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Missing Southwest Florida Dog Turns Up in Atlanta
NBC Miami ^ | 7/30

Posted on 07/30/2015 9:13:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A southwest Florida family has been reunited with their dog after she turned up several weeks later in Atlanta, more than 500 miles away.

Michael Epstein told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that his family's 3-year-old miniature Australian shepherd, Abby, was lost on July 3. She ran away from the family's yard when fireworks frightened her.

Family members spent the next three weeks putting up signs around Sarasota and even created a website, findabby.com.

Epstein says the family finally got a call this past Saturday from Fulton Animal Services in Atlanta. Workers there said Abby had been found several days earlier, and they used an implanted microchip to trace her back to her family. Epstein said they immediately headed north to retrieve Abby.

Epstein says he has no idea now the dog ended up in Atlanta.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dogs

1 posted on 07/30/2015 9:13:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Joe 6-pack

Doggie Ping


2 posted on 07/30/2015 9:14:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I love happy doggie stories

:)


3 posted on 07/30/2015 9:15:59 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: nickcarraway

25 mi./day?


4 posted on 07/30/2015 9:17:46 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: nickcarraway

Doggy-nappers??


5 posted on 07/30/2015 9:19:27 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Paladin2

Just be lucky the dog didn’t stray into Koreatown..


6 posted on 07/30/2015 9:22:04 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: nickcarraway

Oh well, I’m the type of dog who will never settle down
Where pretty bitches are well, you know that I’m around
I kiss ‘em and I love ‘em ‘cause to me they’re all the same
I hug ‘em and I squeeze ‘em they don’t even know my name

They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around

Oh well, there’s Daisy on my left and there’s Missy on my right
And Janie is the doggie with that I’ll be with tonight
And when she asks me, which one I love the best?
I tear open my shirt I got Bessie on my chest

‘Cause I’m the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around


7 posted on 07/30/2015 9:25:33 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: nickcarraway

Missing dog, dead lion, etc. The media is working overtime to find distractions from the planned parenthood story, the bad 0baba Iran deal, Hillary’s missing classified emails, etc.


8 posted on 07/30/2015 9:27:54 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: nickcarraway
The 4th of July and the first deep snow cause many dogs to lose their home.

We dish out a dose of aceapromazine before dusk on the 4th. Our dogs freak out over all the fireworks, gun shots, firecrackers, and even the smell of the smoke. Many dogs break their chains, ropes, fences, etc.... and just keep running in fear on the 4th. They don't stop.

After the first deep snow we leash walk our dogs around their boundry perimeter for the first few times so they get reacquainted with scent marks.

9 posted on 07/30/2015 9:35:51 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: nickcarraway

Somebody picked the dog up


10 posted on 07/30/2015 9:41:56 AM PDT by wardaddy (Mark Levin.....I love him...but he is ignorant of Dixie)
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To: nickcarraway
Mystery solved as to how the dog got to Atlanta...


11 posted on 07/30/2015 10:19:19 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Flick Lives

Oh, don’t be ridiculous, his hind feet couldn’t possibly reach the pedals!

But, as owner of two Aussies, I’ll say they are VERY smart.


12 posted on 07/30/2015 11:31:50 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!

Computer Hope

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

13 posted on 07/30/2015 6:26:10 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Flick Lives

14 posted on 07/30/2015 6:28:32 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Welcome home, Abby.

15 posted on 07/30/2015 6:29:20 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

Gorgeous,absolutely gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.


16 posted on 07/30/2015 6:33:19 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL! A German Shepherd would probably be a fine driver.


17 posted on 07/30/2015 7:19:36 PM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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