Updated: 8:27 AM CST Jan 3, 2021 The Associated Press A dog that disappeared from a yard in rural Missouri 10 months ago has been reunited with her owner on New Year’s Day.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Athena was recovering from amputation surgery when she went missing from the yard of her owner, Dylan Summers, in the town of Bourbon. In early December, an East St. Louis, Illinois, pet rescue called Gateway Pet Guardians took in Athena after she and several other dogs were confiscated from a St. Clair County property. A friend of Summers saw Athena’s photo, under the name Miss-A-Toe, on the Gateway web site while looking for a dog to adopt and notified Summers. “She is already settled back in at home, and it’s like she never left,” said Summers.The reunion solved some questions, explained Alisha Vianello, the program director for Gateway, which is located more than an hour from Summers’ home.“Everyone involved in her rescue had been s
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV ) After 10 months of searching high and low for his missing dog, a Missouri man was reunited with his pooch as the new year began.
In February of 2020, Dylan Summers’ disabled dog Athena disappeared from his yard in Bourbon, Mo. Athena was hit by a car and was recovering from amputation surgery.
“I searched everywhere for her and posted online but no one came forward,” Summers said. “I had suspicions that she was stolen but I couldn’t confirm it. I was so worried about her.”
Feeling defeated, he decided it was time to start looking for a new dog to adopt. After scrolling through an East St. Louis pet adoption website, Gateway Pet Guardians (GPG), he saw a familiar face.