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| Jim and great grandson Luke are reunited with dog Sam |
A PENSIONER was reunited with the canine companion he thought he would never see again, just in time for Christmas.
Jim Robinson, 84, and his family contacted the Star three weeks ago after Sam, a one-year-old Irish Staffordshire bull terrier, disappeared shortly after two men posing as RSPCA officers turned up at the house and asked to microchip the dog.
But a kind couple, who had taken the lost dog in after finding him wandering near The Rye, saw the article and returned Sam to his rightful owner.
Jim's granddaughter, Sarah Maulicino, 33, said he could not be happier with the news. She said: "He's over the moon that he's got his dog back. He was so happy he was in tears."
Mum-of-three Sarah explained the good samaritans were a young couple from Queens Road, near The Rye in High Wycombe.
She said: "They saw the story in the paper and rang us up. They'd apparently had him since the early hours of Sunday that week. They said they were on their way home and just found him there, wandering the streets, and took him in."
Jim, a former builder and great-grandfather to 12, lives in Windrush Drive and had been devoted to Sam since his previous dog, Ruby, an Alsatian rottweiler cross, died at the age of ten.
But Sam's whereabouts during the week he disappeared remain a mystery.
Sarah said: "We don't know where he was for the five days he was missing, but he seemed fine when he turned up again. He wasn't hurt at all. He was very happy to see us."
Sarah added that the family was grateful for all the calls of support people had made during the time Sam was missing.
She said: "We wanted to say thanks for all the lovely phone calls from people. One lady even offered us another dog if we weren't able to find Sam."
The family believed the dog had been stolen by thieves, who approached Jim on Monday, December 3, telling him they were from the RSPCA.
They said they needed to tag Sam, but ten minutes after they left the dog had disappeared.
The family then contacted the Star in a bid to find him.
The RSPCA has since confirmed that the two men did not work for them, and said that Sam had been microchipped by a genuine officer some weeks before.
5:00pm Thursday 27th December 2007
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CommentPosted by: me, wycombe on 10:14am Mon 21 Jan 08
im so glad they got the dog back
im so glad they got the dog back
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