I couldn’t believe it.

Our 3 year old rescue dog escaped from a training facility in my hometown. He was at the training camp to work on his reactivity to other dogs as well as building trust with people outside our family. To us he is the lovable goofball that just wants to love and be loved. But in a small town not everyone would welcome seeing a 65lb Pit mix with scars from being dragged for not performing in a fight ring prior to our adopting him for the terrified dog on his own, in an area he wasn’t familiar with, and not understanding why he was “abandoned” again.

We had spent over 8 hours searching all over the side of town, with a couple of sightings that he ran from familiar people locked in the fight or flight mode when a friend reach out to Patrice and asked her to do a reading to get an idea of where he was. She confirmed our fears that he was frightened and felt abandoned with no idea why. Patrice said that a home with brick front and stairs with yellow mums on either side of the door was where he kept passing near. As a suburban New England town that is not the typical house style as most are predominantly wood, stucco, etc and it was the wrong time of year for mums. But at that point we were frantic, in the rain, with no clear indications of where to ask a local rescue to set up their capture system. I was giving up hope, knowing we would need to stop the search until the next day. I decided to walk back towards the facility he escaped from when I stepped around a shrub parking area and in front of me was a brick building that had been converted into apartments and on either side of the entrance was the yellow mums. I couldn’t believe it. I have lived in this town my entire life and because of the shrub fencing never notice this building. It gave us hope that we might find him unharmed when to be honest holding on to hope was getting harder with each step. The miracle was the next day, my husband left for work early to drive by the complex Patrice had seen and there was Jordy walking on the sidewalk next to the parking entrance and behind him was the brick building with yellow mums on either side just like she had seen. He became a believer that day as did many friends and family members.