Random Incredible Stories of Pets Returning Home (18 items)

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  (#14) French Farm Cat Travels Nine Miles to an Unknown Town to Find Her Owner

  Misele's owner, 82-year-old Alfonse Mondry, became ill and had to be taken to a hospital in a town nine miles away, where the cat had never been in her life.

  The amazing feline decided to find her owner, whatever it took. She traveled the nine miles, through hazardous conditions like rock quarries, a forest, several busy highways, and cow pastures to find the hospital Mondry had been taken to. One afternoon, a nurse came in to check on her patient, only to find Misele had found her way into his room and was curled up on his lap. Once Alfonse told hospital staff how far of a distance his beloved cat had traveled to find him, through perilous conditions no less, no one had the heart to say that the cat had to go. She was allowed to stay there with her owner.

  Source: Steiger, Brad. Cat Miracles: Inspirational True Stories of Remarkable Felines. Adams Media, 2008. Google Books. Web.  
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  (#13) Cat Travels 140 Days Home

  Skittles's owners, the Sampsons, lost track of him while they were vacationing in the Wisconsin Dells for Labor Day in 2002, 350 miles from their home in Northern Minnesota. Charmin Sampson said "He had seven to 10 days to get his act together, to come back in to where we were staying. He never showed up." Begrudgingly, the Sampsons packed up and headed back home, figuring that they'd never see Skittles again.

  On January 14, 2003, 140 days later, Charmin scolded her 16-year-old son, Jason, for bringing home another cat. It never occurred to her that it was Skittles returning from Southern Wisconsin. "The other cats, usually when you bring in a stray, they get to hissing and fighting because this is their territory. Nobody was doing that. They were all kind of looking at him from a distance, checking him out while he was eating. And he was famished." When Jason arrived on the scene, he identified the mysterious cat as being Skittles, who had just strolled up to the front door... months after his disappearance in another state.

  Source: ABC News

    
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  (#5) Jack Russell Terrier Rides a Ferry Across Plymouth Sound, Then Ran Two Miles Home

  Jarvis the Jack Russell stunned his owners after getting lost on a day outing miles from home and finding his way back alone on a ferry. Owner Vivienne Oxley watched Jarvis run off into bushes as she visited a Cornish country estate with her two-year-old granddaughter. They searched for him for a few hours, but when it started to get late, decided they would have to return home to Devon without him.

  Luckily, Mrs. Oxley got a call to say a dog like Jarvis had been spotted on the ferry they had taken across Plymouth Sound to reach Cornwall. Minutes later, her puzzled husband, Tony, called her to report that Jarvis had turned up at home, alone, apparently having trotted the two miles from the ferry at Cremyll to Devon. Jarvis had actually made it home before his owner and was there to greet her at the door.

  Source: The Daily Mail
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  (#3) Dog Finds Owner After Missing for Five Years

  Myrna Carillo never forgot about her Shih Tzu, Prince, whom had been missing for five years. Since he was initially lost, Myrna moved four times, got married, and had two children. 

  If you move four times in five years, it's hard enough for the mail to find you, let alone a dog, but that is exactly what Prince did. Carillo came home from work, and there he was, after five years, sitting on her front porch. Myrna immediately recognized the furry dog, and the dog recognized her. Carrillo lived at home and was not married when she lost Prince. "I thought I was seeing something. I just hope no one is playing a prank on me," she said.

  Source: NBC 2 Florida
  
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  (#16) Bobbie the Wonder Dog Traveled 2,551 Miles from Indiana to His Master's Home in Oregon

  In 1923, while on a family road trip in Indiana, Bobbie, a two-year old Scotch Collie and English Shepherd mix, was separated from his owners and lost. Although the family searched and searched for sweet Bobbie, they were unable to find him and had to start the trip back to their hometown of Silverton, Oregon. Six months later, a disheveled Bobbie was found waiting on the steps of the family home. His paws were worn bloody, he was emaciated and bone weary. He quite obviously walked the entire 2,551 miles back to his home through winter, crossing plains, mountains, desert, and likely fording rivers, swimming across lakes, and mucking through swamp at an average of about 14 miles each day. The Oregon Humane Society initially questioned the report, but further investigations proved the story, and Bobbie's ordeal was substantiated as 100 percent truth.

  His journey garnered him instant fame, and he was known across the nation. Bobbie (also referred to as Silverton Bobbie or Bobbie the Wonder Dog) starred in a silent movie about his adventure, The Call of the West. He was the protagonist of many books, and he is still celebrated for his loyalty every year in the city of Silverton with a children's parade. A statue, murals, and memorials to Bobbie can be found throughout the town. He is one of the most famous and celebrated dogs in U.S. history.

  Source: Wikipedia
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  (#12) Airedale Terrier Crosses State Lines to Find Home

  In October of 2008, Max, a 2-year-old Airedale Terrier, was spooked when he and his owner, Bill Clark, were involved in a car accident, so he took off out of the back seat and into the woods in Sterling, Connecticut. He found his way back home to Conventry, Rhode Island, 45 miles away, by walking along highways and back roads. His journey took three weeks and three days. Clark searched for him the entire time, but one day came home to find Max just sitting in his back yard. He had lost 11 pounds, but other than that, he was no worse for the wear. “I couldn't believe that he came home,“ Clark said. “All that way." 

  Source: NBC 10 Rhode Island

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