POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A dog that had been missing for 2 months is finally home, much to the joy of his 10-year-old owner.
Bruiser had gone missing from his Polk County, Florida, home on Jan. 4. The Highlands County Sheriff said Bruiser ran off while chasing a rabbit.
The Bandy family tried leaving a towel outside to help coax him back home, the sheriff’s office said, but nothing worked.
Jamie Bandy told Storyful that he and his family were starting to come to the realization that they would never see their beloved pit bull ever again, Yahoo News reported.
Eventually, Bruiser was taken to the county’s animal services department, where one of the employees realized the dog looked familiar. Some Facebook sleuthing and the dog’s family was found, the sheriff’s office said.
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But two months to the day that Bruiser went missing, the family got a call from Highlands County Animal Control telling them that Bruiser had been found.
Bandy then surprised his 10-year-old son Tyler Bandy with the reunion that was months in the making.
Click here to see their tearful reunion or watch the moment below.