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News Update: Puppy Missing from Local Vet Office Found and Reunited with Family
By Erika Conner
November 19, 2010

The Tuttle family had been waiting since Tuesday to hear the news they received Friday.

The Tuttle family received good news Friday when they learned their puppy, who went missing from a local vet hospital after surgery, had been found.

Their 6-month-old maltipoo puppy, who went missing after spending Monday night recovering from surgery at Parkway Veterinary Hospital, has been found.

Cindy Tuttle received a call Friday morning from Danville Veterinary Hospital that staff had found a dog who looked like the missing Bear.

"She said, 'We have a dog here that might be your missing puppy,' " said Tuttle.

The worker at the veterinary clinic had seen a post Tuttle put on Craigslist on Thursday. After hearing the hospital's employee describe the puppy they had found, Tuttle said she got in the car, hopeful she would be reunited with Bear.

"We knew it was him when we saw him and it was just wonderful," said Tuttle after arriving at the hospital and confirming the dog was in fact her beloved Bear.

The Pleasanton resident said the hospital believes someone tossed Bear, who was in a soft-shelled carrier, into the bushes outside its entrance. She was told the receptionist heard noise outside and saw a car speeding off. That's when Bear was discovered.

Tuttle said she believed whoever had the dog intended to keep him.

"They trimmed some fur from his face, put a blue collar on him and fed him, because he gained half a pound," she said.

After picking up Bear in Danville, Tuttle stopped by Parkway Veterinary Hospital to share the good news.

"Everyone came out and they were crying they were so happy that he had been found," she said. The staff immediately put a microchip in Bear at no cost.

Tuttle said Bear appears to be tired but is still the same "love bug" dog her family knew. She acknowledged this has been a very trying time but is thankful things turned out the way they did.

Grace, 8, snuggling with Bear on the sofa, added, "I feel really good that he's home."

Tuttle said she hadn't been sure her family would see Bear again.

"I'm just so thankful that whoever had him took good care of him. We will have a happy Thanksgiving," she said.

Source: http://pleasanton.patch.com/articles/update-missing-puppy-found-and-reunited-with-family