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« on: August 12, 2010, 10:07:43 pm »

... and rare happy endings, doggone Kasper's no ghost after all!   Grin
 
Since this forum has seemingly gone to the dogs Wink, here's a recent pertinent story concerning the Vermilion County Animal Shelter.  (From an IN paper ... hadn't read or heard about it locally):
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5 years later, Kasper comes home

By DOROTHY SCHNEIDER, Journal & Courier, July 30, 2010

LINDEN -- After she escaped from their yard in 2005, the Albers family searched extensively for Kasper.  Over time the family from Linden began to make peace with the fact their pedigreed Siberian husky was long gone.

Kasper was never forgotten, though. Teresa Albers mourned the dog's disappearance about two years ago when one of her sons found Kasper's old collar in a creek near the house, which is about 18 miles south of Lafayette.

Albers said she always kept a positive outlook, especially when talking to her two young sons about it.  "I didn't give up hope," she said. "I told them, 'Let's just think that someone has Kasper and is taking very good care of her.' "

Still, Albers was shocked two weeks ago to have a message waiting on her voice mail from the Vermilion County animal shelter in Danville, Ill. -- almost 50 miles away from Linden.  The message from the shelter was: "We've found the mixed-breed German shepherd you've been looking for since 2005," Albers said.

The family was skeptical, not only because of the amount of time that had passed but because their dog was a pure-bred husky. Albers asked the shelter staff to e-mail a picture, but the facility was having computer trouble.

Finally Albers asked them to check Kasper's belly, where the dog has a long scar left over from a litter of puppies she lost years ago. They also asked that Kasper be checked for a second microchip, which the Albers family knew their dog had.

"She came back on the phone and said they found it all," Albers said. "Right then and there, we knew this is really our dog."

Ann Puzey, an adoption counselor with the Vermilion County Animal Shelter, said Kasper was found near Oakwood, Ill., west of Danville, wandering just off Interstate 74.  The dog was in good health, Puzey said. The shelter staff tracked down the Albers family through the dog's microchip and called them.

"It's not an everyday thing to get one of those happy stories (where the dog) finally gets to go home," she said.  But Puzey said the chances of such reunions are greater if pet owners microchip their animals and keep the information current.

Back home in Linden, Kasper is living well, Albers said. The dog turned 13 on July 21, the day after she came home.  "We don't know how much longer she has," Albers said, "so we're just really pampering her and babying her."

While the family is thrilled at Kasper's return home, Albers also worries about the people who lost the dog most recently in Illinois.  "I know how we felt when we lost Kasper. Someone else is feeling that now, that kind of heartache," she said.

Albers called the Vermilion County shelter and asked them to pass along her contact information to anyone who comes in looking for the dog.

So far, no one has inquired.

http://www.jconline.com/article/20100730/NEWS/7300338/5-years-later-Kasper-comes-home   



That's an awesome story and it truly does show the power of positive thinking.  Smiley Our collective thoughts could change the entire world for the good...but not enough people believe it yet...it's changing though.
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