HAS Denison in the state of Texas, an animal officer allowed a dog who had been missing for 9 months to return to her family after discovering her by chance during one of his patrols, reported KXII.
The dog in question is called Nova. Its owner Sean Brown explains that his son Nick Henry had taken her in and adopted her after finding her on the side of a road in Madill70 kilometers from Denison. So it was he who took care of Nova until his deployment to Poland with the American Army.
She disappeared in December 2025. I distributed posters. I searched every morning before going to work, I drove for miles to find her. I slept maybe one or 2 hours a day for a good 3 or 4 months, I was looking for her so much », confides Sean Brown.
A chance rescue
Recently, the agent Chance Kuhnfrom the local animal service (Denison Animal Services) was carrying out a patrol as usual when he saw a dog on the road. “ I thought, “Okay, I better get her back…” But when I got back to the shelter, I realized that this dog was really, really telling me something. “.
He ran it through a microchip reader and found that it was identified with the name of another man who had collected it in January. The agent Kuhn then remembered seeing her on wanted posters dating from December 2025.
“ So I went back to December in my intervention notes, found the information and called the man. I sent him some photos”he said. His interlocutor, Sean Browntherefore, actually found that this female dog looked a lot like Novabut he didn't want to inflict false hopes on himself.
“He knows what it’s like to lose a dog”
If he admits to having been moved to tears during the journey leading him to the shelter, Sean Brown was afraid it was a mistake: “ I was like, “Oh my, I hope it’s her. I hope… I knew it was her.” “.
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The man who had taken care of the dog since January immediately agreed to return her to her real owner. “ He was kind enough to return her because he knows what it's like to lose a dog “, declared Chance Kuhn.
Sean Brown said he called his son by videoconference to tell him of the dog's return. According to him, the latter “ He still can't believe it “.