I can’t resist a story about a Poodle even if it includes a really embarrassing picture of him.
After missing for 549 days from his home in Essex, England, Archie the Toy Poodle was found wandering the streets of Oxford 100 miles from home. Dog wardens were able to scan his microchip and return him to Chris and Julie Moran and their daughter, Kelly.
He had gone missing while the family spent a holiday in France in July, 2009. Although they hurried back to England, they found no trace of their dog until they got the call from Oxford.
Archie was in serious need of grooming, but he wasn’t malnourished or injured.
Where Archie has been will be forever a mystery, but, knowing how smart Poodles are, Chris Moran joked that maybe he wanted to study for a degree at Oxford. The story
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Behold the power of The Chip!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Posted by: Khyra | January 31, 2011 at 04:29 PM
Somebody must have been taking care of him. That's not 500 days of hair growth. My poodle looks like that a about the 6 week mark.
Posted by: Lynne | January 31, 2011 at 05:35 PM
oh my goodness, we lost our dog for one day and freaked out. i could not imagine that.
Posted by: sam | January 31, 2011 at 07:24 PM
love the happy ending ..
Posted by: jackie | January 31, 2011 at 10:06 PM
That's quite incredible - I wonder what he got up to?
Microchips are amazing things, and certainly helped little Archie out.
Posted by: Tracey | February 01, 2011 at 06:22 AM
Glad it worked out for Archie and his family. It's a story that makes the case for microchipping your pet.
I think future chips will have GPS tracking capability so that we can pinpoint the lost pet's location. Hey, it can happen.
Posted by: cube | February 01, 2011 at 07:16 AM
So glad Archie was reunited, thinking of him out there lost and missing his family is so sad. Glad they had the microchip. And I hope Archie got that grooming!
Posted by: Peggy Frezon @Peggy's Pet Place | February 01, 2011 at 08:57 AM
Wow. That is a long time and is pretty amazing. One time our black lab/rot decided to talk a long walk and was picked up by the local SPCA and they were able to track us down because of his chip.
Posted by: Joe | February 01, 2011 at 09:55 AM
Archie does look like a ragamuffin in that picture. But cute!
Posted by: utenzi | February 01, 2011 at 09:58 AM
Definitely looks like a less-than-500-day hair growth (TaiChi frequently looked like that in the winter!), so whoever had him had the courage to return him to his rightful owners. Fantastic on all fronts!!!
Posted by: Dr. Liz | February 01, 2011 at 10:58 AM
I love it when you tell happy dog stories.
Posted by: Anne Gibert | February 01, 2011 at 11:56 AM
I lost my little toy poodle for five days once. When I got him home I took him immediately off to be microchipped -- not that that would have helped at the time; he was on the run in the woods on the other side of a very busy road. I put signs everywhere. Plenty of people spotted him, and phoned me, but he was young and ran like a bullet, and no one could catch him.
So glad Archie was reunited with his family!
(20thCenturyWoman sent me here...)
Posted by: DuchessOmnium | February 01, 2011 at 12:24 PM
It isn't always easy to find the happy ones. :-)
Posted by: Jan | February 01, 2011 at 01:03 PM
Oh that is great news..
yepper we had a great day with Mom and Dad.. No smart people go out when there is ice on the roads!!!
Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie
Posted by: gus, louie and callie | February 01, 2011 at 03:19 PM
That is such an amazing and happy story!
To be found after such a long time - Archie is one lucky dog!
Posted by: Clive | February 01, 2011 at 03:36 PM
That's so sweet. I'm really glad I got my dogs microchipped !
Posted by: Desiree Sevoir | June 07, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I used to have my puppies AKC regestration number tattooed inside their thigh, but now microchipping is the way to go.
Posted by: DogMan | August 02, 2011 at 10:55 AM