Pet detective finds missing Vancouver dog

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — If dogs could talk, Littlefoot would like have quite a tale to tell.

The 18-month old mixed breed from Vancouver went missing December 2, but was reunited with his owners Friday after he was found in Richmond.

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Littlefoot had darted away during a walk in Mount Pleasant, when his owner had a seizure.

Mike Boultbee and his partner decided to launch a GoFundMe page to raise money to hire a pet detective. He says he’s amazed Littlefoot got as far as he did.

“He’d get scared by a lot of little things, and here he is, walking himself over a bike path over the Fraser River and into a completely new area,” he says.

Al MacLellan with Petsearchers describes how Littlefoot was finally caught.

“From a sighting we knew he was coming down to a school area that he goes into once in a while,” he says. “I set a trap and he was hungry enough to go inside.”

He says it took this long to nab the dog because he’s a fast runner and he believes even a coyote was chasing him.

“All dogs go into survival mode and they all don’t want to come,” he says. “They won’t come to the owners, that’s quite typical, and he’s a fast runner. Lots of people were chasing him.”

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