Cancer Survivor Woman Finds Her Dog After 2 Years Of Being Lost

A loyal dog that was lost more than two years ago has been reunited with his owner who never stopped searching for him.

The husky first came into Kameroun Mares’ life at a time when she needed love and companionship the most.

Mares has acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She met the young puppy in the summer of 2013 right after starting chemotherapy, and she made the decision to adopt him.

Mares named him Semper Fidelis, it means “Always faithful” in Latin, and called him Semper for short. Semper’s always been faithful to her. But something still managed to tear Mares and her beloved dog apart.

In 2016, Mares had to spend some time in California for more treatments, so she left her dog with her roommate. But Mares got a call she never expected. “I was told by my ex-roommate that he was missing,” Mares said.

When she got home, she looked all over for her cherished puppy but was unable to locate him. In the same year that Mares had to return to California, she kept up her struggle and called every shelter in Florida.

“For a year, I continued searching while in California, posting up fliers via pet sites, calling 15 vet places around were I used to live over there about him, calling the humane societies about him, shelters,” Mares said. “[I] posted info about him on Facebook, lost dog forums, and pages and groups. Every day I waited for a phone call about someone finding him … His microchip is registered to me since he was 3 months [old] … yet I received nothing. I was worried sick about him, and missed him dearly.”

That’s when Mares decided to get help. She asked a private investigator, Ana Campos, to help track down her beloved dog.

Ann stated:

“With AKC Reunite, she had invested in a lifetime registration. Someone advised her to recheck her AKC Reunite chip a year later. She visited the Humane Society in May 2017 and the procedure was completed online. At that point, she learned that a lady had inscribed her name on the Semper chip a year ago, on April 11, 2016.”

It appears that the other microchip manufacturer neglected to determine if an owner was already listed on the Semper chip. Semper was listed for sale for $200, which is why Kameroun had not been able to locate him, the investigator learned.

Finally, just the other day, Semper was reunited with Mares, and both the dog and Mares were overwhelmed with emotion. Mares broke into joyful tears and Semper was so excited he could not stop bouncing.