Penny Eims, Dog News Examiner
January 14, 2012
Orange County, CA - An amazing coincidence and a case of mistaken identity led to a long-overdue reunion between a Pit bull puppy named Calee and her guardian, Brittani Hemmingson.
Rewind to July 27, the day that Calee disappeared...
Three people were seen taking the puppy away and since that time, a desperate search has been underway for Calee's safe return.
A Facebook page was created with the hopes that more eyes could be on the lookout for the missing dog and the page worked in the way that it was intended.
Days ago, a Facebook follower posted a photo of a dog who was at the OC animal shelter that looked similar to Calee on the Facebook page.
Hemmingson was afraid to get her hopes up - too many times she has had her hopes dashed by false alarms.
A friend was able to go to the shelter to see if the dog was in fact, Calee. There was a tell-tale mark on the puppy's coat which would identify the missing dog - a "C" on her back.
Low and behold, the dog at the shelter had the mark that they were hoping for.
The friend sent a photo to Hemmingson - seeing the identifying mark brought the girl to tears - joyful tears of relief.
Just a day before, Hemmingon has posted on the Facebook page that she had to move back to Northern California. At the time that Calee was found, her guardian was already 5.5 hours north...
But the distance meant nothing to Calee's relieved guardian - she promptly got in the car with her boyfriend and made the trek back to Orange county.
Though months had passed, Calee remembered her family - and the reunion was wonderful.
Now for the strange twist to this story.
The dog who brought Hemmingson's friend to the shelter in the first place was not actually Calee.
Confused? The dog who the friend initially saw online was actually a nine month old Pit bull that has since been named Kalia.
Kalia looks almost identical to the missing puppy, Calee.
If not for Kalia being posted online, Calee would not have been found when the friend showed up in person.
And more to this story...Kalia, the dog who led to the happy reunion, does not have a family waiting for her.
In fact, she is at risk of being killed.
The page which was designed to help reunite Calee and her family is now being used as a platform to save Kalia.
The hundreds of followers on Calee's Facebook page have managed to drum up $500 in donations for Kalia, but as of yet, there is nobody to rescue and pull the puppy who still remains behind bars at the OC Animal shelter.
Calee's guardian refers to Kalia as her puppy's "Savior" - that puppy has until 5 pm on Sunday to be pulled, or she will be gone forever.
Click on Kalia's name to see her photo and information about the shelter that she is housed at.
And Calee - welcome home!
Source: http://www.examiner.com/dogs-in-national/coincidence-reunites-lost-puppy-with-owner
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