An early Christmas present for the Gleeson family after being reunited with their lost dog.
Posted: 14 December, 2012
Triple M's Dave Gleeson and his family have received an amazing early Christmas gift when they were reunited with their lost dog, which had been missing for nearly a decade.
When the Gleesons lived in Sydney, the door was left open during a late-night party at their house, in 2003, and Lulu slipped out unnoticed, and was presumed to be gone forever.
But this week Katie Gleeson received a message on her mobile phone for her to call back. The person who left the message used her maiden name, which she thought was odd.
"I was rather confused as we live on a property in the Adelaide Hills," Katie Gleeson said.
"I asked the woman where the dog was and she said 'at the vets'. I asked which vets and she said 'Campsie'. I had never heard of a Campsie in Adelaide."
Katie then realised Campsie was in Sydney and it turns out a registration microchip she had implanted in Lulu all those years ago had finally paid off. Lulu, who is now almost 11, had been missing for nine years.
AFTER nine years apart, there was only one question on Katie Gleeson's mind - would her long-lost pooch Lulu still recognise her when they were reunited at Adelaide Airport?
"It's difficult to tell if she remembers me, but she's very calm and chilled out and she seems to be responding to her name," an excited Ms Gleeson said while hugging Lulu after she touched down at 1.30pm yesterday.
"It's definitely my dog."
With the help of microchip technology, she was identified as the Gleesons' pet when she was handed in to the Campsie Vet Clinic in Sydney this week.
After Lulu's disappearance, Ms Gleeson, a PR director, relocated to the Adelaide Hills, started a family and bought a new pomeranian.
For her husband, Screaming Jets frontman Dave Gleeson, the reunion is the end to a long saga.
Katie Gleeson with Lulu in Sydney 2002.
"Katie missed my best mate's wedding because she was so distraught when the dog went missing and for the next six weeks we went all over the countryside looking for her, so this is a pretty unbelievable journey," said Mr Gleeson,a musician.
Source: http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/news/dave-gleesons-famliy-dog-found-after-9-years-on-the-run/
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