Thankfully , Hannibal ’s mom never truly quit look for him .
When Mariah Cummings ' 3 - yr - erstwhile nether region crap , Hannibal , was stolen in a home burglary in 2018 , she was n’t certain if she ’d ever see him again . Miraculously , two - and - a - one-half years after he was stolen , the two reunify after a cross - country road slip . Documented on Cummings ' TikTok , the tear - filled reunion has gained over 4 million view .
Cummings borrow Hannibal in 2014 when he was a puppy . From the day they met , the two were inseparable . Cummings say she would delay up at night and squall at the thought of outlast Hannibal and have to continue without him .
Mariah Cummings
In July 2018 , Cummings ' fright of being without Hannibal came true . After returning from a trip-up , she rend into her drive in Saginaw , Mich. , and find the back room access to her family was wholly cave in and left open . When she go into the house , it was clear someone had broken in — and Hannibal was miss .
" The first thing I allege was , ' I do n’t hear Hannibal , ' " Cummings said .
Cummings says the burglar took or destroy almost everything in her business firm . There were fail cabinet and missing TVs and bedding . When she notice Hannibal ’s food , bowls , and leash were gone , she knew her dog had n’t just escape . He had been slip .
Cummings instantly began look for her sweet-smelling whelp by posting flyers , share on social media , appearing on the local news program , and visiting local animal shelter every workweek .
" I was visiting shelters up until I moved to Tennessee two years later . I break to almost every beast shelter in Michigan , " Cummings tells Daily Paws .
Every once in a while , even after she move to Tennessee , Cummings would get a message from someone who conceive they had found Hannibal . But it was never him . That is , until December 2020 , two - and - a - half years after Hannibal had been steal , when a friend get off Cummings a photo of a dog who was being fostered in the same town where Hannibal had gone missing .
" The mo they air me that picture , I was like , ' That ’s him . I ’m on my way , ' " Cummings said . " And I started drive that night . "
At first , Cummings was interest Hannibal would n’t remember her . But the 2d he see her at the shelter , the doggie run direct into her arms .
" The tears were just revolve . It was n’t like an factual cry , it was like my organic structure was just crying for me , " Cummings tells Daily Paws .
When Hannibal amount home , he had a few new scratch . And after a trip to the vet , they discover amast cubicle tumorin his articulatio humeri , which was thankfully removed through surgery .
Despite all he ’s gone through , Cummings aver Hannibal ’s fresh personality did n’t convert one bit . If anything , he ’s clingier than ever , following Cummings and her son around the house and snuggling in their beds whenever he has the fortune .
" We are know him to the full while we have him . And we ’re thankful that we have him , " Cummings says .
