After Disappearing for 10 Years, Lost Dog Found 1,600 Miles from Home Finally Reunites with Family
Razzle is a small, black dog owned by a family in Arkansas. In 2011, when he was six years old, he went missing. But this year, somehow, a very old, sickly black dog showed up at an animal shelter in Northern California…
Razzle is a small, black 🐕Dog owned by a 👨👩👧Family in Arkansas. In 2011, when he was six years old, he went missing.
But this year, somehow, a very old, sickly black dog showed up at an animal shelter in Northern California with a microchip that led back to the Howard 👨👩👧Family.
He’d been gone an entire decade. He was 16 now, and the Howard boys — who’d been 8 and 15 when he’d disappeared — were now 18 and 25.
There wasn’t much time to come up with a plan, as Razzle’s health was very bad, with volunteers saying his situation was “dire” and that “his medical state was so fragile.”
Razzle’s story dazzled readers, though, and soon a team of rescue elites banded together to ensure the 🐕Dog’s final days were with his 👨👩👧Family.
According to one Facebook post, it was a woman named Debbie Newton who, with the 👨👩👧Family’s permission, picked Razzle up from the shelter and got him vet care and grooming and worked tirelessly to improve his health so he could travel.
Even with a month of top-notch rehab, vets maintained Razzle was in no shape to make the drive — even the rescuers believed he simply wouldn’t make it.
While Debbie worked with Razzle, Jennifer Colletto and Jules Beer searched for a volunteer with wings to help make the match.
Enter Jeremy Wade of California, who’d grown up in the area where Razzle’s 👨👩👧Family lived and had already planned a trip there. Wade had picked up the piloting hobby two years ago and has since participated in the Pilots n Paws charity to help with situations just like this.
“It is impossible generally to get to Arkansas without a stopover, unless going to in Fayetteville, where they sometimes have direct flights,” Wade told Fox News. “And so it was my pleasure to get to be a part of getting him home.”
“I’d just like to think of myself as a very small part of a very important chain that has to all work to try to reduce the number of homeless or neglected 🐾Animals out there,” he added.
Finally, early in the morning on July 6, Razzle was on his way home.
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After a stop in Santa Fe and after over 11 hours on the plane, Razzle was back in Arkansas. He was barely able to walk, but he was back in his 👨👩👧Family’s arms.
“It was so wonderful to reach in and lift him out of the crate for them to see him for the first time,” Wade said.
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Since the return, photos and video of the long-awaited reunion have been circulating online.
“A couple of days ago, I had the privilege of helping Razzle the 🐕Dog get back home after being lost from his 👨👩👧Family for 10 years,” Wade posted on Facebook. “See previous post for details; here is the 2 minute video I made of the journey itself and the time I got to spend with him.”
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Vickey Langley, a relative who’d gotten Razzle microchipped for the 👨👩👧Family back in 2005, was also present.
“Getting Razzle back has meant the world to our 👨👩👧Family,” she said. “We have been overwhelmed with the kindness from all the people who have helped to get him home.”
