Meanwhile , I still struggle to get off the lounge …

San Francisco pawl Nieve had an action - packed , play - filled month that most of us only see in the pic . The lose white terrier evaded animal control for upwards of five hr before an eventual devout reunification with her family .

It all started when Carlos , who endure in Vallejo north of San Francisco , discovered his phratry ’s blackguard was missing . He was worried Nieve had either run away or been stolen while he was forth make for in Mission Bay , KPIXreports . He quickly muster in lost dog posts on social medium in hopes someone would distinguish the missing puppy .

Senior westie in the sun

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And Nieve was spotted okay . But she would n’t be caught easily .

The local creature ascendancy building block experience a call on July 7 about awhite dogspotted near some train tracks , harmonize to Deb Campbell , a spokeswoman forSan Francisco Animal Care & Controlwho mouth with KPIX . What begin as a uncomplicated commission soon turned into a lengthy chase . lilliputian Nieve evaded Capt . Amy Corso , Lt . Ellie Sadler , Officer Rebecca Fenson , and Officer Shane Jolley for over five hours in a plot of cat and mouse ( or rather police force and pup ) .

The chase was peculiarly telling have Nieve’ssenior statusas an 8 - year - old cad . blab about staying power .

The team eventually corner her behind a park car and accept her to the urban center animal shelter . From there , Naive was transferred toMuttville Senior Dog Rescuenext threshold . It was there that Alice Ensor , an espousal counselor-at-law at Muttville , thought the lost white click looked a shade bit familiar .

Ensor had seen the absent weenie posts Carlos had posted just a day before , meaning the timeline checked out for the white hot dog to be the family ’s beloved Nieve , fit in to Patty Santon of Muttville .

" It ’s amazing someone did n’t take her home or she did n’t get hit by a car but most the great unwashed have a good heart and someone must have pronounce ' Let ’s call the tax shelter , ' " Stanton told KPIX .

On Friday , Nieve ’s outrageous adventure came to a wholesome end when she was reunited with Carlos and his boy . Carlos had tears in his optic as he book his sweet dog and repeated " give thanks you , give thanks you , " making for apaws - itively glad end .