Cane, mixed breed dog

Lost Dog Reunited with Owner After Five Years
Posted by ADMIN in NewsOne
August 31, 2011

If you’ve ever lost a pet or had one wander away from home this happy story will probably strike you as amazing.

A Lakeland, FL dog disappeared five years ago, but on Sunday his owners got a call they didn’t expect – after five years on the run, their long lost dog, Cane, was finally coming home. And it’s all thanks to a microchip, a small investment that pays tremendous dividends when needed.

“I thought somebody stole him,” said Cane’s owner Kendra Claridy.

Claridy says she’s curious about what went on during those five years, but having Cane back is good enough – perhaps the rest is best left to the imagination.

“Last night I was laying with him and I’m talking to him, and I’m saying, “Buddy where have you been? What have you done? Just tell me,’” Claridy said.

“And I wish we could know, but then again I don’t want to know. He’s safe now.”

Source: http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2011/08/lost-dog-reunited-with-owner-after-five-years/

Another version of the story at http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/august/303731/Dog-reunited-with-owners-after-being-missing-for-five-years

Dog reunited with owners after being missing for five years Kendra Claridy and Cane were reunited this week after five years apart.
By Laurie Davison, Reporter
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

POLK COUNTY -- It's a happy homecoming for a Polk County dog that's been missing for five years.

Kendra Claridy and Kayla Burton adopted the mixed breed from the Animal Shelter in October 2005. They named him "Cane," short for Candy Cane, since he was an early Christmas gift.

But by the following Christmas, Cane was gone. Burton said he was stolen from the family's backyard.

"We always talked about him because he was stolen right before Christmas", she said. The women didn't think they'd see Cane again.

Then, over the weekend, they got a phone call from the Animal Shelter informing them Cane had been found.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says the dog was picked up as a stray. He was scanned for a microchip and that led Animal Control Officers to his owners.

"I can tell he's still traumatized a little bit", Claridy said.

"He's definitely been through a lot but he's adapting."

Claridy said Cane was filthy and covered with fleas. She said a bath took care of that. Otherwise, he seems to be in good health.

"It's shocking", she said. "This is really happening. He's really here. You just never expect that five years later."

Claridy said when she and Burton went to the shelter to pick Cane up, he recognized them immediately.

"I just want to give him a happy life. He's going to have nothing but love and air conditioning and food. He's going to be very well taken care of, that's for sure."

Alfie, Cavalier King Charles

Owners reunited with dog stolen by thieves on motorbike
30 Aug 2011

The owners of a 16-week-old puppy that was snatched by opportunistic motorcycle thieves have been reunited with their pet.

Alfie, with owners Pauline and Ashleigh Parsons, right, was carried off on a motorbike.

Spaniel Alfie was taken by a pair of thieves in a bank raid-style operation last week and was captured on CCTV.

Despite the efforts of Pauline and Ian Parsons, both 45, to find him, it was only after their story hit the headlines that Alfie's new owners got in touch.

The puppy was returned by a couple who bought him just hours after he was snatched from outside the family business in West Bromwich.

The couple, from Coseley, West Mids, about 10 miles away from the industrial park where the snatch occurred, said that they were walking their own dog when a man approached them and asked if they wanted to buy another dog.

They handed over the £150 asking price for the little King Charles Cavalier spaniel, after being told that he was the last of a large litter.

After seeing press coverage about Alfie's disappearance, the couple contacted the Parsons family to tell them the good news.

He was quickly reunited with his rightful owners, who said that he is slowly getting over the ordeal.

Mrs Parsons said: "He was a bit timid at first, but he's settling back in now.

"It must have been a bit of a shock for him."

Mrs Parsons said that she was not hopeful that Alfie would be returned safely, and can't quite believe that they have been reunited.

She said: "I've got to be honest, I didn't think we'd see him again.

"He's so little, and it would be so easy to shift him on to someone else."

The Parsons had been tirelessly canvassing their local area in an attempt to find Alfie, as well as posting messages on Facebook and various missing pets websites.

Mrs Parsons said: "We had a lot of help from organisations like Dog Lost and caninesearch, people phoned us up and told us who to talk to.

"And we went to a local show at the weekend to hand out leaflets. People said that they'd keep an eye out but we didn't hear anything back."

But the family admitted that the press coverage of Alfie's disappearance was the key to his safe return.

Mrs Parsons said: "If it wasn't for the press coverage I doubt we would've seen him again."

Though the family are "thrilled" to have their dog back, they hope that their ordeal will act as a warning to others to be vigilant when letting their own pets out.

Mrs Parsons said: "The main thing to remember is that these people are still out there.

"I can't believe the nerve of them, they came right up to the door and took him."

"We are still looking out for them."

But the family said they are finding lots of time to spoil Alfie, and that he can look forward to being a pampered pooch for some time to come.

Mrs Parsons said: "He isn't going to be allowed out of our sight now."  

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8730759/Owners-reunited-with-dog-stolen-by-thieves-on-motorbike.html

See another version of the story at: http://www.1pedigree.co.uk/2011/08/puppy-and-owner-reunited

Brandy, swamp dog

Brandy the swamp dog home after eight months in the wild
By Wayne Shearman
17 August, 2010

Brandy the Louisiana Calahoula swamp dog is reunited with her family after eight months lost on Woody Island, three kilometres offshore.

A family pet living in the wild for eight months has been reunited with her owners in Hervey Bay.

Desli Adams and her family were visiting the Bay on New Year's Eve when their dog Brandy ran away, distressed by fireworks. When locals reported a dog matching her description running off the end of the pier, Desli feared her dog was lost forever.

But Brandy is a Louisiana Catahoula swamp dog, a breed with webbed hind feet known for their swimming ability - which explains how she came to be found months later on an island more than three kilometres offshore.

Fishermen spotted Brandy wandering on Woody Island, and reported her to Queensland Parks and Wildlife.

Two months ago rangers started feeding her, and on Sunday she was finally trapped. During her long island holiday, Brandy is believed to have eaten lizards, fish and crustaceans.

Brandy was reunited with her family today, and Desli says the dog is in surprisingly good condition after her long stint in the wild, with some weight loss but no hair loss or injuries.

It's Brandy's second dice with fate in Hervey Bay; during an earlier visit to the Fraser Coast in September last year she was cut with a piece of roofing iron, and nearly bled to death.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2010/08/17/2985307.htm

Mizu, shiba inu

Pompano boys give lost dog happy homecoming
By Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel
August 30, 2011

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.

POMPANO BEACH— It's a good thing for Mizu that E.J. Albring is a light sleeper.

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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