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Family Gets A Shock Of A Lifetime When Their Dog Returns After Disappearing 10 Years Ago

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There are many stories of pets going missing and finding their way back to their owners, but the story of a black labrador Abby is something unique and beautiful.

10 years ago, Debra Suierveld, the owner of Abby, together with her children were playing with the one-year-old pup in the backyard of their home in Apollo, Pennsylvania. At some point, the dog ran off, and even though the family searched everywhere for her, she was nowhere to be found. After some time searching with no luck, the heartbroken family declared Abby dead.

But this wasn’t the end of this story. 10 years later, Abby showed up on a porch of a house 8 miles away from her owner’s house. She was brought to a shelter, where the dog was identified based on the information in her microchip that the Suiervelds had implanted back when she was a pup.

Debra was taken by surprise when she got a call that her dog was found and called it a miracle.

It’s unknown where the dog was for all these years, but it’s so amazing to know, that Abby back at her loving home.

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10 years ago, Debra Suierveld, the owner of Abby, together with her children were playing with the one-year-old pup in the backyard of their home in Apollo, Pennsylvania

Family Gets A Shock Of A Lifetime When Their Dog Returns After Disappearing 10 Years Ago

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At some point, the dog ran off, and even though the family searched everywhere for her, she was nowhere to be found and after some time searching with no luck, the heartbroken family declared Abby dead

Family Gets A Shock Of A Lifetime When Their Dog Returns After Disappearing 10 Years Ago

10 years later, Abby showed up on a porch of a house 8 miles away from her owner’s house. She was brought to a shelter, where the dog was identified

Family Gets A Shock Of A Lifetime When Their Dog Returns After Disappearing 10 Years Ago

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Debra was taken by surprise when she got a call that her dog was found and called it a miracle

Family Gets A Shock Of A Lifetime When Their Dog Returns After Disappearing 10 Years Ago

It’s unknown where the dog was for all these years, but it’s so amazing to know, that Abby back at her loving home

Family Gets A Shock Of A Lifetime When Their Dog Returns After Disappearing 10 Years Ago

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Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

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Adam Gleeson 6 years ago

I'm not saying it was Aliens but.... Aliens

20points

Carmen Elena 6 years ago

Why not? everything is possible... Aliens love dogs too. <3

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Pam 6 years ago

Wait...so they just reclaimed this pupper after all that time? She doesn't know she was lost and what about the folks that raised her for all those years?? They just split them all up? I don't like this story one bit.

19points

DaisyAppreciation 6 years ago

Well, they don't know what exactly happened to her for that decade, but it is quite possible another family took her in. In fact, Abbey could have run away from THEM and gotten lost. I agree. This story just has something odd about it...

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Chess Wizard 6 years ago

Well, according to the story in the link, the dog was microchipped by the original owner. If there is no information about any other family, then they would return her to the family that had her chipped. The place that she showed up at was a third party house, who contacted the police, who in turn, contacted an animal shelter. It seems that everyone did everything the way it should have been done, and the story doesn't mention anyone else showing up to claim the dog, or even reporting her missing. What else should have been done, under these circumstances?

20points

Charlotte Brine 6 years ago

So why didn't the family that found this 'stray pup get her micro checked? They are the bad ones here not the original family. And they didn't just split them up. The dog turned up at another house near the first owners of its own accord.

5points

Melissa Nunya 6 years ago

Well if they took a dog in and didn't have it checked for a chip, and then did not have their own info put in for 10 years....how would anyone know who had her

1point

Donald Radtke 6 years ago

You are missing the point of this story. Wouldn't you be ecstatic if a dog you lost/ went missing after ten years. True someone else had to be taking care of her. But all of the details aren't in the story. May have been a perfectly happy ending.

0points

Marion Friedl 6 years ago

The Dodo posted the story too lately, Debra found Abby again in a shelter!!!

0points

Claire Lajaunie 6 years ago

Well, it could be the other way round: now she is old her "adoptive" family did not want her anymore and throw her out. One never knows...

0points

Olga Vol 6 years ago

So we don't even get to know what happened to the dog for the last 10 years? :( Great she'll already, of course.

12points

Dan H 6 years ago

Witness protection program

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Adam Gleeson 6 years ago

I'm not saying it was Aliens but.... Aliens

20points

Carmen Elena 6 years ago

Why not? everything is possible... Aliens love dogs too. <3

1point

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Pam 6 years ago

Wait...so they just reclaimed this pupper after all that time? She doesn't know she was lost and what about the folks that raised her for all those years?? They just split them all up? I don't like this story one bit.

19points

DaisyAppreciation 6 years ago

Well, they don't know what exactly happened to her for that decade, but it is quite possible another family took her in. In fact, Abbey could have run away from THEM and gotten lost. I agree. This story just has something odd about it...

30points

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Chess Wizard 6 years ago

Well, according to the story in the link, the dog was microchipped by the original owner. If there is no information about any other family, then they would return her to the family that had her chipped. The place that she showed up at was a third party house, who contacted the police, who in turn, contacted an animal shelter. It seems that everyone did everything the way it should have been done, and the story doesn't mention anyone else showing up to claim the dog, or even reporting her missing. What else should have been done, under these circumstances?

20points

Charlotte Brine 6 years ago

So why didn't the family that found this 'stray pup get her micro checked? They are the bad ones here not the original family. And they didn't just split them up. The dog turned up at another house near the first owners of its own accord.

5points

Melissa Nunya 6 years ago

Well if they took a dog in and didn't have it checked for a chip, and then did not have their own info put in for 10 years....how would anyone know who had her

1point

Donald Radtke 6 years ago

You are missing the point of this story. Wouldn't you be ecstatic if a dog you lost/ went missing after ten years. True someone else had to be taking care of her. But all of the details aren't in the story. May have been a perfectly happy ending.

0points

Marion Friedl 6 years ago

The Dodo posted the story too lately, Debra found Abby again in a shelter!!!

0points

Claire Lajaunie 6 years ago

Well, it could be the other way round: now she is old her "adoptive" family did not want her anymore and throw her out. One never knows...

0points

Olga Vol 6 years ago

So we don't even get to know what happened to the dog for the last 10 years? :( Great she'll already, of course.

12points

Dan H 6 years ago

Witness protection program

39points

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