lizbud
07-26-2003, 09:16 PM
Jul 25, 8:32 AM EDT
Ohio Couple Pays Man for Returning Dog
CINCINNATI (AP) -- One little doggie is safely back home and the man who brought it back is a lot richer.
Joni Statzer and her husband, Kevin, of suburban Whitewater Township, paid a $10,000 reward to Adam Hoffrogge, who found their runaway dog.
The Statzers thought their 1-year-old Parson Russell terrier had been stolen after she wandered away from their home Saturday.
The couple was especially worried because of their dog's three-week-old litter of four ailing puppies, which they said could die without their mother. The puppies were being treated for an enzyme deficiency.
The Statzers searched for days and posted signs offering the reward.
Finally, Hoffrogge, 22, contacted them Thursday.
Hoffrogge told the couple he had picked up Winnie on Saturday after two cars nearly hit her.
Joni Statzer said she was glad to pay Hoffrogge the reward.
"Every human can relate to the love you feel with a pet you're close to," she said. "That's the most human feeling of all - love. And to have that loss, and then have the return of Winnie - it's a fairy-tale ending."
Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Ohio Couple Pays Man for Returning Dog
CINCINNATI (AP) -- One little doggie is safely back home and the man who brought it back is a lot richer.
Joni Statzer and her husband, Kevin, of suburban Whitewater Township, paid a $10,000 reward to Adam Hoffrogge, who found their runaway dog.
The Statzers thought their 1-year-old Parson Russell terrier had been stolen after she wandered away from their home Saturday.
The couple was especially worried because of their dog's three-week-old litter of four ailing puppies, which they said could die without their mother. The puppies were being treated for an enzyme deficiency.
The Statzers searched for days and posted signs offering the reward.
Finally, Hoffrogge, 22, contacted them Thursday.
Hoffrogge told the couple he had picked up Winnie on Saturday after two cars nearly hit her.
Joni Statzer said she was glad to pay Hoffrogge the reward.
"Every human can relate to the love you feel with a pet you're close to," she said. "That's the most human feeling of all - love. And to have that loss, and then have the return of Winnie - it's a fairy-tale ending."
Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved.