After 12 days searching and 95 miles walked, Meadow is home.

The dog, who went missing on Dec. 26, was found safe on Tuesday afternoon by her owner Lauren Johnson. “God is good, all the time, and He still would have been even if Meadow hadn’t made it home. But I praise God that the answer to this prayer was ‘yes’,” Johnson said Tuesday night.

Johnson, of Atlanta, spent each day since Meadow went missing been searching for her 8-year-old Labrador mix. Johnson and Meadow were in Birmingham to visit Johnson’s older sister, who lives in Homewood, for Christmas when Meadow somehow escaped.

In the 12 days of searching there have been numerous sightings, other dogs found, and a city that flocked to help Johnson bring her dog home. She set up scent lures, designed to entice Meadow back to Homewood. She hired a dog tracking team from out of state. She used a robocall service.

But, after countless hours searching, Johnson made the hard choice to go back to Atlanta on Monday to return to work. She was heartbroken and discouraged, she said.

Johnson didn’t know her hard work was about to pay off.

Meadow was spotted late Monday by a resident on Birmingham’s Valley Avenue. She called Johnson, and volunteers checked out the scene without any luck. Johnson still wasn’t sure it was her dog, she said.

Tuesday, the resident sent pictures from her surveillance camera to Johnson. It was Meadow.

Lauren and Meadow reunited on January 7, 2020 after a 12-day search through Mountain Brook, Homewood, and Birmingham (Contributed)

Johnson made the decision to come back to Birmingham and arrived around noon. Then, she waited. She sat outside the Valley Avenue apartment, talking and working on her computer, surrounded by freshly cooked bacon, cheeseburgers, and rotisserie chicken. Sometime around 2 p.m, Johnson heard twigs snap and she knew.

It was Meadow.

Meadow came up to the apartments and saw Johnson, running to her, and the chase was over. Johnson immediately took Meadow to a close-by veterinarian, who said the dog had only suffered several tick bites and some cuts that were already starting to heal.

Johnson thanked all volunteers involved in the nearly two-week long search and cried tears of joy as she loaded Meadow in her car and headed back to Atlanta. She was going home, this time with her other half.