Posted on 03/25/2026 5:12:13 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
'I'm over the moon,' says Jourdyn Koziak. 'It's like Christmas morning every day'
he never stopped updating her lost dog's microchip. They were reunited after 11 years When Jourdyn Koziak got a call on Saturday from a man who claimed that her long-lost dog had been found, she thought he was playing a "sick prank."
That's because her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years.
"I said to him, 'This is a prank. It's not funny,'" Koziak told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. "He said, 'No ma'am, we have your dog.'"
Then, the staff at Animal Care and Control Team (ACCT) Philly sent her some pics of the pooch in question.
"Immediately, I could remember his markings from a mile away," she said. "That's him."
She never stopped updating his chip Koziak hadn't seen Forty-Cal since he disappeared, along with her family's second dog, from the backyard of her former home in Philadelphia.
The other dog turned up not long after, but Forty-Cal never returned. Koziak has always suspected he was stolen from the yard.
In the intervening years, Koziak has gotten married, had a new child, and moved to Luzerne County, Penn.
Still, she never stopped updating Forty-Cal's microchip with her information.
"I never gave up hope because, obviously, I'm relentless," she said.
t was a little girl in Philadelphia who found him, Koziak said.
"He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. And he walked right up to her. He made a friend," Koziak said.
"She brought him into the house with her parents and they made him some hotdogs. They could not keep him because they have another animal. So they called Animal Control."
ACCT Philly scanned the chip, she says, and the rest is history.
"This reunion is emotional and inspiring, but it’s also an important reminder: microchipping your pet is one of the simplest and most effective ways to help ensure they can find their way back home," ACCT Philly spokesperson Mikayla Allen said in an email.
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With a faithful pet whose been with you all 11 years...yes.
But an 11 year gap? How attached could she have been to that puppy?
Sweet story.
Reminds me to get my cat a new chip. Company my vet gets chips from went out of business and Daisy might be lost if I don[t get a new one. NOW
“...get your car back...”
Truck and rifle.
wy69
I only had one pickup truck
It was a beat-up GMC (I THINK) but good
only had it a short time
Company my vet got their microchips from went out of business. So if Daisy Cat gets lost, there’s no way to find her. I need to get her a new chip.
Info on chip? Not sure how much info fits on that chip. Ir has a number and probably ID of vet they sold or gave chips to so they can be tracked.
The chips are passive RFID transponders - about the size of a grain of rice. While, technically, they could be used to store more information, they don't typically contain more than just a unique ID number.
Regards,
I see your point. There must have been something else going on to keep up the search.
We favor cats simply because they can be kept indoors. Our outdoor cats might last a month or two at the most, then get snatched up by a coyote or owl. The emotional bond with the outdoor ones are nothing compared to one kept indoors for a decade or so.
I can see putting a chip in a Doberman or Australian shepherd but a pit bull? That dog is not adorable.
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