一名女子与12年前走失的狗重聚

一名女子与12年前走失的狗重聚

When Katheryn Strang received a call that her lost dog had been found, she was bowled over.

凯瑟琳·斯特朗接到电话说她走失的狗找到了，她大吃一惊。

Katheryn Strang hugs Dutchess after they are reunited in Pennsylvania. (Photo: Humane Animal Rescue)

Dutchess, a toy fox terrier, somehow escaped from her home in South Florida in February 2007. The caller told Strang that her now 14-year-old dog had been found more than 1,000 miles away in Pennsylvania.

2007年2月，一只名叫达奇斯的玩具猎狐犬从她位于南佛罗里达州的家中逃了出来。打电话的人告诉斯特朗，她现在14岁的狗在1000多英里外的宾夕法尼亚州被发现。

"I can't believe you're calling me right now. I can't believe this is happening," Strang said.

“我不敢相信你现在给我打电话。我不敢相信会发生这样的事。”

The small, 8-pound dog was discovered hungry and shivering under a shed in Carnegie, part of the Pittsburgh metro area. The property owner brought Dutchess to Humane Animal Rescue where she was scanned for a microchip. It was traced to her original owners in Boca Raton, Florida.

这只8磅重的小狗被发现时饥肠辘辘，在匹兹堡都会区卡内基的一个棚子里瑟瑟发抖。主人把达切斯带到人道动物救助中心，在那里对她进行了微芯片扫描。它的主人住在佛罗里达州的博卡拉顿。

Her owner was quick to hop in the car and drive more than 18 hours to pick her up.

她的主人很快上车，开了18个多小时去接她。

Nobody knows how Dutchess made the 1,000-mile journey from Florida to Pennsylvania. (Photo: Humane Animal Rescue)

'Can you tell me some stories?'

“你能给我讲讲你的故事吗?”

What followed was an emotional reunion, Dutchess, rightfully, still looks frightened and may not remember her owner after all those years, but no doubt will relax after getting home and having some time to decompress.

接下来是一场感人的重聚，达切斯看起来仍然很害怕，可能这么多年都不记得她的主人了，但毫无疑问，回到家后她会放松下来，并有时间减压。

"Where have you been? Can you tell me some stories?" Strang asked, as she tearfully hugged and kissed her long-lost pet.

“你到哪儿去了?”你能给我讲讲你的故事吗?”斯特朗边问边泪流满面地拥抱和亲吻她失散已久的宠物。

Dutchess will be making the trip back home to get reacquainted with her family and meet the three cats and a dog she'll be living with.

达切斯将会在回家的路上重新认识她的家人，并见到她将与之生活在一起的三只猫和一只狗。

As many people read her story and watched the live reunion, several commented that they felt the story was a message about never giving up.

很多人读了她的故事，看了现场重聚，有几个人评论说，他们觉得这个故事传达了永不放弃的信息。

"I volunteer to search lost dogs. This is restoring my hope and faith. Wonderful!" wrote Monika Courtney.

“我自愿去寻找走失的狗。这是恢复我的希望和信念。莫妮卡·考特尼写道。

Several people said they'd love to know what happened during the years Dutchess was gone.

有几个人说，他们很想知道达奇斯离开的那些年里发生了什么事。

Wrote Sam Foster Manke, "This is one of those times you would give anything to have the dog be able to talk."

山姆·福斯特·曼克写道:“这是一个你愿意付出任何代价让狗能说话的时刻。”

"Moments like these are so refreshing and motivate us to keep working harder every day. We wish Dutchess nothing but the best with her family," Zac Seymour, manager of digital communications for Humane Animal Rescue, tells MNN.

“这样的时刻让人精神振奋，激励我们每天更加努力地工作。我们祝愿达奇斯的家人一切安好。”人道动物救援数字通信经理Zac Seymour告诉MNN。

"Many of us have had the opportunity to spend some time with Dutchess over the past few days, and she was always looking for love and attention. We can't help but smile knowing that after all of this time, she's finally going home to get the care she needs, and the love that she has always deserved."

“在过去的几天里，我们很多人都有机会和达奇斯待在一起，她总是在寻找爱和关注。在经历了这么长时间之后，她终于回家了，得到了她需要的关爱，得到了她应得的爱，我们不禁要笑了。”