silk was missing for a year, and one phone call changed everything

Silk Was Missing for Over a Year; One Phone Call Changed Everything

Liz found this little dog running in the street and took her in to keep her safe. She did exactly what we always hope someone will do, she took the dog to be scanned for a microchip. THANK YOU!

And there was a chip!

But the excitement quickly faded when the microchip wasn’t registered. The two companies listed had absolutely no owner information at all.

Liz reached out to a rescue for advice, and they recommended submitting the microchip number to Microchip Hunters. Thankfully she did.

By the time the chip came to us it was later in the afternoon, and Liz wasn’t able to keep the dog overnight, so she had to bring her to Chicago Animal Care and Control.

Microchip Hunters started digging.

I was able to trace where the dog had originally been microchipped and contacted that veterinary clinic. They still had owner information on file, from 2017.

But then… another dead end.

The phone numbers were no longer current.

So, the search continued.

After tracking down additional possible contacts, one number finally answered, it was the owner’s sister-in-law.

Her first words were: "You found my brother’s dog."
She called him while I was still on the line.

He told us that Silk had been missing for over a year, and he couldn’t wait to tell his wife, who was at work at the time.

This morning, I received a call from his wife whose name was on the microchip. She told me Silk had gotten out of their backyard, someone had left the gate open. She told me she would be at Chicago Animal Care and Control at 3:30 today.

We let CACC know, and shortly after they sent us the reunion photo… and the video below.

Welcome home Silk!

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