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August 2009
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"Houston Collie Rescue received word that there was a stray senior collie at the Henderson County Animal Control. With nearby Dallas rescue groups full, HCR member Megan Delozier jumped into action for the long 8-hour round trip. Once home, Megan called me with the collie's condition and personality details, but also that she had observed a tattoo inside her inner thigh. I recognized the number to be an AKC registered number and instructed Megan on how to look this info up in the AKC database. There, Megan found all of this collie's history and we were able to do a computer search on the owner. I contacted the AKC registered owner/breeder who was very surprised and helpful with all of the dog's history info. The dogs’ name was “Liza”. Surprisingly, Liza came all the way from Maryland. Sharon Mullaney, owner/breeder a few years back, had placed Liza with a family who had moved from Maryland to Texas. Sharon immediately said she would be more than willing to come get Liza and bring her back home to live with them. Though Liza is a senior girl, she seemed very healthy, HW (heartworm) negative and super sweet. HCR had her groomed, vaccinations and teeth cleaned. HCR exhausted all attempts to locate the Texas owners so Sharon began making arrangements to fly down to Houston and then drive Liza home. Sharon had some wonderful friends that even donated her frequent flyer miles. Another friend accompanied Sharon for the long ride home. In addition to taking Liza, Sharon also transported a collie pup for HCR to an approved applicant from Maryland that otherwise might not have been able to manage the transport for a very happy adoption. After 1 day of flying and another 4 days of driving Sharon has arrived home with Liza where she will undoubtedly find familiar surroundings and other collies to enjoy for the rest of her life. We wish to thank Sharon for being a responsible breeder and for caring so much for her collies." 6 CommentsLeave a comment |
Now that is someone who TRULY loves her animals and is a responsible pet owner. Even though the dog had been out of her care for several years, she was still more than willing to bring her back to live out her life with her.
Since this wonderful reunion, HCR's very own pet detective, Vickey Willard, has found another owner. We rec'd two collies from a kill shelter and one was microchipped in Maryland. After hours of internet searches, phone calls etc. she traced the owner to a town in Texas. She had lost her dog more than 3 years ago. She will be reunited with her owner soon.
So - are you saying they found Liza's owners in Texas? And they had lost her 3 yrs ago??
No, not Liza's owners. I am referring to a different dog whose owners moved from Maryland to Texas and has been missing her dog for 3 years.
Wonderful!! I love "happy tail" endings!!
I have a rescued sheltie that Vickey Willard was the foster mom for, her name is Reba. She is a wonderful pet owner/foster mom!/trainer. We don't know what we would do without our rescue. Keep up the good work Vick....we do appreciate all that you!