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BY CHRISTINE SLUSSER
A man thought he’d lost his 15-year-old doggy, Romeo, for good while on a camping
trip in New Mexico. “Good Morning America” has more.
“His owner, Mike Stotts, who you see there, had given up hope until he got a call the
other day from a company that monitors those pet tracking chips, like the one under Romeo’s
skin. The state park worker tracked him down.”
Romeo somehow survived two months in the wilderness with no food and probably coyotes! WZVN reports
the dog got his namesake for two reasons: he’s a ladies man -- and he was born in
Rome! The dog clearly doesn’t mind travel.
STOTTS: “It’s indescribable, it’s just...after you think you’ve lost something, and two
months later...it’s like a resurrection. It’s just surreal.””
Stotts looked for Romeo for days before he was forced to go home to Austin, Texas- and
even set up a memorial for the dog -- fearing the worst. Now that the happy reunion is over
-- KOB reports there’s a lesson to be learned:
“And the biggest thing to take from the reunion of Romeo with his owner, is that people
with dogs need to get microchips for them. ”
“Be aware that microchips work and you get your dogs back.”
We are so glad this Romeo and Juliet story has a happier ending. Even if Juliet is just
Mike.