Canine reunion story goes straight to the dogs
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — A Saskatchewan family is once again searching for their missing dog after a case of mistaken identity.
On Tuesday, Brennen Duncan was reunited with a white Kuvasz that was found near Moose Jaw.
Duncan was certain that the dog was his beloved Georgia. The pet had run away from the farm of Duncan’s parents-in-law, about 500 kilometres away, during a thunderstorm in July 2017.
A veterinarian said the big dog is showing signs of starvation, has a tumour on her tail, a little bit of arthritis in her hips, and some sores around her eyes.
But after CTV News broadcast a story about the reunion, Duncan’s phone rang.
The call was from a woman from a farm in nearby Caron, Sask., who said she thought the dog belonged to her and is named Bella.
Duncan said that the two arranged to meet on Wednesday morning.
And when they did, the dog went straight from him to her real master.
“They have had her since she was a pup for 13 years now, and when she got out of my truck, I could just tell that she knew the owner right away,” he said in an email.
“She jumped into the car just like she had belonged all along.”
Duncan said he shared pictures of Georgia with Bella’s owner and neither could believe how much the two dogs look alike.
He said that before the meeting, he was very sure the dog was his, especially given how she responded to his two young sons.
Duncan said it was a sad day for his family, but a happy one too, because the dog is really home.
“We are happy for Bella to go back to her farm with her family. In a way, it was kind of like we got to spend one last day with Georgia.”