We’re Not Crying, You’re Crying: Dog Reunites With Family Five Years After She Goes Missing

After a ruff five years apart, a 17-year-old dachshund named Lady has finally reunited with her humans.

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Donna Gremminger, an animal control officer, found Lady roaming around a parking lot in Mohegan Park in Norwich, Connecticut, on Thursday, October 4. Gremminger scanned Lady’s microchip and found a number for her dad Rick Riendeau’s former employer.

“When that person called me from that company and said, ‘Are you missing a dog?’ my response was, ‘I am not missing a dog.’ It’s been five years,’” Riendeau told Today on Friday, October 5. “When I called and they said this dog is a redheaded, long-haired dachshund, my heart dropped. I ran upstairs, I said [to my wife Michelle Riendeau], ‘We’ve got someplace to go. Lady’s alive.’”

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The couple then raced to reunite with their pooch, who is partially deaf and blind. “My wife was driving the speed limit, I wanted her to drive twice the speed limit,” Rick said. “It felt like an eternity. I was a mess … far and away she’s been the most lovable, loyal pet that I’ve ever had.”

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Lady is now readjusting to life as she knew it alongside the Riendeau’s 9-year-old golden retriever, Jake. “[Lady] laid down the law that this is her house; he was going to follow her rules,” Rick teased. “Even though she was probably 15 lbs and he was 124 lbs, there was no question who was the boss.”

from Celebrity News – Us Weekly http://bit.ly/2ywsU1U