Basset found 430 miles from home

[Jenn]

I love these kind of endings!

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19145352/?GT1=10056

"Hound turns up 430 miles from home
Vet in Flagstaff, Ariz., offers to fly Fred home to his owners in California
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:34 p.m. CT June 9, 2007
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A basset hound that disappeared from its California home in December has been found 430 miles away in Arizona.

The dog, named Fred, was found by an employee Wednesday in the parking lot of the Second Chance Center for Animals in Flagstaff.

The next morning, staff members with the shelter found a microchip in Fred that let them figure out he was registered at Riverside County Animal Control.

The shelter contacted Fred’s speechless owner on Friday.

The owner said Fred disappeared after she moved to Riverside in December. She didn’t know how he could have ended up in Flagstaff.

Paul Fink, a veterinarian at the Flagstaff shelter and a pilot, has offered to fly the dog home to his family.


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[maryahileman]

I'm so glad Fred is going back home. I knew they could wonder but not that far!

[Kristol]

I saw that on our local news. I thought about having mine get the microchip. I don't think it is that high ($). It would be worth it incase of something like that.

Don't ya love happy endings.

[elvismom]

I wish there were lots more stories like this.

I am so happy for him and his family!