Dog found in Chester Co. reunited with owner in New York after 5 years

Union University student and Chester County resident Abbie Bayless and her roommate fostered a stray English bulldog that walked into their home like she belonged there. The dog ended up staying with them for a few months.

“This has just been crazy!” Bayless laughed. “I had just moved in with my roommate—literally days before—when Azzurra showed up at our front door. We opened the front door and she just walked right in like she lived there!”

After taking care of the dog for a few weeks, they went to the Henderson Animal Control for help taking care of her, and that led to an unexpected discovery about the dog.

“It’s crazy, now knowing everything she’s been through, and how well travelled she is,” Bayless said. “Because she was so gentle and mild mannered, and just the sweetest girl ever. And we could definitely tell that somebody was missing her—we just didn’t realize that that somebody was in New York!”

Shelter workers the made the discovery of al lifetime—the precious pup had a microchip belonging to a woman in New York.

“They’ve been nursing her back to health—when I saw her pictures it just made me so happy because she looks so healthy now,” Bayless said. “Then we found out she was a little world traveler! It’s the craziest thing ever.”

An email was quickly sent to Jen Costa, who thought it was a mistake.

“I was sitting the other day and got an email that said ‘Your pet has been found!’ I thought I was seeing things, honestly,” Costa laughed. “I figured it was a mistake. It was a confusing emotion—I was just dumbfounded.”

Read more about the dog, whose name is Azzurra and her and Costa's journey back to each other.

This article originally appeared on Jackson Sun: Dog found in Chester Co. reunited with owner in New York after 5 years