Woman tearfully reunites with her dog 8 years after losing him

When you go home, your dog wags its tail happily to see you. These loyal pets wait for you every day and are always happy to see you when you walk through the door. However, have you ever wondered if a dog would still recognize you after several years have passed due to their relatively short lifespan? Well, this family reunite with their dog after over eight very long years!

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home every day.”

In February 2014, a playful pitbull puppy named Harley went exploring in the woods while out with his owner Betsy Dehaan for a bathroom break. Within a few minutes, Harley was gone. Despite searching for him and distributing posters in case someone had seen him, there was no news of Harley. He was only a couple of years old and had just started creating memories with Betsy in their Lee County home.

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“I turned them out to go to the bathroom,” the woman said. “Turned my back for a second and they went off into the woods. And we went looking and never found Harley. We searched and cruised and looked and put up posters and sent out the wanted, missing pet and just never stopped looking for him.”

Unfortunately, regardless how hard they tried to find Harley, they never managed to see him again. Meantime, Betsy and her family moved to Missouri, but their adorable pittie was always in their memory as they never had another dog after. However, more than eight years after, they miraculously reunited, all thanks to Harley’s microchip.

Eight years later, in the present day, Angie Bray and a friend were walking on Barto Boulevard in San Carlos Park when they saw a dog that was malnourished and had overgrown nails.