Lost Sammy and found him again... after 1 month!

We were a pretty sad household for a bit. Sammy got out of the gate in the middle of the night. When we discovered it in the morning, I drove around slowly for about 4 hours with 2 crying kids through all the neighborhoods with the windows down. The kids would call and call him out the window, but no success. I called the humane society every 3 or 4 days, put posters up, called all the 'found dog' phone numbers that we could find around the area and on craigslist, for about 3 weeks, still no success. We had pretty much given up, and were talking about getting another dog, and what kind we would get.
One night I was searching online for a new puppy, and on a whim, decided to google search found beagle in the city we lived in. To my amazement an add came up on a website something like lostandfoundpets.com The description was just like sammy, and he was found about a mile from our house. I couldn't believe it! So I emailed them pictures of Sammy and called them the next morning.
After a month and a few days, we had found him!! The lady had found him in the middle of a 5 lane busy road in the middle of the night 2 weeks prior. She said he had a collar on him, which he didn't have his on when he left us, so we think someone else had found him for that first 2 weeks, but he must have gotten away from them too, or they let him go. The lady that found him also told us that he had cried most nights and she thought he was going to die from depression. Crazy thing is that she was calling the humane society every few days for 2 weeks looking for the owners! They didn't put 2 and 2 together for us :(
He sure isn't depressed now! That day sure was a happy day in our house, for both the dog and the family :) Sure glad I decided to do that google search!!


The kids wanted their notes attached to the poster. Kylees says Dear Sammy, I really like you. We are missing you. Devons is pretty readable if you click on the picture.


The happy reunion!!


Sammy making himself to home shortly after the chaos calmed down.