Lost dog Muffy found after nine years apart from owners

[Marilyn. 340]

A dog that vanished nine years ago has been found alive and well 1,200 miles away.

Inspectors from Australia's RSPCA were investigating a possible animal cruelty case at a home in Melbourne when they found the dog, called Muffy, sleeping outside on a scrap of cardboard.

A microchip in Muffy's neck identified her owners and after a few days of searching for a current phone number, officials tracked down Natalie Lampard, who had not seen Muffy since she disappeared from her garden in Brisbane nine years ago.

"When the RSPCA described her, I told them her name; I knew immediately it was our Muffy," Ms Lampard said. "It was totally out of the blue - after nine years, I thought she was long gone."

The owners of the Melbourne house where Muffy was discovered said they found the dog about a year ago wandering along a street.

But where had Muffy spent the previous eight years? And how did she get all the way to Melbourne - about 1,200 miles from Brisbane?

"Nobody knows," an RSPCA spokesman said. "The mystery continues for old Muffy." Muffy was suffering from a severe allergic reaction to fleas and has been under treatment.

The dog, which the Lampards originally adopted from an RSPCA shelter near Brisbane, is recovering well and should be in good enough shape to fly back home next week.

Ms Lampard got Muffy as a gift for her now 17-year-old daughter Chloe, and the two had been inseparable.

"After the RSPCA called, I rang my daughter and asked her if she was sitting down, then told her they'd found Muffy," Ms Lampard said.

"She's over the moon and there'll be a few tears shed when they see each other again. But just how she got down to Melbourne I guess is a mystery that will never be answered."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2...15875-21558597/

[~*Maria*~ 1]

awwwwww

[SpiritAlight 1]

I love these stories.

I'm still hoping my black kitty will show up somewhere we lived.

It has been 10 years though.

sigh

[TimandJoyce 1]

Wow, what a survivor!! Almost like one of those Disney stories I loved to watch as I was growing up!

[Mrs. Disney 0]

Wow, pretty incredible!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Cool.