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Stolen Dog Finds Way Home for the Holidays After 5 Years

by Ryan Karpusiewicz
Published November 28, 2011

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A Staffordshire Terrier named T-Bone has made his way home for the holidays after being stolen from his home five years ago.

A dog that was stolen five years ago has miraculously made his way home for the holidays, according to a report by the Daily Mail.

T-Bone, a now 12-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, was stolen from the driveway of Pat Oates and her family back in 2006 during a powercut. The family feared that T-Bone had been stolen by a local gang to be used as a weapon.

After the pup developed a cyst, however, the gang seemingly lost their need for him and dropped him off. The crafty pooch then made his way onto a local bus, where he was spotted by the driver. After returning to the bus depot, the dog was brought to a veterinarian. He had been micro-chipped, and the scan confirmed that the dog belonged to the Oates family.

Despite having a cyst, the Oates family is committed to providing T-Bone the care he needs and having him home for the holidays.

This story provides yet another example of the benefits of micro-chipping pets, and how microchips can help us find our pets should they wind up lost.

What do you think of this story? Isn't it nice T-Bone made it home for the holiday season? Share your thoughts in a comment!

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Ryan Karpusiewicz Ryan Karpusiewicz is the Assistant Editor, Lifestyle, for Digital Works @ NBC U, whose main…

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Comments (14)

Anonymous (Unverified)
Added 09-19-2012 01:00pm
Yes, good story to remind people about ID, both microchips and visible ID tags at all times. (Most pets won't ever end up at a shelter to begin with if they are wearing a visible ID tag with contact info, and chips are great if collar comes off, gets taken off, etc.) I do wonder why the author draws the connection between this dog having a cyst and being dropped off. Sounds like a bit of a stretch. The dog could have simply gotten out of the yard or any other number of reasons. And cysts often aren't big issues.
Mother of Crixus (Unverified)
Added 09-07-2012 12:24pm
Micro chipping is great, except it's not free. :{ Many of the companies require you to pay annual fees and charge you to update your chip if you've moved. If there was a universal way to update the chips without having to pay exorbitant fees, I'd be more impressed. Glad he made it home. :}
Anonymous (Unverified)
Added 09-19-2012 12:51pm
Some chip companies do charge to update your info, but none I know of charge an annual fee. Some have options of buying certain types of insurance for an annual fee but no mandatory annual fee once registered.
Anonymous (Unverified)
Added 07-11-2012 01:23pm
Lazy dog. Trying to take the bus.
Jan Neff (Unverified)
Added 05-09-2012 08:59pm
It was Super getting a good story to share the real importance of getting your pets chipped!!
Anonymous (Unverified)
Added 03-08-2012 07:02am
It provides hope. I just wasnt as lucky with my experience. Too many are unreadable. Great idea that needs some improvement.
Manda DLC (Unverified)
Added 03-05-2012 11:35pm
I'm use to people where I live not caring about our animals so I find it miraculous that someone cared enough to take T-bone to a vet! It's a wonderful story with a good lesson and it doesn't matter whether there was a gang or not. It also doesn't matter whether the writer used facts or assumptions because that wasn't the point. Other people should just read the lovely story and stop criticizing.
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