‘Brian offered a reward but we turned it down. Instead we were glad Biscuit was reunited with his owner. ‘: Caring couple reunites a lost dog and pawrent after days of searching, only because they checked the dog’s microchip at their local shelter

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Nov 6, 2025 2:00 PM EST

You know, we have seen our fair share of dog rescues here. And one thing that is relatively common amongst all of them is the instant bond that is formed between pupper and rescuer. And in many of these stories, the doggo in question was actually abandoned or a stray all along, and so that beautiful bond is allowed to blossom and be nurtured into a proper pupper-pawrent relationship.

However, in this slightly heartbreaking story, the diligent and conscientious rescuers of this pupper could not in good faith just take the doggo as their own without trying to find the pupper's pawrent first. And in doing so, found a man who had been desperately searching for his sweet friend for days. And while the reunion was heartwarming and Biscuit the doggo made it home, it must have been rather tough for the rescuers who wanted nothing more than to have the opportunity to adopt the doggo themselves. 

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    A stray dog followed me for about 4 blocks and I finally pet it and it was super friendly and nice. Stray dogs aren't really common in my neighborhood but it doesnt have a collar
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    and actually doesnt look as raggedy as a stray dog probably should but looks like it might need a bath. The dog is looks like a shetland sheepdog or mixed with it in some way. I gave it
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    some of my burger patty and it tore it up so fast I ended up giving it the whole patty. So I decided fit Ill take it home. I dont think my landlord allows pets but i dont wanna leave it
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    outside and tbh, I kinda wanna keep it. Ive always wanted a dog of my own. Ive dog sitted before, but never had one of my own. The dog seems very friendly and attached to me already, so why not right? I think
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  • Well, this sure would be a wholesome way to begin a pupper and pawrent relationship. On the anniversary of their meeting they could sit down for burgers and reminisce about how a pat on the head and a piece of burger is what brought them together in the first place.

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    tomorrow im gonna get some stuff from the pet store and some dog shampoo, or maybe find a vet to schedule an appointment and see whats up with it. Right now the dog is lying on the floor in my kitchen, looking at me.
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    Edit: the general consensus is that I should take it to see if its chipped and has an owner before I choose to do anything. I'll be doing that today within the next few hours.
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    brown and white dog sitting in a grass field
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    Sorry this took so long, for those who might even slightly care or remember. It took so long to update this bc RIGHT after the events happened, life coincidentally became really hectic
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    for me and I had too much going on to come on reddit. Then when I did get back on reddit, i didnt update bc | assumed no one would care anymore, but ive gotten about 2-3 questions since so here it is.
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    Theres not a lot to say, but the dog DID in fact have an owner! I took it to the nearest shelter in the area where I first found it (or rather, where it found me, as it followed me 4 blocks to my apartment). So the
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    very next day, before I took it anywhere, I wanted to play with the dog a bit, and it knew some tricks! It knew sit and paw/shake. Thats what really got my thinking, yeah I should find out who lost this dog. It had
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  • Wow, what a wonderfully responsible hooman. It takes a certain kind of responsibility in a person to give up on their dream of having their own dog child, especially after their sweet meeting. To then go and make sure that this poor pupper was not being held back from his actual family. 

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    no collar, and in NYC it is required all dogs have a license tag on their collars. Im guessing it came off or was taken off somehow, but why or how I didnt know. Due to some unforeseen personal and unrelated circumstances
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    though, I wasn't able to do anything until the day after that. So 2 days after finding the dog. So I had the dog in my apartment one more night. In that time though, my gf had been
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    checking on her phone on Nextdoor and other lost pet sites for lost dog inquiries. After a while of browsing the next day, she did find a post that seemed to match the dog and location
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    found very closely, and she got in touch with the owner for more questions. The response was near immediate. In the meantime, the shelter wasn't that far so I called them and let them know I
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    found a lost dog, and its description. They told me there was no more room to house the dog, so it would be pointless for them to check for a chip (I havent ever heard of that but maybe someone can verify if they can
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    do that?) but that I can come in anyway and they could check for one. So about 30 minutes later I ran to the pet store to get a leash so I could walk the dog over there.
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    Eventually we got there and discovered not only did the dog have a chip, but someone had called and came in to the shelter a few times about a lost dog a few days before, so this may
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    have been the same one (this makes what the lady said on the phone all the more weird to me? I guess thats protocol?). I was given an ID number for the microchip company and asked
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    if they could contact them to find out who it was registered to. The lady told me I could do it. So im just like "oooookayy?..." Back with my gf and the person she was talking to, they decided we would
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    brown and black dog on a lead lying in grass
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    all meet up with me and the dog at the shelter to see if it was a match. He said the soonest he could come up to us was about an hour, so we agreed. My gf came about 20 something minutes later. I asked the
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    lady in the shelter if we should maybe take the dog for a walk or something while I wait and she didnt seem to care so thats what I did. Anyway we met up with the guy (lets call him Brian) and almost instantly the
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    dog seemed happy and went to greet him. We talked for a while and the chip ID number matched his lost dogs and everything. He said he had a friend dog- sitting, and while at a dog park the friend stopped to take a phone call
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    and stopped paying attention for a second, and somehow lost sight of the dog (whose name is Biscuit, btw) and couldnt find him, but that it all happened very quickly. He explained that it almost ruined their
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    friendship but he chose to forgive his friend because he seemed genuinely remorseful. The day the dog went missing was the same day he followed me home. Brian offered a reward but we turned it down.
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    Instead we were glad Biscuit was reunited with his owner. So yeah thats the update, if anyone even cares at this point.
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