Texas dog shows up in Indiana after months missing

Jeremy Desel | KHOU-TV

Show Caption Hide Caption Dog missing for 7 months turns up 1,100 miles from home A Galveston woman whose dog vanished last year says she's ecstatic after her beloved pooch turned up alive and well in a central Indiana city some 1,100 miles away.

A Texas woman whose dog vanished last year says she's ecstatic after her beloved pooch turned up alive and well in a central Indiana city some 1,100 miles away.

JoeAnn Navarro of Galveston said she was devastated when her two pit bulls vanished last May, apparently stolen from her backyard. After searching for months, the 69-year-old Navarro thought she'd never see Blue or Maggie again.

But she kept their beds and bowls just in case. Then last week, a Kokomo Humane Society staffer called with the news that a stranger had dropped off her now 1-year-old female pit bull, Blue, in Kokomo.

"I said, 'You are kidding!'" Navarro explains. "She couldn't have walked there."

They will probably never know how Blue got to Indiana.

"I wish dogs could talk," Navarro added.

"She's a beautiful dog," said shelter executive director Karen Wolfe. "You don't like every dog you meet, but I liked Blue. She's a sweet pit bull."

Shelter staff discovered that Blue had an implanted tracking microchip, but when Wolfe scanned the chip she found that it hadn't been registered.

Wolfe called the company that made the chip and it determined that the chip had been implanted in Galveston. The company also had Navarro's contact information.

That puppy now weighs 60 pounds and is full of energy.

Navarro hopes her other dog, Maggie, will also be returned someday.

Contributing: Associated Press