Animal Rescue Stories : A beloved dog who vanished during the huge firestorm which engulfed San Diego in 2007 has been reunited with his family.

Family finally reunited with beloved Buddy the dog SEVEN YEARS after he went missing during San Diego wildfires that destroyed their home

• John Hartman and his family lost their home during the devastating fires of 2007 in California

• He and his wife moved to Oklahoma but recently returned to San Diego to visit their son

• By chance they received a call from San Diego Animal Services saying that Buddy had been found thanks to his microchip

By Louise Boyle

Published: 15:47 EST, 9 April 2014 | Updated: 16:44 EST, 9 April 2014

A beloved dog who vanished during the huge firestorm which engulfed San Diego in 2007 has been reunited with his family.
John Hartman and his family not only lost their home during the firestorm but also their black Labrador retriever Buddy. 
Soon after the fires, someone found the two-year-old Lab and took him to a vet's office but the dog escaped. The Hartmans moved to Oklahoma but never gave up on their beloved Buddy.

John Hartman and his wife were reunited with their dog Buddy after seven years after losing his during the devastating San Diego wildfires in which the couple lost their home

However by an amazing stroke of luck, the Hartmans received a call from the Department of Animal Services during a recent trip to San Diego to see their son. Long-lost Buddy, now ten, had been found.
The dog had been found running loose in the Imperial Beach neighborhood and was dropped off at Gaines Street Animal Shelter on March 28.

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Awesome volunteers find dog who was lost in Arizona desert for 65 days

By: Adam Slinger

PHOENIX - A lost puppy missing for more than two months in the desert was finally found late Monday night north of Anthem.
In late June, 1-year-old Ily ran off Interstate 17 after a car crash seriously injured the dog’s owner and killed another dog in the vehicle.
“[Ily] went through the windshield and ran,” said Rose Sharman, Ily’s owner.
Sharman, who also went through the windshield, is still recovering and using a wheelchair until she’s able to walk again. She told ABC15 she never gave up hope that Ily was still alive.
“I missed her the most at night because she hugged me all night,” said Sharman.
A small army of volunteers searched the desert looking for the puppy, but there were no sightings until about a week ago, she said.
Witnesses reported seeing two dogs traveling together about three miles from the crash scene.
Volunteers took turns playing “watch dog”, baiting a cage with chicken and listening for sounds of activity over a baby monitor.
“We heard some clanking noises,” said volunteers Lynn Drewniany and Guy Bowman. “And then there was a bark.”
“I told them to send me a picture,” Sharman said, “I couldn’t believe it was her.”
Ily, who previously weighed around 55 pounds, now only weighs about 30 pounds. Sharman says other than the weight loss and dehydration, the puppy is in good shape.
“She jumped on my lap and wagged her tail and started crying,” Sharman said of the reunion.
Sharman believes that Ily survived because she paired up with another stray dog in the desert.
The other stray, nicknamed Buddy, was also rescued and is currently under quarantine at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control. Workers at the shelter were able to locate Buddy's original owner, who will be able to take him home on Friday.

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