Cleo

Dog Gone Good Story
By Don Jorgensen
Published: August 10, 2010, 9:55 PM


ELK POINT, SD - We usually don't report on lost dogs, but we decided to make an exception.

This is a story about Cleo the dog and 5-year-old Isabelle Curry. The two were like best friends, pretty much inseparable.

"Cleo is a beautiful girl and I love her very much," Isabelle said.

Cleo had been the family pet for 10 years. Isabelle would celebrate her birthday every year by taking a picture with Cleo.

But this past 4th of July, Cleo ran away.

"One morning, the gate was left open. Could have been one of the kids, could have been me and we came out she was gone," Ted Curry said.

Ted Curry and his family searched high and low for their family dog, but Cleo was nowhere to be found. Leaving Isabelle with a broken heart.

"She was crying. She said she wants Cleo back. It was pretty tough there for a little while; she really loved that dog," Ted said.

After searching for over a month, the Curry's pretty much gave up hope they'd ever see Cleo again so they decided to take Isabelle to the musical production "Little Orphan Annie" in Sioux City, Iowa, some 25 miles away.

While at the show, Isabelle couldn't believe her eyes.

"I said, 'It's Cleo,' and I found her," Isabelle said.

Cleo was at the show. She had been picked up by the Humane Society and was brought to the show as part of its adopt-a-pet mission.

"I'm like just adopt that dog, readopt her on the spot," Ted said.

So they did for $75.

Cleo is home now and Isabelle couldn't be happier. All along they feared she had found another home or had been hit by a car. She wasn't. She was just an orphan, just like Annie.

"I'm so glad I found you Cleo and I really love you, Cleo," Isabelle said. "Don't run away again, Cleo, okay."

Cleo was one of 42 dogs at the Humane Society and just happened to be one of three dogs selected to be taken to the theater that day.



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