[dennisw]

All well and good but after 12 years this dog cannot remember his original family and owners. They don’t remember him that ran off. They prolly don’t want this dumb useless hound.

[Salamander]

Aren’t you just a wonderful person.

[stars & stripes forever]

Perhaps the family that had the dog could not afford to feed him because of the rising prices.

[21twelve]

We got our dog as a rescue after being found in some farm country on the other side of the state. He is 12+ years old now. He isn’t chipped, but if he was - they would have to fight me for him.

[Baldwin77]

Is your nick name, “Joy Boy” or “Buzz Kill” ?

[bert]

Well, there is a literary precedent that destroys your thought

Ulyesses returned to Greece to find that no one remembered him except his dog. That event occurred several thousand years ago

That also says that you are not only wrong but have been for millennia

[null and void]

Feed a cat for seven years he remembers you seven days,
feed a dog for seven days he remembers you seven years. ~ Chinese proverb.

[BeauBo]

In the video with the article, the lady says that she intends to get the dog healthy, and let it live out its life with them.

Although she did not say it, it sounded like the dog’s sister, who had been adopted with her, had already passed away. That would have been a rare reunion.