Brutus, rottweiler-chow mix

Tennessee man reunites with lost dog in Fremont
By Beverly J. Lydick/Tribune Staff

Brutus, the roving Rottweiler, is back in Tennessee, thanks to the efforts of a truck driver, a veterinarian and the Dodge County Humane Society.

DCHS director Clem Rohde wrote in a recent newsletter of the reunion of the 9-year-old dog and his owner, Chris Jennings of Hartford, Tenn.

Rohde said Brutus arrived this spring at the humane society in the cab of an 18-wheeler. The truck driver said he’d seen the dog along a road side and picked him up, but didn’t mention what road or how long he’d kept the animal.

The dog wore a collar with a Tennessee rabies tag.

“We called the vet in Knoxville with the tag number,” Rohde said. “After a short search of the records, a nice lady on the other end of the line said, ‘Why, that’s Brutus.’”

Brutus, who also has a bit of Chow heritage, had been missing for three weeks, the woman said.

“We left our phone number,” Rohde said, “and about two hours later, Chris Jennings, the owner, called us in disbelief.”

Within days, the Tennessee man arrived in Fremont to pick up his pet. Jennings told Rohde he lived near an interstate truck stop that Brutus liked to visit “because everyone fed him.”

“However, on his last food run,” Rohde reported, “Brutus never came back.”

Having been together more than seven years and through “some hard times,” Jennings had no qualms about driving more than 2,000 miles to retrieve his canine companion, Rohde said.

“Their reunion showed us they were best of buddies,” the director said. “While Chris had almost given up hope of ever finding Brutus again, Brutus obviously had never forgotten his owner.”

The dog’s rabies tags were key to the happy reunion, Rohde said.

He advised all pet owners to tag their pets, “just in case.”

Now, you don't suppose his owner will stop allowing him to visit the truck stop where "everyone feeds him?"

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