Meggie, sheltie

New York dog missing since July is reunited with owner
By: Penny Eims
March 22, 2013

On Friday morning, a dog who had been missing since the first of July, was captured and reunited with her guardian in New York.

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According to WHAM News, the five-year-old Sheltie, named "Meggie," was captured around 3 a.m. at a home in Penfield Gardens.

A Facebook page created to help bring the lost dog home was updated on Friday with the elaborate plan which is being credited for Meggie's capture.

The plan to catch the wary dog began to come together after Meggie was spotted in a homeowner's yard back on Feb. 15. It started with the creation of a feeding station, and grew from there...encompassing the help of the homeowners, an electrical engineer and a great deal of patience.

Our heroes, the homeowners, enclosed a small porch with chicken wire and devised a gate that would drop and enclose her if she came on the porch.

Another friend who is an electrical engineer devised a remote switch that dropped the gate in just under a second.

The homeowners also bought a surveillance camera so we would know when she came, which was always at night. The camera monitor beeps when the camera is activated.

Between the surveillance cameras, the special, remote-controlled gate, and an extraordinarily helpful homeowner, the nervous dog, who had been on her own for so many months, was finally captured.

Thankfully, despite Meggie's months long adventure, she appears to be in good health.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/article/new-york-dog-missing-since-july-is-reunited-with-owner