Dog Was Living In Home Less Than A Mile From His Mission Hills Family
July 26, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- A Mission Hills family received the surprise of their lives when they were reunited with the dog they had lost five years ago.
Scott Alix never thought he would ever be reunited with his terrier mutt Mikey Brown.
Mikey disappeared five years ago while hanging out one day at Alix's garage door business in Clairemont.
"We're assuming someone had grabbed him thinking he was a lost dog, and I had just taken his collar off," said Alix.
Since then, Alix never forgot about Mikey, and neither did Alix's two sons who grew up with the dog by their side much of the time.
"For some reason, my sons kept having dreams ... they kept saying, 'He's still around here, he's still around here,'" said Alix.
Alix always stayed positive, but he never thought those dreams would actually come true.
Recently, Alix's girlfriend, who did not know Mikey Brown but always heard about him, received a call at Alix's shop from San Diego County Animal Control.
"I immediately said, 'Is this a joke? Because this is cruel if it is … and it's not funny.' They said, 'No, seriously, he's alive. We see that Scott's the owner,'" said Kandee Cole, Alix's girlfriend.
Animal control got a hold of Mikey after a woman caring for him passed away. Mikey had a microchip implanted when Alix adopted him 13 years ago, and that allowed animal control to track down Alix.
"Almost unrecognizable as far as his body, but as soon as you looked at his face, you knew it was Mikey Brown," said Alix.
San Diego County Animal Services said microchip implanting began in the 1990s, and since then about 212,000 pets have had chips implanted. That number also includes every animal the county adopts out.
Placing a microchip in a pet costs $20, and local shelters do clinics every Thursday for licensed pets.
"The babysitter who's been around all these years was in tears," said Cole.
"From what we heard, he was there for someone in their last years, so no ill will at all," said Alix.
Alix told 10News Mikey happened to be living less than a mile away from the family during the five years he was away.
Source: http://www.10news.com/news/24401082/detail.html
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