Owner cries tears of joy after dog named Nugget found walking on road across country 7 years laterHis microchip came back to a woman more than 1,700 miles away, across the entire country, in New Mexico. The little guy’s name is Nugget and he is 16 years old.
The vet tried calling his owner but it was late out west, so Jennifer knew first thing in the morning she was going to reach out to Nugget’s owner, Jessie Springer. On Feb. 10 Jennifer reached out and Springer described her response. “I’m like, ‘What?’ And I said, ‘What? What does the dog look like?’ And she said, ‘he’s a little..,’ I can’t even say it because I’m going to start crying, she said, ‘he’s a little yellow dog and his name is Nugget,'” Springer said.His microchip came back to a woman more than 1,700 miles away, across the entire country, in New Mexico. The little guy’s name is Nugget and he is 16 years old. The vet tried calling his owner but it was late out west, so Jennifer knew first thing in the morning she was going to reach out to Nugget’s owner, Jessie Springer.
On Feb. 10 Jennifer reached out and Springer described her response. “I’m like, ‘What?’ And I said, ‘What? What does the dog look like?’ And she said, ‘he’s a little..,’ I can’t even say it because I’m going to start crying, she said, ‘he’s a little yellow dog and his name is Nugget,'” Springer said.The big question was if he would be cleared to travel back with Springer on a plane. The vet gave Nugget the green light and Carolina Loving Hound Rescue has arranged for Springer to fly in this weekend to pick up Nugget to bring him back home. ‘It’s a once in a lifetime kind of rescue, honestly,” Gschwind explained. “This is everything we work for, you know, to reunite these guys.” Springer couldn’t thank Jennifer and the team at Carolina Loving Hound Rescue enough.
“God bless them and that rescue,” Springer said. Gschwind said it’s been an amazing feeling to be apart of this reunion. “Hearing it. Reading about it, you’re like, Oh, wow, that’s so awesome. I bet they feel great doing it. We have been going from crying to it’s I cannot explain it. It’s hitting every cylinder of rescue, you know? I mean, this is like a dream come true. When I told my team today what we’re doing this, that we were helping there wasn’t a single dry eye,” Gschwind explained. Springer said she never thought she find Nugget but can’t wait to bring him back to New Mexico She adds her daughter who was just a couple years old at the time he disappeared is just as excited as she is to have him home.
This is a great reminder to make sure your pet is microchipped. It’s also important to note that if you do find a lost pet to immediately take it to a vet and have it checked for a microchip. Also, don’t forget to update your microchip information if you move or change numbers. In this case, for Springer and Nugget, she hadn’t changed her number in seven years.
