Lost dog who escaped due to neglectful pet sitter found after 3 months at local vet, resulting in tearful reunion, dog mom says: ‘She crawled in my lap and tears were coming out of her eyes. Which meant of course they were coming out of mine too lol.’

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    "Every time I said Ginny her tail went started thumping.
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    Okay, so I've got a bit of a backstory here so please bear with me to get to the question. In April of this year (2022) my family lost our home to a house fire. We had 4 dogs and a cat. After getting our children out my husband
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    Ran back in and got 3 of the dogs out. I saw that one was missing along with the cat and then I ran back in to get him. After getting the last dog out and unsuccessfully finding where the cat was we had to push back from
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    the house as it started caving in. The house was a total loss. However, at some point while I moved the kids to a safe distance, one of our dogs (mine specifically who was always by my side) ran back in the house
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    without us seeing. He went back to my bed and didn't make it out. Now obviously we were devastated, not just at the loss of our home but the loss of our pets who we consider to be family, not
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    just animals. Our family had an empty home, that belonged to my husbands grandpa, near where ours was that was vacant. So we moved in. The first few days, the dogs would cross through the field to
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    go back to where our home used to be. We figured it wasn't too terrible because our neighbor loved our dogs. and always left treats and toys out for them. But given that we live on and are surrounded by farm
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    land, we decided it best to put up some type of fence. We didn't want the dogs wandering into a field, getting too close to a calf and being trampled by the mother. Or worse, being shot by a farmer fearing for the safety of his livestock.
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    We put up an invisible fence but we're not having luck with it. The dogs kept figuring out how to get the collars off. Keeping them inside all the time was not an option as it was basically a requirement of staying
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    where we are. Keep in mind, my dogs are inside pets. So we bought some large kennels, the big chain link. fence like structures about 5x10. We put them in the kennels when we went out, but while home
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    we just snuck them in. Our pets are house broken and clean and no one was the wiser. About 4 weeks after the fire my family decided to take a vacation to just clear our head of
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    everything. We asked my in-laws who are next door to watch the dogs. We weatherized the kennels and put up a dog run. We asked that they come over in the afternoon while they were feeding up the livestock, let them
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    stretch their legs on the dog run, feed, water, etc. We left on a Saturday and came home the following Sunday. When we returned home one of our dogs ran to greet us which we were concerned about because she should
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    have been in the kennel. We go back to check on the other 2 dogs and they were gone. We called my in laws who informed us that on Wednesday (4 days before we returned) they let the dogs out and when they came back 2 were gone. We were livid
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    to say the least. My kids were heartbroken. I reported her missing on her microchip through the website. I notified my vet on the off chance someone came in with a dog like her. We canvases
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    the area but no luck. We didn't have much hope with the neighbors because as I said we live in farming country and people just aren't that close together. It's mostly fields and livestock. We resigned after a few
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    weeks that the two dogs were gone. The kids as well as my husband and I were sad, but we've been through so much lately this just felt like another log on the fire. Well today I get a random call from a number I don't
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    know. It's a local vet. They say we think we have your dog Ginny. Can you please send us a photo of her to verify. Of course I immediately do. And they say she's with us and you can come get her. I flew to the vet. Ginny
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    was sedated. The vet explained that her "owner" brought her in to be spayed. They put her to sleep and shaved her down and realized she had a spay scar. So they decided to run the microchip machine over her and low and behold,
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    my name pops up. The vet goes on to explain that the man that had her saw her being pushed out of a moving car near where we live. He claimed he scooped her up and brought her home. Says he has had her since June. She went missing June 22nd. The vet said the
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    man was irate and screaming at them when they said that she was going home with her original owner. The vet explained the situation and how we were not the ones who pushed her out of a moving car. He calmed down but was still upset because he has
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    been taking care of her for 3 months and grown quite attached. I felt bad for the guy and almost considered letting him keep her just because I didn't want it to be confusing to her and I couldn't imagine how heartbroken I would be in his shoes. But, at the end
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    of the day, my kids have never stopped talking about her and I desperately want to give them something to ease their minds as they are still adjusting. So, all of this is to say that as my dog started waking up from the anesthesia, I
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    kissed her head and whispered her name over and over. Every time I said "Ginny" her tail went to thumping. When she woke up more from the anesthesia she crawled in my lap and tears were coming out of her eyes. Which meant of course they were coming out of
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    mine too lol. We've been home for a few hours and she immediately jumped on the bed, where she would normally sleep, except instead of staying at the foot of the bed she is literally hugged up against me. She keeps
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    whimpering and whining. She isn't hurt or anything. And I've never been in this situation before.

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