Oregon Black Labrador Callie Finally Gets Home After Boarding Kennel Mistakenly Mixes Her Up With Kennel Mate
How scary for this family! I’m so glad Callie has made it home.
Thanks to the Associated Press for this article.
Man who claimed dog was imposter reunited with right pooch
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Ken Griggs finally brought the right dog home. More than two weeks after the Lake Oswego man claimed a boarding kennel returned the wrong dog after spring break, he and his family were reunited with their black Labrador named Callie.
During the break in late March, Callie shared a kennel with a lookalike named Dixie. When Griggs went to retrieve Callie on March 30, he somehow ended up with Dixie.Griggs knew something wasn’t right when Callie wouldn’t heel and the family cat — normally pals with Callie — hissed at the dog.
Griggs returned the dog to the kennel and Allison Best, the kennel owner, examined whether Callie might have gotten mixed-up with any of the other black Labradors staying there that week and contacted the owners.
The Sherwood woman who owns Dixie told Best her dog seemed to have undergone a personality change. But the woman was insistent that she had the correct dog.
Still, Best arranged for the owners and their dogs to meet March 31.
Griggs arrived at the Dundee kennel before the Sherwood woman and a black Lab got excited when he and his children approached. The kids declared it was Callie, and everyone went back home to Lake Oswego.
But it turned out to be the same dog Griggs had just returned.
Still thinking there might be a Callie impostor roaming his house, Griggs took the dog to his regular veterinarian. She confirmed through X-rays that the dog lacked Callie’s surgical marks.
The case finally resolved itself when the kennel owner got a phone call from an acquaintance of the Sherwood woman, who had told her that “Dixie was not Dixie.”
Best visited the woman’s house Tuesday and examined the dog. After realizing it was Callie, she told the woman she needed to meet with Griggs.
The real Callie finally returned home Wednesday, and spent the evening playing with Griggs’ four younger children.
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unbelievable. another reason to get chips.
some people think that just because breeds look alike does not always mean they act alike and for me they are like people love them little doggies
I have worked at a kennel, and highly recommend a micro chip for your pet. If you have a common looking dog, sounds silly but even paint a couple of the dogs toe nails for easier identification. I was always very careful but can see it happening. We had to take collars off for safety reasons. I can’t understand how they did not have their kennels marked properly and for this to happen. Almost sounds like overcrowding issues. I think part neglect on the kennel.
No two dogs are exactly alike. Every dog knows its own family. If there is something different about your dog, maybe its not your dog at all…
Glad all things worked out between the two families..