Major back home
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| Cliff Kroeger holds the latest in a long line of male boxers that have been part of the family ... all named Major. |
Cliff's granddaughter, Sabrina Winey, was carrying on the tradition when she bought a male boxer a few months ago and named him Major. The family fell in love with him, as did Cliff, who spent considerable time with the pup.
That's why the family was devastated when Major disappeared Thursday, May 31, from his Paradise Valley home. As the days dragged on, the family went so far as to offer a reward, but more days went by and the family was losing hope.
"I just figured someone took him and we'd never see him again," Sabrina said.
As it turned out, someone did take him. A Sandpoint couple, looking at property next door to the Winey home, thought Major was lost and starving when he walked up to them, friendly as could be. They knocked on the Winey's door, but no one was home at the time.
Thinking he was a stray, the couple loaded Major up and took him home, where they fed him and took good care of major.
While they thought they might have a new pet, the two were concerned that the beautiful seven-month-old boy had a family that loved him, and when a co-worker saw a lost-dog poster at a grocery store bearing a picture that bore a remarkable likeness to the dog they'd found, she called the number right away, and Sabrina described Major to a tee.
Though it as with heavy heart, the couple who'd found and taken care of him for a week and a day loaded Major back up for a ride back to Paradise Valley and a happy reunion with his rightful owners.
"Thank goodness for honest people," Sabrina said. After chatting for awhile, it turns out the story might actually have a happy ending for everyone involved.
"They might just end up being our new neighbors," Sabrina said. "Crazy!"