Lost dog found on bus..... after 5 years

There have been some amazing news stories resulting in a pet being found after a long absence from their owner, but T-Bone's story is even stranger, especially as he turned up 5 years later, on the local bus.

The Oates family had all but given up on ever seeing their beloved Staffordshire bull terrier again after he was snatched from outside their home but they were reunited after he was found riding a bus from Birmingham to Solihull.

The family had feared that T-Bone had been stolen by a gang who wanted to use him as an attack dog, and believe he was dumped after he developed a cyst and hopped on the bus undetected.  

The driver spotted the dog and took him to the vets and was scanned for a microchip.

Mrs Oates, 48, from Solihull, West Midlands, said: “The kids are so happy to have him back. Some of them were only young but they had fond memories of him. We were all devastated when he was stolen from our driveway in 2006.

“We put up posters and made appeals in the papers but had no luck so it came out of the blue to hear he had been found nearby.

The kids are so happy to have him back

Mrs Oates said “I broke down in tears. It is like having your child back.”

Posted by Simon on 29 Nov 2011

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