Posted on 11/15/2007 1:28:48 PM PST by Daffynition
A dog has been reunited with its owner after seven years.
Lyn O'Byrne, from Brighouse, West Yorks, had her Lurcher, Rhia, stolen from the veterinary practice where she worked in Kent in January 2001.
Last week she received a call from the Lost Dogs and Cats Line at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to say they had a dog registered to her address.
Ms O'Bryne was traced through a microchip inserted into the scruff of the dog's neck containing her details.
'Happy ending'
She said: "When I received the call I didn't twig why The Lost Dogs & Cats Line were calling me. I thought it might be something to do with my work.
"When they said they had a dog at Battersea called Rhia, registered to my name and address I literally collapsed on the floor."
She travelled to the home and was reunited with Rhia, who she said was in good health apart from appearing a little underweight and having a few additional cuts and bruises.
Scott Craddock, from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, said: "So far this year Battersea's Lost Dogs and Cats Line has reunited over 2,100 lost dogs and cats with their owners.
"We are hoping Lyn's happy ending encourages more people to get their pet microchipped and update their details if they move."
This is sirius! A (canis) major story, in fact!
Clever!
Stay dry!
LOL !!
What you doing home ? Aren’t you supposed to be drinking SR free beer ?
Since at least the 1800's. You haven't twigged to British slang yet?
I did know it was raining cats and dogs, because I stepped in a poodle. I saw this very hungry dog. Why did I know it was hungry? Because I saw it chow down. I hope you do not believe I am barking up the wrong tree.
My Husky has taught me quite a few things. He has taught me how to stop and listen, how to pounce-bounce to dislodge a cagey rodent, how to greet a wary possible-friend, and how to enjoy life no matter what.
I have tried to teach him about cars and trucks. He replies, "what cars and trucks?". He is oblivious to the mechanized behemoths all around him, and completely tuned in to the tiny creatures all around him. As it should be. But unfortunately this worldview makes the leash necessary.
Thanks for the ping!
To be still, to just look and just listen to your Husky will bring you to a place of stillness without thought ... the essence of wisdom. That is why, I think we love our dogs so. ;-D
Cat Apparently Hitches From N.J. to Ga.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.
Heathcliff the cat somehow hitched a nearly 800-mile ride from New Jersey to Georgia most likely on a moving van, authorities said.
The orange and white shorthair was reported missing Oct. 24 from Sicklerville, N.J. The animal was identified Nov. 9 at an animal shelter in Lawrenceville where a resident took the cat after trapping him.
D. Mosier, an animal control officer, scanned Heathcliff for a microchip, as she does with all animals that show up at the Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement Center. The microchip led to information that the kitty was reported missing.
A volunteer rescue group shuttled the cat back to its owner Wednesday.
Last week, a Lawrenceville woman provided what might be the answer to how the cat ended up in the Atlanta suburb. The woman called Mosier and told her she helped her son move out of a New Jersey apartment shortly before the cat turned up in Georgia.
Microchip? Must be cheaper than just gettin’ a new cat? ;’) Cats sleeping 16 hours a day probably makes trips like that more commonplace than we usually know. Lost your cat? In another state. “Your kitty didn’t go to a big farm out in the country, er, actually, maybe he did...”
Last night we found a dog running around loose in the neighborhood. He had a tag w/ the owners phone number. The last two digits were scratched up so we had to try several different numbers.
We were able to locate the owner and he claimed his pooch. A nice, well behaved dog, something akin to Toto, but a bit larger. The dog has a history of digging under the fence and escaping.
Congrats! You GET it! Stillness is your essential nature. ;-D
You’re a great-great person to take the time to find the dog’s owner. And less traumatic for the dog ... rather than calling animal control to solve the problem.
Our kindly local UPS driver used to deliver our wandering dogs home, when he found them across town. Small towns .. gotta love ‘em. ;-D
If you find yourself in a place of talk and action without thought, leave. That is the essence of Democrats.
I got a dog in Mexico one time, boy was that thing weird, it pooped everywhere, ran from me and tried to bite me when I got close, and had short little legs... ;’)
But what is wisdom and where is it to be found? Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions. You can do that even with blithering democrats filling your ears with lies.
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