Dog up for adoption for nearly a year gets recognized — by her former owner’s sister
A sweet reunion unfolded in Pennsylvania and now a pup is back home with a family she adored.
Dubbed Rayna by the Central PA Humane Society in Altoona, the dog with a huge smile was brought into the shelter as a stray. But Rayna once had a family and, luckily, that family ended up finding her.
“Rayna was a stray on 3/15/2024 that was not claimed. So, she was getting towards that one year of shelter living,” the shelter said in a Dec. 8 post.
“Within the last few days, a family member of the original owner (original owner passed away) of Rayna was looking through our adoptable dogs and reached out to us thinking that Rayna might be her brother’s dog that was rehomed a long time ago.”
The sister had said the dog’s name was Bella, and gave proof of ownership.
“She provided us with photos of ‘Bella’ and met with her. She responded to Bella and was so very excited to see this family member,” the shelter continued. “We want nothing more than our dogs to be in homes, so today we sent Rayna home with her original owners’ sister. Here’s to hoping Rayna fits into the home and is finally reunited with her first original family who had no idea she was never not in a home.”
People in the comment section were overjoyed — including someone who appears to be the sister who took Bella home.
“Thank you for this and everything that you did it feels so good to be with her again and she is already knows she is home,” Tera Franklin said.
“This is heartwarming story. Miracles do happen. I’m so happy for you Bella. I’m sure your family is happy to have you back,” another person noted.
“This makes me wanna cry, I absolutely love this,” someone expressed.
“Wonderful, hope all works out well. This is a Christmas Miracle Story!!” one person said.
For information on other adoptable dogs, visit the shelter’s website.
This story was originally published December 9, 2024 at 10:12 AM with the headline "Dog up for adoption for nearly a year gets recognized — by her former owner’s sister."