Anna, Shetland Sheepdog

Dog found 500 miles away reunited with owner in time for Christmas
16 December 2013

A seven-year-old Shetland Sheepdog has been reunited with her owner after she was found over 500 miles away from home.

Anna was reported missing by breeder Leanda Loosemore in May after disappearing from her kennel near Cupar.

After alerting the police and posting appeals on social networking sites, Leanda had give up hope of finding her beloved pet.

But a phone call last month from the council in Ashford, Kent made sure that the prize-winning show dog was back home in time for Christmas.

Leanda said: "She was behind a locked and bolted door. Anna is quite a cuddly, lazy wee thing and there is no way she would have climbed out anywhere.

"So I knew she had been stolen."

At that point Leanda had resigned herself to thinking she would never see Anna again - until she was contacted out of the blue.

She added: "They said we've had one of your dogs handed. I immediately thought it was a puppy we had sold and maybe the owners hadn't transferred the micro chip details."

Anna the Shetland Sheepdog found 500 miles away from home. Reunited with owner Leanda Loosemore.

But when the caller described the dog to Leanda, she was delighted to discover Anna had been found and would soon be on her way home.

Leanda said: "If she wasn't microchipped we would never have got her back - I doubt the people in Kent would have seen her pictures on Facebook.

"It's brilliant to have her back. It's like a real life lassie come home."

Source: http://news.stv.tv/tayside/257077-anna-the-shetland-sheepdog-reunited-with-owner-leanda-loosemore/