After being stolen, service dog literally faints with joy when she is reunited with her owner
When a dog is stolen, it can leave a lasting impact on the owner. Their loss is even more devastating when the dog is a service animal. Service animal owners rely on their dogs to help them get through their day and help them with a variety of tasks.
When Bobby Linville’s eight-month-old husky mix was stolen, he was left thinking he would never see her again.
Linville’s van was stolen
It all started when Linville’s van was stolen from a parking lot. Inside of the van was his service dog, Baby Girl Blue. Missing for a few days, Linville was beginning to get desperate as he made a public plea on a local news station, WAVY-TV.
“I don’t care about my van. My boss owns a car lot; I can get another vehicle. A vehicle is a dime a dozen, but my dog, you can’t replace that. My dog was my right-hand man or woman, you know what I’m saying? Like, my best friend, my everything, I’m trying not to cry as we speak,” he told the news crew from WAVY.
Linville thought he would never see Blue again
According to Linville, who is partially autistic, Blue helps him both physically and emotionally. Blue alerts Linville to the oncoming seizures that he suffers from. Also, Linville has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Blue helps him with that as well.
Linville is reunited with Blue
A few days after his plea on the news program, Linville received some great news. Blue had been found by a Norfolk police officer and was in the custody of a local animal shelter, Norfolk Animal Care Center. Workers at the shelter had seen Linville’s story and were able to track him down to arrange a reunion.
“And we want you all to witness the miracle of what a dog’s love means to this human,” NACC wrote on its Facebook page.
Blue is so overjoyed that she fainted
Blue was so overjoyed to see Linville, that she fainted when she saw him. Linville was just relieved to finally have her back in his arms. To add heartbreak to the story, Linville is homeless and, along with Blue, had been living out of his van, which has not been found.
He is currently trying to save up money for the purchase of a new van.
Linville is seeking to buy a new van
Before reuniting Linville with his service dog, the shelter updated her rabies shot and implanted her with a microchip. For more about Norfolk Animal Care Center, visit the shelter’s Facebook page. If you would like to donate to Linville’s efforts to get a new van, visit his GoFundMe page.
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