Hugo, pug

Missing dog lost for several days is reunited with family
By: Tara Twietmeyer
Posted: 05/24/2011

PRESCOTT, AZ - A Phoenix family has been reunited with their dog because a Yavapai County worker was at the right place at the right time.

YCSO Animal Control Officer Alisa Van Brunt reunites Phoenix resident Corrie Goldstein with missing pooch, Hugo.

On May 6th, Phoenix resident Corrie Goldstein and her husband ventured to the Lynx Lake area for a weekend honeymoon. They brought their two dogs along for the ride and at one point decided to let the pooches run free to explore the forest, according to Yavapai County Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn.

After several minutes, Goldstein noticed one of the dogs, Hugo, didn’t come back. After searching the area, the couple contacted the Yavapai Humane Society to file a missing dog report.

Several days went by and there was no new information about Hugo. That’s until Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Officer Alisa Van Brunt was called out to the Goldwater Lake area where a family said they’d found a brown and black pug wandering around.

Coincidentally, when Officer Van Brunt was leaving the Goldwater Lake area, with the pug in hand, Corrie Goldstein called in to provide more information about her lost dog.

In a matter of minutes, Officer Van Brunt says she realized the dog she’d just picked up matched the description of the Goldsteins' missing dog.

Black and brown Pug, Hugo reunited with his Phoenix family after getting lost in the Lynx Lake area.
Photographer: Yavapai County Sheriff's Office

After receiving a picture message of Hugo, Officer Van Brunt said she had all the confirmation she needed and met up with the family in Prescott to return their missing dog.

Source: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/lifestyle/pets/missing-dog-lost-for-several-days-is-reunited-with-family-
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