AR-News: (WA/CA - US) Dog that vanished is found over 1, 000 miles away

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    Posted on Mon, Jul. 05, 2004    
Dog reported missing in San Diego found in Seattle suburb

Associated Press


FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - A dog that vanished 15 months ago from the back yard of 
a San Diego home was found more than 1,000 miles away in a Seattle suburb.

Dharma, a black Labrador-Samoyed mix, was traced to owner Peggy Russell, 47, 
a nurse and paralegal worker, by a microchip in the dog's back. She was found 
last month wandering with a leash attached to her collar in Federal Way, 
Wash., located between Seattle and Tacoma.

"I'm thrilled," Russell said Friday after the dog was given a health 
certificate and clearance for a flight home. "My son is over the moon. My husband 
can't stop laughing."

Dharma disappeared after Russell came home to find someone had cut the lock 
to the yard where the dog had been playing. The family posted fliers, combed 
the surrounding streets and visited animal shelters daily to no avail.

About 2 1/2 weeks ago, Karen DePew of Federal Way was driving her 15-year-old 
daughter, Lauren, home around 11:30 p.m. when they saw a big black dog 
running down the street and stopped the van.

"We're thinking, 'Oh my gosh, this is odd.' We opened the door, and the dog 
jumps in the car," DePew said.

Skinny, beset with fleas and a rash, the dog was nonetheless affectionate and 
well-behaved.

"We knew it was a good dog," DePew said. "You could tell somebody had worked 
with it."

Thinking Dharma lived in the area and might go home on her own, DePew left 
the dog in the family's unfenced front yard, but the dog stayed put.

DePew and her daughter made a fruitless check for "lost dog" signs, then fed 
and bathed Dharma and took the dog to a veterinarian who didn't notice the 
microchip but suggested they go to the pound.

On June 18, they took Dharma to a shelter where the microchip was discovered.

    
 

    

 
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