Sir Charles, chow mix

Trucker Reunited with Lost Dog
Monday, March 13, 2006

GREEN BAY, WI-March 13, 2006 -- Truck driver John Withers says he "cried like a little girl" when his dog ran away.

So the Georgia man didn't hesitate to make the 1,050-mile drive when he heard his beloved pet had been found eight months later.

"I didn't cry, but I was very, very happy," Withers said of his reunion with Sir Charles Nugget, a 4-year-old chow mix.

Nugget ran away last summer when Withers was making a delivery in Lena. Since then plenty of people spotted "a brown dog in a red collar," and many left out food for it but no one could catch the dog.

Then Withers got a phone call from Judy Fuller, the animal control officer in Little Suamico. She told him local folks were sure Nugget was the dog that had been hanging around town lately but nobody could get close to it.

So Withers made the drive, bringing Moose Edward, his 55-pound lab shepherd mix.

Withers spotted Nugget Thursday lying motionless under a parked truck. The dog wouldn't budge and instead watched Withers and Moose play in the snow for 25 minutes before emerging.

Except for a few briars and an extra-shaggy coat, Nugget looked the same, Withers said. Local residents had left everything from hot dogs to cooked venison to help the dog keep its weight up.

Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=animals_oddities&id=3987882