Tugger is back home with Mom and Dad after three years in possible captivity.

It香蕉视频直播檚 suspected Tugger spent at least part of the past three years in a puppy mill, as evident by his rather aggressive sexual drive, said John Van Elswyk.

He and his partner Sindy Cooper lost the pup when he escaped their Murrayville yard one April evening.

They went door to door asking neighbours. They plastered the area with posters. They visited the SPCA and Langley Animal Protection Society (LAPS) frequently in the weeks that followed. But there was no sign of Tugger.

After a few months, they gave up the search, assuming he 香蕉视频直播渉ad dinner with the coyotes香蕉视频直播� in their neighbourhood.

They gave up hope.

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Fast forward to the end of June 2018, and Tugger was found wandering the streets of Fort Langley. LAPS was called, and an ID check revealed Tugger was microchipped.

Although Cooper had changed her cellphone number since Tugger disappeared, Van Elswyk was still listed as a secondary emergency contact. So he took the 香蕉视频直播渏aw-dropping香蕉视频直播� call.

Over breakfast at a Turkish cafe a few Sundays ago, the astonished couple learned that Tugger was in fact alive, and in the care of LAPS.

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They were at the Aldergrove shelter 20 minutes later in tears of shock and disbelief.

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What they found was a three-and-a-half old purebred Pomeranian who weighs all of less than four pounds. He was incredibly nervous, filthy dirty, matted, and had to a few rotten teeth that needed removing.

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Cooper concurred.

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With Pom pups selling for $1,500 to $2,500 each, this little guy could was likely bringing in thousands a year, Van Elswyk interjected.

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The second week, he calmed down, and started eat properly after the removal of two rotten teeth.

Now, as each day passes, he香蕉视频直播檚 getting better and better.

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It香蕉视频直播檚 already cost the couple $600 in vet bills.

The focus for the next few weeks will simply be acclimatizing him back into his life, working on his behavioural issues, and then get him fixed, said Cooper, who compared herself to a stressed mom with a colicy child.

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Tugger had been a gift only a few months before he went missing.

Cooper香蕉视频直播檚 coworkers at a Burnaby traffic control company pooled their money 香蕉视频直播� $3,000 香蕉视频直播� and ordered the pup from Ontario. They did it all in secret, and dispatched Cooper to the airport to pick up a package that turned out to be the little Pom pup.

At the time, she had recently lost her 18-year-old all black toy Pom, Cutie, and Tugger was a birthday gift to help fill the void in her life.

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She and Van Elswyk only had him a few months before he disappeared. But it was enough time to become attached, and the couple say they香蕉视频直播檙e excited and relieved to have Tugger home again.

It goes to show that marking a pet 香蕉视频直播� whether it be a tattoo or a microchip 香蕉视频直播� is imperative. They香蕉视频直播檇 never have Tugger back, if it hadn香蕉视频直播檛 been for the chip, a story that Van Elswyk is quick to share with almost anyone who will listen.

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