[gatagato]

Gidget, found wandering a Portland suburb after more than four months missing from Philadelphia home, will return to owners.

The Jack Russell terrier named Gidget, who appeared in Portland after a four month absence from her home in Pennsylvania.

A Jack Russell terrier that went missing from its Pennsylvania home has turned up at an animal shelter nearly 3,000 miles away.

A good Samaritan this month spotted the seven-year-old dog named Gidget wandering in the Portland suburb of Tualatin, and brought her to the Bonnie L Hays Animal Shelter, said Deborah Wood, manager of Washington County Animal Services.

Wood said Wednesday that a microchip implanted in Gidget revealed that the owner lived near Philadelphia. Contacted by the shelter, the owner said her dog has been missing since 22 April, two days after Easter.

It’s a mystery how the dog arrived in Oregon.

“She’s never lived here; there is nothing that would bring her here,” Wood said. “So a human somehow brought her here, but we don’t know who or how.”

Wood says Gidget was a little thin, but otherwise in good shape. She has regained some of the estimated five pounds she lost during her four and a half months away from home.

“Her eyes are shiny and she’s energetic and her fur looks great,” Wood said.

The shelter and the owner are trying to figure out how to get the dog back to Pennsylvania. The owner doesn’t have the money to fly out, Wood said, and the shelter doesn’t provide transportation. Wood said perhaps someone traveling from Portland to Philadelphia would be willing to bring the dog with them.

“I kind of see this as a Disney story,” Wood said. “And we are very committed to the happy ending that we’ll figure out how to get her back to her home.”

Wood said she wants to get the owner’s permission before giving her name to reporters.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...d-philadelphia

[heroeporsiempre]

Damn, those dogs get it

[kellyhound]

great he was microchipped or else it's a needle in a haystack to find the owner

[Sharon]

3,000 miles away, lucky right enough that she was chipped!

[winvens]

Gidget just wanted an Oregon coast vacation. That's the last time she'll use a travel agent. Damn humans, we screw everything up.

[Tantrix]

“She’s never lived here; there is nothing that would bring her here,” Wood said. “So a human somehow brought her here, but we don’t know who or how.”

That's because she obviously made the majority of the trip in a car, dipshit.

[hal0mega]

Originally Posted by Tantrix ↗

That's because she obviously made the majority of the trip in a car, dipshit.

But did she drive or hitchhike?

[Tantrix]

Originally Posted by hal0mega ↗

But did she drive or hitchhike?

[MesaGrande]

Originally Posted by hal0mega ↗

But did she drive or hitchhike?

And pretty soon they'll find a car out there stolen from Pennsylvania