LOST...THEN FOUND

When Chuck and Elicia James went to their local animal shelter to get their daughter a new dog for her 10th birthday, they weren’t expecting to find their own dog, which had gone missing during Hurricane Sandy. The New Jersey family was heartbroken when Reckless disappeared over a year and a half ago. “It was like losing a family member,” said Chuck. At the SPCA, the first dog they were introduced to looked just like their old terrier–pit bull mix, and Reckless immediately recognized them. “He jumped three feet in the air,” said Chuck. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the place.”