Heartwarming moment lost dog is reunited with owner after it was found 240 MILES away in Florida

Heartwarming moment a lost dog is reunited with her Georgia owner after it was found 240 MILES away in Florida

  • Siberian husky Ashley disappeared from her home through an open door
  • It was missing for weeks and owner Brittney Novickis posted adverts online 
  • Ashley somehow ended up in Daytona Beach and was put up in a dog shelter
  • Someone saw Brittney’s advert and told her Ashley had been found in Florida

This is the heartwarming moment a lost dog reunites with its owner after she was found 240 miles away from home weeks after going missing. 

Siberian husky Ashley disappeared from Brittney Novickis’ home in Savannah, Georgia, after escaping through a door left open by a dog sitter.

She somehow wound up over 200 miles away in Daytona Beach, Florida.

This is the heartwarming moment a lost dog reunites with its owner after she was found 240 miles away from home weeks after going missing

This is the heartwarming moment a lost dog reunites with its owner after she was found 240 miles away from home weeks after going missing

‘How Ashley made her way to Daytona Beach from Savannah is a mystery,’ said a rep for the Halifax Humane Society (HHS).

‘The assumption is she was picked up and driven to the area, where she escaped again or was let loose.’

Ashley had no microchip or collar so she was listed as a stray, renamed Kit and put up for adoption on the HHS website.

But Hailey Lingo, an advocate for lost and found dogs, saw a post of Ashley on the internet, thought she could be the dog in the shelter and contacted its owner Brittney.

Siberian husky Ashley disappeared from her home in Savannah, Georgia, last year after escaping through a door left open by a dog sitter

Siberian husky Ashley disappeared from her home in Savannah, Georgia, last year after escaping through a door left open by a dog sitter

She somehow wound up over 200 miles away in Daytona Beach, Florida to the shock of her owners

She somehow wound up over 200 miles away in Daytona Beach, Florida to the shock of her owners

Ashley had no microchip or collar so she was listed as a stray, renamed Kit and put up for adoption on the HHS website

Ashley had no microchip or collar so she was listed as a stray, renamed Kit and put up for adoption on the HHS website

Ashley had no microchip or collar so she was listed as a stray, renamed Kit and put up for adoption on the HHS website

Ashley’s owner contacted HHS and raced down the next day to be reunited with her dog.

‘As it was, Ashley had two adoption holds on her when she contacted HHS,’ the rep said.

‘Had she waited just a few more hours, Ashley might have gone to a new home..’

The two were reunited at the shelter with Ashley eagerly jumping up and down and trying to escape her pen the moment she saw her owner.

Hailey Lingo, an advocate for lost and found dogs, saw a post of Ashley on the internet and thought she could be the dog in the shelter

Hailey Lingo, an advocate for lost and found dogs, saw a post of Ashley on the internet and thought she could be the dog in the shelter

Hailey Lingo, an advocate for lost and found dogs, saw a post of Ashley on the internet and thought she could be the dog in the shelter

The rep stressed the importance of microchipping pets to be able to reunite them with their owners in future

The rep stressed the importance of microchipping pets to be able to reunite them with their owners in future

‘Ashley as you can see in the video was very happy to see her,’ said the rep.

‘The owner was ecstatic to finally find Ashley after searching for her for over two weeks.’

The rep stressed the importance of microchipping pets to be able to reunite them with their owners in future.

‘Had Ashley been microchipped, she would have been returned much sooner,’ they said.

‘Only about 22 per cent of lost dogs that entered animal shelters last year were reunited with their families. 

‘However, the return-to-owner rate for microchipped dogs was over 52 per cent.’