Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A dog missing for six years has been reunited with her family after a stranger found her roaming the streets of Cincinnati and used a microchip to trace her back to north Florida. Pooh Bear, a 13-year-old black Pomeranian, had a microchip about the size of a grain of rice implanted under the skin as a puppy. The chip can be scanned to identify the pet and its owner. Her owner, Bambi Lesne of Panama City, said she was heartbroken when the dog was stolen in 1996. "She went everywhere with us; she was like one of my children," Lesne said. After searching three years, the family gave up hope of seeing the dog again. But a dirty and matted Pooh Bear was spotted July 5 walking near a marina in Cincinnati Ohio, 620 miles north of her home.
The woman who found the dog took her to a veterinarian, who scanned the microchip. Cincinnati veterinarian Cheryl Devine said she figured the pet had been missing for months, not six years. "And I've been able to track dogs before, but not down to Florida," she said. Lesne met the woman in Birmingham, Ala., to reclaim her pet July 17. "When I got home that evening, she saw my daughter Codi and howled with joy," Lesne said. "It gave me chill bumps." The dog has a few more gray hairs on her snout and needed a hernia operation but is otherwise healthy and happy, the owner said. Publication Date: 08-08-2002 -- Barb Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] SeaIsle Cavaliers Galveston Island, Texas Visit our website at http://www.CavalierMix.com to see some adorable adoptables ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
