Jazzy , 12 , had been miss from her Texas home for seven years before Florida government discover her sick and abandoned in a hotel room . After being dormant for so long , hermicrochipwas finally able to do its piece of work .

Earlier in December , officers with Orange County Animal Services found Jazzy . She was alone and could barely take the air , according toa Facebook postfrom Animal Services . Herarthritiswas serious , but Jazzy was still sweet and soft , letting the officeholder give care for her .

" We lie with in her condition she ’d be hard to find a household for , " Animal Services write . " mass trace up outside our doors for puppies and low dogs;seniorsalways get overlooked and ignore . "

this dog is reunited with owner after 7 years

Photo: Courtesy of Orange County Animal Services

But Jazzy did n’t need a young rest home . The Orange County faculty found her microchip and used it to locate her family in Texas . Her proprietor , Kerry Smith , pilot to Orlando on Saturday to see his pup for the first meter in seven days , according toWESH .

The idiot box place cover Jazzy , then 5 , ran from her Fort Worth home during Fourth of Julyfireworks . No one know how she found herself more than 1,000 mile off in that Florida hotel way all these years later , but Smith had been look for that earpiece call .

" I knew as soon as she kick the bucket to a vet that I would get the call that I would be waiting for for seven years , " he told WESH . " I always wondered if she was alert , I always question if she was happy , if she was feeling well , and she ’s not now , but we will get her better . "

Animal Services wrote that he did n’t waffle to reunite with his dog , even after he heard about her wellness issues . It was a " dolorous " reunion , and Smith told the shelter stave stories about his beloved frump .

" Jazzy could n’t take her eyes off him , " Animal Services wrote . " She licked his hand again and again and edge her eubstance as tight as she could to him . After all those years , her heart still remembered and was at last whole . " And Smith ’s content ? " Chip your dog . "