A dog that went missing nine years ago has been reunited with her delighted owner after turning up at Bath Cats and Dogs Home.
Staffordshire Bull Terrier Niamh went missing from her home in Martley in Worcestershire in 2004, and as the years went by her owners, the Mae family, lost hope in ever seeing her again.
However they were in for a big shock when out of the blue they received a phone call from the Bath Cats and Dogs Home saying she had been handed in.
Mrs Mae drove to the home in Claverton Down for an emotional reunion with her dog.
She said: "This is the best Christmas present ever, I just can't believe it."
BCDH press officer Caroline Hook Niamh was found wandering the streets of Salisbury and bought to the home.
She said: "If it hadn't been for her microchip we might never have been able to reunite her with her family.
"Mrs Mae and her family were in a state of shock and came to pick up Niamh in person.
"It certainly was an overwhelming reunion.
"Niamh recognised her 'mum', there was not a dry eye in the house."
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