The microchip did its job , but Stacey Staton Elam could n’t get to her dear Chris . That ’s when Holly Stahl stepped up .
It took amicrochip , squad work , and a stranger uncoerced to drive hundreds of international nautical mile to get this blackpoodlemix back to his mom .
piddling Chris escaped his N Alabama home plate back in February , slip one’s mind out of his leash while on a walk in Hayden , according toThe News and Observer . Someone found him about a month afterward in Pender County , N.C. , about 500 miles east .
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It ’s unclear how Chris , named for owner Stacey Staton Elam ’s previous husband , draw that far aside in a relatively short amount of clock time , but the story was n’t over when he was bring into thePender County Animal Shelter . The fauna protection had used Chris ’s micro chip to bump Elam ’s email destination , but she could n’t get to him .
" I ’m on disablement , so ( there ) was no way I could get to North Carolina , " Elam told the newspaper .
That ’s when Holly Stahl jumped in to help oneself . After the shelterasked for assistanceon Facebook , Stahl got then - shaggy Chris all spiffed up and drove him all the way of life to Elam , a nine - time of day haul .
" I could not let them be separated any longer and made the drive to Alabama , " Stahlwroteon Facebook . " [ I ’m ] blessed to have been able to help oneself . It was absolutely heartwarming to reunify them ! "
" When Holly arrived and Chris jumped into my arms , it was like we had never been aside , " Elam toldThe News and Observer . " I was over the moon . "
It had been tough to lose Chris , who ’d helped her through " the most frightful " time after Elam ’s married man conk . She felt like she ’d lose a connectedness to her married man when he escaped . Fittingly , she was reunited with her click around what would ’ve been her nuptials anniversary .
" I know my husband Chris had a bridge player in all of this , " she tell apart the paper .
If her write up alone is n’t enough , she also further all favorite owners to get their pets microchipped . You should take heed to her ! And make certain to keeptheir selective information updated .
