Family That Loses Dog In Hurricane Makes An Observation At A Pet Store

[Music] but before we start please make sure to subscribe to Eminem and hit the bell so you never miss any upload from us also leave a like right now for Chuck and Alicia James a dog made all the difference in their household reckless the family pitbull knew when the parents of three had used encouraging licks and he can make the whole crew laugh until their bellies hurt he made their house a home which made their mistake all the more painful while preparing for his storms set to blast their City the James left one detail unaccounted for that cost them their beloved canine they didn't realize that hurricane would push them into the most atypical adoption journey superstorm sandy which hit the US East Coast in 2012 will go down in history as one of the costliest most destructive hurricanes in American history it imposed nearly seventy billion dollars in damage and forever changed some families after affecting 24 states and along with a post-tropical cyclone causing at least 147 deaths in the Northeast United States Canada and the Caribbean as stated by the National Hurricane Center superstorm sandy was a monster the James family experienced that firsthand though Chuck and Alicia and their three children Alexandra Kelsey and Liam were lucky to have their health sandy took something from them the storm had destroyed the fencing of their keansburg new jersey home which was keeping their dog from getting out with defense torn down reckless the couple's brown and white terrier pitbull mix ran away we had a collar on the dog but it got caught on the fence and came off said Chuck they searched hard for reckless but they couldn't spend eternity searching for him when Alexandra's 10th birthday rolled around over a year after reckless had escaped the couple thought it it'd be the perfect time to finally adopt another pooch knowing they could never replace their friend they visited the Monmouth County SPCA at the shelter an employee first introduced this James family to an adorably scrappy dog named Lucas this dog Oh had brown and white short fur and appeared to be some sort of mutt he had an incredible back story after sandy we had so many animals being turned in Jerri Rosenthal the president and CEO of the animal shelter explained to CNN many of these poor things had their homes destroyed and wound up losing their way Jerry relayed that three-year-old Lucas was brought to the shelter in November 2013 after an employee witnessed him aimlessly roaming the streets of New Jersey he was in terrible shape due to Lucas's condition upon entering the shelter experts assume the dog had spent a period living with another family or at least being fed before escaping once again enamored by the dog story the family got to know him a little better after initially observing Lucas's pant jump and simply walk around the shelter the James family noticed that the short and stout pitbull mix had an eerie resemblance to their beloved reckless it was heartwarming to be reminded of an old friend but then Lucas reacted he jumped three feet in the air he immediately recognized us and then the tears came there wasn't a dry eye in the place Chuck stated was it a miracle if they were truly in the presence of their missing wreckless how would they know for sure he was a little heavier and it had been a while but then my wife saw the scar on his head and immediately we started tearing up we found our dog Chuck said by May 2014 the James family's home was still in ruins leading them to pack up whatever belongings survived the storm and move into a hotel but they didn't mind reckless was back at their sides one family member in particular was the most enthusiastic Alexandra was ecstatic when she was reunited with reckless as the two head up close bond while on a family camping trip Chuck told CNN that the duo have been inseparable since the unforseen reunion the kids are happy and this whole thing has been an amazing experience said Alicia the only thing I can say now is I'm finally on a vacation with all the members of our family again Chuck warmly said we really could shed a tear this wholesome happy ending will someone grab us a few tissues in Jerry's eyes the James family story which obviously had a happy ding only further highlighted the importance of getting your pet microchips things would have played out more conveniently if wreckless had been microchip to begin with if wreckless had been microchip we could have reunited him with his family much sooner he said the process entails implanting the right size chip into your pet skin in order to electronically identify him or her we love happy endings I always tell people our goal is to prevent animals from coming into the shelter except when we get them back to their original owners Jerry continued it's a joyful day for everyone when lost fur babies can see their loved ones smiling faces again if a wreckless were microchipped he could have been reunited with the James family in November 2013 more than six months prior to when they were actually reunited perhaps fate truly played a part in this story call it fate or maybe an animal's tuition once they were reunited with their beloved dog the Jameses were shocked to learn how many families had similar experiences how did some animals just always find their ways home Jo and aid from stubbington1 he was just 7 weeks old he was the sweetest little black-and-white kitten with glowing green eyes and the couple was happy to welcome him to his forever home Charlie lived a happy life with his new parents in the English suburban village of Stubing ttan which he loved adventuring through they trusted Charlie enough to let him walk around the south coast of England confident he'd always make it home safely this went on for nine years so imagine the haze shock when one day in 2006 Charlie never came back home to his family they did their best to avoid panicking as that wouldn't solve anything instead they made it their mission to find their fur baby the anguished couple put up lost cat posters around the neighborhood and desperately contacted local veterinarian offices and animal shelters in hopes that someone brought Charlie in alas this was all to no avail sadly life had to go on Joe and ade couldn't grieve forever the couple wound up packing up and moving to a neighborhood over two miles from the house that they once owned and raised Charlie in the couple hadn't visited their previous charming village in quite a while but Joe took a visit to the town they once called home when her mother was looking to purchase a property in that region in 2012 anything for mom my mom's sister and I were looking at a place close to the house 8 and I lived in when Charlie went missing said Joe being back in their old stomping grounds brought back memories of Charlie if it wasn't for the bungalow my mum sister and I were looking at we wouldn't have been around there she continued perhaps there was more than one reason Joe was brought back to the area it originally seemed like just an uneventful trip back to her old neighborhood when suddenly Joe spotted an oddly familiar looking black and white cat outside a house it looked like a replica of Charlie when we saw this cat on a wall outside a house I was immediately 99.9% sure it was Charlie Joe recalled but since she hadn't seen her precious fur ball in about six years it would be a miracle if it really were him he was a lot skinnier but came straight over to me and responded to his name Joe explained but of course the cat could have just been responding to sound she needed to know for sure Joe had a strong gut feeling that this random cat in her former neighborhood was in fact her missing pet so she did what any crazy cat lady would do she took him Joe immediately booked it to the animal shelter she worked at as a receptionist to check the wandering mystery cat for a microchip as her and her engineer husband had one implanted in Charlie the microchip test would reveal the truth unbelievably the microchip tests revealed that this enigma of a cat truly was Charlie who was a 16 year old as of 2012 I'm over the moon to have him back we shed a few tears when the microchip test worked Joe gushed it was fate Joe went and spoke to the man who lived in the house she found Charlie in front of him telling her that he'd been feeding Charlie for nearly two and a half years if only Charlie could talk to tell the tales of his six year journey Charlie had always been quite a friendly cat when we lived in Stubing ttan he would often go down to the nearby stables where they would beat him so it's no surprise he found someone to look after him in the intervening years Joe explained Joe and ade were beyond grateful to have their four-legged friend back but things were much different in the hay household since Charlie had last lived with them as a family now had two other cats two dogs and beautiful twin babies Drew and Daniella though he was always a mischievous fun-loving outdoor Kitty Joe and ade were understandably wary of the idea of letting him outside again regarding the idea Joe then stated we will eventually but I don't know when I'll be brave enough he's got the meow of an older cat now and you can tell he's grown up into an older boy he's settling back in and doesn't seem too fazed by the children Joe relayed of Charlie's progress the Hayes had always wondered what happened to Charlie after he disappeared but that's no longer mattered Charlie was finally home though the story of Joe and AIDS runaway cat is miraculous cats are survivors and this kind of thing happens more than you think though not all pet owners get microchips implanted in their cats there are other ways of confirming that a lost cat is your lost cat John Gullah was craving both responsibility and love one day in 2012 so he followed in the footsteps of so many young adults before him and went searching for the perfect pet when he saw two cats Julie and her brother Jack John knew he'd found the perfect pair he brought the two home and let them run hog-wild around his place the kittens cuddled together they played together they were delight this made it particularly painful when shortly after the adoption John had to leave Julie and Jack with his mother he was off to college and wasn't into the idea of hiding cats in his dorm room John's mother Lorinda welcomed the cats into her abode because come on who wouldn't Julie had a little white spot on her fur that made her just so darn cute but her joy in living with the two kittens was unexpectedly cut short being that she was a cat and prone to bizarre fits of panic Julie took off running one day just scooted out the door and headed down the street I couldn't find her Lorinda recalled I was just beside myself devastated by the breakup of his dynamic kitten duo John teamed up with his mom to find the missing feline they wandered the neighborhood hanging up posters jingling bags of cat treats and calling Julie frantic searches for the cat halted however when doctors John with lymphoma with a fight for his life now ahead of him he could no longer focus on the cat he so dearly loved six years passed John beat cancer married his longtime girlfriend found a new job and set up shop in Indianapolis 25 miles away from his old home in Carmel things were looking up but he never stopped thinking about Julie perhaps it was for that reason his mother was browsing Paul booths Lost and Found pets a page on Facebook dedicated to reuniting pets owners with well their lost pets a certain post on it piqued her interest a woman named Christine McKeon wrote that she'd recently seen a cat under a shed in her backyard the cat she noted was skittish and just a little bit mean it didn't sound anything like Julie most concerning of all was that the post didn't mention the white spot on Julie's belly which would have been a good detail to include Lorinda thought or someone trying to find this cat's owner still even after six years she liked John was drawn to the idea that Julie was definitely still out there looking for them she knew they'd be kicking themselves for the rest of their lives if they didn't follow up with Christine so John made the drive white-knuckle clenching the steering wheel in anticipation in less than half an hour he arrived at Christine's house and stood before the shed a mean stray black cat called home with every ounce of love he could muster just as he and his mother had done six years before in the streets of suburbia John called Julie's name and nothing happened but understanding that cats are cats and don't really come when you call them John gave it another go Julie he called Julie then two glowing eyes peeked out at John from the darkness beneath the shed John in her sights the cat once called a mean and skittish emerged she came out running from under the shed Christine called like oh hey I know this guy soon she was face to face with John and then she started purring like a lawnmower engine she roped against John's legs and after he bent down to pick her up she crawled right on top of his shoulders still John needed to be convinced that this was his Julie I turned her around and I said does she have a white spot John explained the folks gathered around can firmed she has a white spot on her stomach John couldn't believe it after six years he finally found his cat in that moment of reunion John Pet Julie and noticed the fur was surprisingly well-kept to him it meant that she only recently moved in under the shed someone had been taking care of her over the years delighted to have his cat back John looked forward to another reunion Julie and Jax with the siblings even remember the short time they spent together would they get along all of John's anxieties melted away however when he put Julie down beside Jack for the first time the two went right back to their old tricks running around and playing together John was overwhelmed it's almost like seeing a ghost or something he said of seeing Julie in his home still this was one ghost John was happy to have haunt his house John couldn't help but be thankful to whoever cared for Julie over those six years there wasn't a chance in the world she would have made it on her own over that time oddly enough some animals do prove surprisingly self-sufficient on their own in November of 2018 for instance when one of the most destructive wildfires in California history ripped through the Golden State people were forced to make tough decisions animals were too for Andrea Gaylord the decision to abandon the home that had been in her family for ten generations was one of the hardest she'd ever made but even as she watched as the century-old home went up in flames something else made her heart ache more as the campfire made its way through paradise Andrea's guard dogs Madison and Miguel had taken off and vanished without a trace though she and her husband had searched tirelessly for their beloved pets the encroaching blaze forced the couple Lea leaving the fate of the dogs unknown Andrea and her husband fled to a nearby shelter where alongside hundreds of other vacuous they waited for the fire to be extinguished all the while thoughts of Madison and Miguel never left their mind finally after 17 days of non-stop firefighting the raging campfire blaze was contained like her fellow paradise residents andrea was eager to return home hoping somehow her dogs had survived but when she and her husband attempted to leave the shelter they were told that paradise was still too unsafe to return to that's when she contacted Shayla Sullivan of k9 pawprint rescue who had actively been rescuing lost pets from areas affected by the campfire after learning of the situation Shayla vowed to do whatever she could to reunite Andrea with Madison and Miguel however as soon as Shayla began her search she received word of a dog matching Madison's and Miguel's descriptions wandering through the small city of Citrus Heights near Sacramento the city was 85 miles south of paradise Shayla drove down there and when she arrived she was stunned to find the dog described to her was in fact Miguel unbelievably the dog had traveled from Andrea's home in Paradise and had been picked up by another local rescue organization andrea was overjoyed when she heard the news about Miguel but Shayla wasn't satisfied with finding just one of the two pooches and so loading up her car once more Sheila headed for Paradise the roads were barely navigable as Shayla made her way through the once vibrant town a graveyard of charred homes and vehicles peering out at her from beneath the ashes of burnt treetops forget dogs for a second with so much destruction was it possible anything could have survived out here upon reaching Andrea's burned down property however Shayla got her answer as she surveyed the scorched earth Shayla noticed movement in the pile of rubble that was once the hundred-year-old home she approached her heart beating wildly it was Madison apparently the faithful guard dog had returned after the fire had been extinguished and was now sitting watch of his former home but even with the dog alive and well there was still one challenge that Shayla would have to face being that Madison was no lover of strangers the wary dog immediately took off when Shayla approached him some guard dog Shayla knew if she wasn't able to catch Madison the dog would surely perish from a lack of food and water Shayla needed a plan so after leaving some fresh water and a bowl of food out for Madison Shayla returned to Andrea to share the good news and relay her difficulty in catching him the pair was stumped over the predicament but devised the perfect method for luring the protective pup back home using an article of Andrea's clothing Shayla used the smell to calm Madison and draw her back to the property and when the guard dog returned he found his owner and brother waiting there for him the tearful reunion was marked by excited licks and yelps from Madison who was then fed a hefty bag of his favorite tree Wheat Thins even in the face of catastrophe Madison stayed local to his family and protected the home at all costs in all the destruction his loyalty was not lost on Andrea you are the best dog she told Madison joyful tears