights greets their border collie, Bo, five years after he disappeared from their home. Bo turned up in Rockford on July 15, 2008.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) A dog was back home Tuesday night in the suburbs after disappearing five years ago.
The dog belongs to a family of six kids; needless to say, they were devastated when they lost him.
The family lives in Arlington Heights now. Their border collie, Bo, was found near Rockford.
CBS 2 News was there when the reunion took place Tuesday evening.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the shaggy collie sauntered into the Moeller family's yard in Arlington Heights.
"He looks exactly like the way we remembered him, except the mats," said Bob Moeller.
It may not have seemed like much of an entrance, but Bo was finally back.
Bo was the Moellers' first dog, who disappeared five years ago. Tuesday morning, they got a call that Bo had been found.
Melissa Moeller said, "My dad woke us up with the news. It was so amazing to us." She said nobody knows where Bo has been all these years or how he ended up all the way out near Rockford, which is where Melissa's father and brother drove out to get him.
"The whole way out there we said 'Did you ever think this day would come? No way,'" Bob Moeller said.
Bob said cameras were waiting for them when they went to pick up the dog in Rockford. He said he believes the dog recognized his son right away and certainly, vice versa.
Brent Moeller said, "As soon as I saw him, I knew. He did his old tricks."
The Moellers said staff at the animal shelter had tears in their eyes. They'd never seen a dog reunited with a family after so many years.
Bob Moeller admitted that he didn't think he would see it, either.
"I'm a pastor. Faith is my business, but my faith had run out," Bob Moeller said.
One of the girls in the family said she had a dream a few days ago that Bo had been found.
The family believes someone stole Bo and has been feeding him ever since he disappeared.
Source: http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/lost.dog.reunion.2.772114.html
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