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Google Reunites Dog and Man

What are the odds that after two years, a man and his dog would be brought back together by a search engine? From KCRA TV in California:

An Orangevale man who thought he had lost a loved one forever made a happy discovery on the Internet.

Two years ago, Matt Strong's ex-wife gave their dog, Mikey, to the Placer County Animal Shelter when neither could keep him.

Strong said he couldn't get over his guilt of letting Mikey go. So, he decided to use technology to go in search of his friend.

"I went to (search engine) Google, and they have an image search. And I plugged in Mikey and Tahoe, with Mikey being in Tahoe the last place I had seen him. I figured I'd search for him," Strong said.

Strong said that a picture of Mikey appeared during his search. He was still at the animal shelter.

"I thought Mikey was long gone, and there he was looking at me like, 'Are you going to pick me up?'"

Strong said that he fetched Mikey immediately, and that after two years, shelter volunteers were sad to see him go.

"I look down every night, and I say, 'Oh my God. I can't believe he's physically here.' I still can't believe he's back," Strong said.

I wish for the same, but easier and quicker reunions with all others whose beloved pets have gone missing, including my friend's cat in the post below.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at December 17, 2004 09:54 PM