Colorado dog reunited with Florida family after 2017 theft

[Satanica]

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The youngest of four dogs in the Peterson family, Cedar was stolen from their backyard in May 2017 in the town of Southwest Ranches, north of Miami. At the time, other signs for missing pets were going up around the community.

Back then, Tamara Peterson told reporters that she thought someone had hopped the fence to take the 4-month-old puppy. The family posted flyers with Cedar's photos around the town, drove around several neighborhoods and hired a detective to track the pet down.

It was not clear how the dog wound up nearly 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometers) away in the Colorado town of Hugo. Deputy Marshal Steve Ryan found Cedar in a ditch and picked the dog up to put it in his car.

When Ryan took the dog to a veterinarian, she scanned the pet for a microchip and found out the puppy belonged in South Florida. Then the Petersons got a phone call.

"I immediately cried," Tamara Peterson told The Miami Herald . "I couldn't believe it. I was in shock. It's almost two years to the day."

After three weeks of recovery, Wings of Rescue, a charity known for flying pets in disaster zones, helped arrange Cedar's return flight on Saturday. The Peterson kids petted Cedar's furry chest and neck on a Fort Lauderdale airport tarmac as the dog looked around and shook its body.

"Miracles do happen, especially when you microchip your pet," the animal charity wrote on a Facebook post about Cedar.

Peterson said Cedar has been resting, and the family is planning to take her out swimming as soon as she looks better.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-dog-reunited-with-florida-family-after-2017-theft

 

[cubby]

I'm so glad there was a happy ending to this story.

 

[Kiss_My_Axe]

Yay for puppy!

 

[Sejanus]

Microchipping in our city doesn't work worth a damn. Humane Society doesn't keep records and they don't have access to anything on the internet. Get the funny thing is they want everybody to chip their dogs. Kind of useless when you don't follow through with record-keeping

 

[Satanica]

The system seems to be working well in the US. Here in my little town everyone hurries to get lost dogs checked for a chip and track down the owner. They're posting their finds on the neighbor app which has turned out to be a great way to get to know and connect with residents we would've never had the chance to talk to, and everyone has been really nice and helpful about every subject you can imagine.