Texas Woman's Missing Dog Turns Up... In Florida?

By Paul Ciampanelli Aug 21st 2009

How would you react if you received a phone call informing you that your missing dog or cat had turned up 1,000 miles away from home? You'd feel the obvious relief, tempered with a great deal of confusion about how your plucky pooch or frisky feline could have traveled such a distance.

That's about how Jodi Head of Dallas, Tex. felt this week when a man found Head's beloved Yorkie, Sunshine, in Miami Beach, Fla., reports CBS4 Miami. Club promoter Micha Porat saw Sunshine roaming the streets and brought her to a vet. Luckily, Sunshine was microchipped and quickly traced back to Head, who reunited with her pup on Monday. Head rewarded Porat with $200, though according to the AP, he spent $100 flying Sunshine home to Dallas.

Reportedly, Head can't explain how Sunshine disappeared from Dallas and reappeared in Miami Beach, but according to the Miami Herald, "neighbors recently hosted some Sunshine State visitors," and "that's the only connection she can make" between Sunshine and Miami. Maybe the aptly-named pup was heeding the call of the Sunshine State!

In the meantime, the real lesson here seems to be: Microchip your dog or cat!