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DOG-GONE

IT’S A
DOG-GONE
MIRACLE

THANKS TO LOVE, FAITH AND THE HELP OF
A STRANGER, A FAMILY FOUND ITS
BELOVED LOST DOG CUJO AFTER SIX
LONG YEARS!

1    “I got Cujo 13 years ago as a    patch was there all right.
 pup from my brother Mike,” says It was unmistakable!
 Noreen Barker, 41, from St. Louis.4    Noreen immediately contacted
 “He was the most beautiful golden Bob Tillay, the president of
 retriever with a curly tail and a dirksfund. He told her that Cujo
 heart-shaped patch of white on his had somehow turned up in
 forehead. He also had a very Colombia, 150 miles from
 unusual manner of saying hello by St. Louis. He had been living in the
 rubbing against you cat-style.” The home of an elderly woman. When
 playful dog quickly captured the this woman entered a nursing
 heart of Noreen’s husband, David home, the dog was sent to the
 and their two children Kayla and Central Missouri Humane Society
 Jacob. in Colombia. There he was going
2    But six years ago, tragedy to be put to death because of his
 struck. The Barkers were moving age.
 and the dog darted out through an5    “When we heard about this
 open gate into a busy road. dog, we had him brought to
 Despite an extensive search, the St. Louis, where our vet fixed him
 heartbroken family failed to find up. He was in a sad state - with
 their pet. But they never forgot ears infected so badly that he
 him! For the next six years Kayla, could hardly hear. His coat was
 12, put up a special Christmas matted and he had a broken toe.
 stocking for Cujo. “She always said We put him on our website so he
 he would come back to us,” says could be adopted into a good
 Noreen. home.” Bob Tillay says.
3    On January 19, Noreen’s6    A thrilled Noreen wasted no
 brother was looking at a special time. She says: “As soon as we
 website devoted to rescuing golden saw him, we knew we had our
 retrievers - baby back. He wagged his tail and
 www.dirksfund.com - and he was licked our hands like old times!”
 stunned by what he saw…. a Faithful Kayla, who had kept the
 picture of Cujo! He quickly alerted dream alive for years, reminded
 Noreen and she checked the website. the family. “I told you he’d come
 It was Cujo, the heart-shaped back!”