Some dogs just know where the greatest region in America is, and they'll do anything to get there.
Like Mishka, a terrier mix who somehow made her way all the way from San Diego to Michigan in just eight months' time.
Mishka was at her owner's auto repair shop when she disappeared, so it is possible that she was just heading to Detroit for some parts. My instincts tell me she was probably stolen though.
A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit.
Police in Harper Woods responded to a call about a stray dog last week, picked up the terrier mix and contacted an animal welfare group.
The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society said it quickly discovered that the dog, named Mishka, had an identity chip implanted in her with information about her owners.
Mehrad Houman and his family live in San Diego but were planning to travel to Minnesota when the call came in. He landed there and then drove 10 hours to Michigan for a reunion with Mishka, the adoption group said on a Facebook post with pictures and video.
Those identity chips come in mighty handy!
Mehrad's wife Elizabeth says she never gave up on the search for Mishka, and put up thousands of flyers (though none in the Midwest). The 3-year-old pup was well-fed and seemed to have been taken care of when the adoption society got ahold of her in late March. Before heading back with her family to Minnesota, and eventually to San Diego, Mishka was given a rabies shot and cleared to leave the state for travel back to California.
I sure hope Mishka got to see the Great Lakes. Not many dogs get to see the Great Lakes, and they're so underrated. One swim in Lake Michigan and I'm telling you that dog would've never gone home.
Here's a video the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society put together for Mishka and fam:
I'm not crying, you're crying…
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