Dog Found After Missing for 5 Years
By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.com
Lily, a Boxer, was only 1 year old when she disappeared from her backyard five years ago. Marcus Finster said he was celebrating his graduation from college Saturday when he got a call saying that Lily had been found 200 miles away.
Finster says the dog was microchipped, and he believes someone took her to breed her. The staff at Best Friend Veterinary Hospital in Braselton, Georgia, said Lily immediately knew who Finster and his wife were when they arrived to pick her up.
"She was playful, but when I called her name, she just took off running to us," Finster said. She was in fair condition when she was found, but was extremely underweight and had fleas and ticks. Lily is now happily recovering back at home, Finster said. - Watch it at Atlanta's WSB-TV
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