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CLEARWATER, Fla.
(USA) — Feb. 14, 2001 was the day the Sisco family saw
their dog for the last time, or so they thought. On that day,
their home was burglarized, and they lost "Hercules", a 70-pound mutt,
tan with black and white markings.
According to the Star
Tribune, it was never determined whether the three-year-old
dog had been stolen, chased away or lost in pursuit of the invader(s).
But in any case, there was not a trace of the partly-pit bull (American
Staffordshire Terrier), partly "who-knows what" mix.
In the months that followed, unbeknownst to
the family, a big, tan dog with black and white markings was picked up wandering
around the neighborhood. He was taken to the local dog shelter and
adopted by another family soon thereafter.
If you have ever lost a dog, then you
know how difficult it is to accept the loss and eventually open your
heart to a new furball. For Lisa Sisco, 38, that decision came
after almost a year when she decided it was time to surprise her husband
Lenny and 8-year-old daughter with a bundle of canine Christmas
cheer. On Tuesday, Dec. 18, she used her lunch hour to visit the Humane
Society of North Pinellas in Clearwater.
Here's where it gets a little
confusing... You see, apparently that big, tan dog with black and
white markings adopted out months earlier decided that he didn't like
his new home. After causing all sorts of mayhem and commotion over
there, the dog wound up back at the Humane Society in November.
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But now to further complicate the situation, the shelter had scheduled
the dog to be removed from the kennel and given a bath just as Lisa was
approaching to peruse the pooches.
As luck would have it, there was a delay, and the big, tan dog with
black and white markings remained in his cage. Enter: Lisa.
"I looked at three dogs, and I turned around, and there he was,"
she said. "I said, 'Hercules!' "
"He about broke through the cage," said Rick Chaboudy,
executive director of the Humane Society of North Pinellas.
"Had we bathed him 15 minutes before, he wouldn't have been
there for her to see him," Mr. Chaboudy added. "Things
like this, they don't happen very often. Certainly when they
happen at this time of year, it makes you think about fate and
miracles."
"CINNAMON" is a big, tan, mostly-pit bull mutt
currently located at Levy
County Animal Control in Bronson, Florida, USA. They say
you can make her lean left or right by scratching the appropriate ear.
To hear about more of Cinnamon's amazing tricks, email LevyCountyAnimal@netscape.net.
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