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.
The big reunion
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She got him back just in time for all the geriatric dog health problems and costs.
Yes, he does!
God takes time to produce miracles for His creatures too.
I don’t have a chipped dog. Can someone explain ‘updating the chip?’ I presume she is updating her information on some portal which associates her info with a particular chip - or am I wrong.
And here I thought I was a cynic.
You are correct.
I keep Tyson's current through HomeAgain.
thank you
If you are an animal lover, that does not matter at all-they are living creatures-not disposable accessories...
no, that’s correct. she moved a few times and every time she did, she logged into the main site and updated the contact info. btw, you can take a dog to the fire department, police, etc., and most of them have scanners and you can figure out pretty quick who owns the dog
Our cat Charlie snuck out the door last October and he is still gone. My daughter has updated his chip in case he turns up, but so far, nothing. He was my buddy. Stupid cat….
The emotional attachment to a pet can be as great or greater than to a human. With that said, age, health issues and costs are not an issue in one’s caring for the pet.
Amen.
Yeah, what a depressing world view.
I wait all day for this kind of news.
Now we know why this site is failing. crap like this.
a feel good story once in a while is a very good thing.
So is most all the stuff I post.
the site is not failing at all.
Over the years I have noticed that the traffic increases a lot when there is a Democrat President.
if Newsome is successful in a few years the traffic will surge during his term.
Truck. You get your Truck back, not your car, Whiskey Bumps and all...
So what? I have had dogs that cost me 700 a month in medications.
I stayed with them till no amount of money could keep them comfortable because they stayed with me though everything too
I will say the current dog is not the same breed because after 3 with issues my wallet just could not take it again
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