By Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel
August 30, 2011
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| E.J. Albring, right, was awakened last week at 5 a.m. by the sound of a dog howling. E.J. went outside and found a small dog in the canal under the dock behind his Pompano Beach home. He and his friends Jackson Pace, 9, left, and Bradley Pace, 9, rescued the pup and spent four days trying to find the owner, to no avail. Then on Sunday, E.J.'s mom took the dog for a walk. As they passed one driveway, the pooch tugged on the leash, trying to make it to the door. Turns out that was home. |
Nine-year-old E.J. was awakened from a deep sleep last week by the sound of a dog howling.
E.J. ventured outside and found a small dog in distress, balancing on a ledge about five feet below the canal dock behind his home. The canal runs along Northeast Fifth Street, north of Atlantic Boulevard, in Pompano Beach.
The boy quickly went back inside to rouse the three boys he lives with for an early-morning rescue.
Brothers Jackson Pace, 9, Bradley Pace, 12, and R.J. Pace, 15, helped E.J. pull the pooch to safety. E.J. and Jackson climbed down to the ledge and lifted the dog up to Bradley and R.J.
"It was so happy that we saved its life," E.J. said this week.
The dog, later identified as Mizu, had no tags or collar and no microchip, said Rex Pace, father of the three brothers.
Pace put up signs and knocked on doors trying to find the owner, to no avail.
Then on Sunday, the boys and E.J.'s mom, Cheri Albring, took the pup for a walk.
As they passed one particular driveway, Mizu tugged on the leash, trying to get to the front door.
Turns out that was home.
The distraught owner, Rosanna Meyer, told the family her beloved pedigree Sheba Inu had been missing for five days. She bought her as a pup from a pet store in Puerto Rico 15 years ago.
Meyer figures Mizu fell off the dock in her back yard and swam five houses down to the ledge lining the canal behind Pace's house.
"She likes to go swimming, apparently," Meyer said Tuesday. Grateful for the dog's safe return, she gave the Pace family a few fresh dolphin fillets.
During Mizu's brief stay with E.J., the boy made sure his canine guest had all the requirements for a good life.
"We gave it some food and water," he said. "And we gave it lots of love."
Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/pompano-beach/fl-lost-dog-found-20110830,0,7968950.story
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