![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/dog-called-minion-returns-to-stunned-family-after-going-missing-for-12-years/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2_Digital.jpg&description=Minion was three years old when he went missing in 2011 and his family had given up hope of ever finding him but a cheap microchip proved vital to his surprise return A dog that went missing from a backyard more than a decade ago has astonishingly returned to its family. Minion the Bichon Frise was only three-years-old when he was taken in by Skip and Raleigh Crandall. At that time, their three children were just 8, 10 and 12. However, one day in 2011 the backyard gate was accidently left open and the pup escaped, seemingly never to be seen again. Dad Skip said: "He and our other dog at the time ran out - one came back and the other did not". For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US The distraught family searched all the nearby dog shelters in Arizona and put up signs as well as asking neighbours for help. But they resigned themselves to believing that "playful" Minion was gone forever and daughter Callie, now 20, told Fox News it was "super sad" at the time. Mum Raleigh then recalled receiving missed calls from an unknown number as well as voicemails. They turned out to be from a Maricopa County Animal Control field officer called Allyssa Sanford. Allyssa said: "I actually had to go pick up the dog from somebody who was reporting it as a stray - so I did what we always do in the field and checked for a chip. "I went back to my computer and it was in our system, but the last reported time it was updated was 2011." The officer had no idea how long Minion had been missing for so when Skip returned her calls and said he'd been gone for more than a decade, she felt she was part of a unique reunion. Allyssa drove around 20 miles to return the now-15-year-old pet and described how his tail began wagging and body jumping the whole time, as if he "knew" what was happening. "He was like a new puppy again," she added. After so many years had passed, the Crandall's prepared themselves for the worst. But instead Minion leaped up a){kind=link}
Minion was three years old when he went missing in 2011 and his family had given up hope of ever finding him but a cheap microchip proved vital to his surprise return
A dog that went missing from a backyard more than a decade ago has astonishingly returned to its family.
Minion the Bichon Frise was only three-years-old when he was taken in by Skip and Raleigh Crandall. At that time, their three children were just 8, 10 and 12. However, one day in 2011 the backyard gate was accidently left open and the pup escaped, seemingly never to be seen again.
Dad Skip said: “He and our other dog at the time ran out – one came back and the other did not”.
For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US