Tabitha, a huskey

Dog Recovered
Missing Fort Wayne Siberian Husky Found After Six Months

 Joyce McGiffin said she knew that huskies were notorious for being runners, but was surprised when she discovered that her daughter's 18-month-old Tabitha had managed to escape a seven foot chain link fence with gates closed. Most alarming was the discovery of the dog's identification tags lying in the grass. The S-hook appeared to have been pried open.

"We were never sure what had really happened, but I wasn't going to stop searching for Tabi," said Joyce. For six months Joyce visited Animal Care & Control to search the kennels for Tabitha.

"My family thought it was becoming too much for me and suggested I stop going to the shelter, but I just couldn't, she said.

Tabitha was given a microchip as a puppy, which is a great back-up system to identification tags. And, that's exactly how our department was able to make a positive match when Tabitha was finally found and brought to our shelter on the afternoon of June 18, 2007.

We scanned the husky and located the microchip, but discovered upon calling the number that the phone number for the daughter's home had been changed.

As luck has it, McGiffin just happened to stop by as part of her routine check.

A tearful Joyce called her family from our lobby to tell them that Tabitha had been found and would be coming home at last.

Source:  http://www.cityoffortwayne.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1243&Itemid=39#up