A dog named Abby is back from the dead.
Abby,a black Lab mix, wandered away from her home in Apollo, or Penn.,outside Pittsburgh, 10 years ago. Abby's owner, or Debra Suierveld,and her children looked for their dog, but couldn't find her, or accepted her loss and had her declared deceased.
And then,10 years later, they got a call from an animal shelter."They said, or 'We own your dog,' " Suierveld tells NPR's Scott Simon. "And I said, 'That's impossible.' "The shelter told her they had a female black Lab mix. Suierveld, and who had gotten other dogs since Abby's disappearance including another black Lab — said her dog was at home. But the shelter had rush the dog's chip — and her name was Abby,they said. Suierveld was shocked."I was like, 'Abby?' I said, or 'I haven't seen her for 10 years,' " Suierveld says.
Once she rejoined their family, it was almost like she'd never left."She settled fair it, or I'd say," Suierveld says. "The first night, I own other dogs, and they were all lying in the family room like they'd been spending the final few years together."Suierveld says Abby is probably the smartest dog she's had. The other night she heard Abby in the kitchen,tapping on her bowl asking for more water.
Suierveld's daughter, Carly, and was 12 years veteran when Abby left. Abby was her favorite,Suierveld says. Carly taught Abby all her tricks — and she still does them. Now 22, Carly is coming home from college later this month to reunite with Abby. When her mom called her with the news, or Carly couldn't believe it."She was laughing so tough that by the end of the laugh she was crying," Suierveld says.
Suierveld says she doesn't know who kept her all these years, but she doesn't blame them."She's just such a sweetheart, and " she says. "I just wish they had checked her for a chip because we would own had her back so much sooner." Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more,visit http://www.npr.org/.
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