Susie had been walking the streets for over a month.<\/p>\n
But this was not known by Graham Mephius when he found the Labrador lying at his driveway gate, last Friday (November 11).<\/p>
\u201cShe looked beautiful even though she was drenched and shivering from the cold,\u201d said Graham.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the gate was opened she came in and I\u2019m sure if she could speak she would have said: \u2018Give me a bit of warmth and a bowl of food and I\u2019ll be on my way again\u2019.<\/p>
\u201cAn immediate sense of responsibility kicked in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SPCA was called and a WhatsApp was posted on our local community group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham added that Johannes Rabalao from the Germiston SPCA arrived in his bakkie about an hour later, with two other dogs in the back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a quick chat and it was decided that our visitor was not going with Johannes but rather to our local vet for a microchip scan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she did not have a chip we would keep her until the owner contacted us.<\/p>\n
\u201cFailing that, we would adopt this lovely well-behaved dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graham told the GCN that to his and the vet\u2019s amazement, the handheld scanner blipped when it was \u201cswiped\u201d over the dog\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n
\u201cHalf a minute later the computer told us that her name was Susie and who the rightful owners were.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she heard her name her ears pricked up and she looked at us with great surprise,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n
The owner was contacted and he told the vet that they had given up on finding Susie.<\/p>\n
She had gone missing more than a month ago from her Alberton North home.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomehow Susie had survived from one day to the next for 30-odd days.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s about 15kms from where she had gone missing to where she was found, in Piercy Avenue,\u201d said Graham.<\/p>\n
Just before closing time that Friday evening Graham went back to the Lambton Veterinary Clinic to see if Susie had been collected.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Susie\u2019s family had come and I was told it was a very emotional reunion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to modern technology and a few people along the way, Susie found her way back home.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe never gave up on humanity,\u201d a delighted Graham said.<\/p>\n
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