The missing Grosse Isle dog Boo has been reunited with her family after a 600 km trek from home.

This comes to the elation of Boo's owners Rich Ducharme and Sonia Chaves who had been searching tirelessly for their beloved Lhasa Apso/miniature poodle after she went missing last week.

"A lot of people are calling it a Christmas miracle," Chaves said.

The pooch went missing last Thursday after thieves broke into the couple's home, taking a variety of items. Also missing was Boo, which the couple believes the perpetrators took.

The couple said they received a tip on Wednesday afternoon to look for Boo in northern Manitoba, so they began emailing pictures to towns in the north.

A stroke of luck happened on Wednesday when Chaves sent an email with photos of Boo to The Pas, a town 600 km north of Grosse Isle.d Shawna Robertson, the town administrator, sent it over to the town's animal pound. They found a match and emailed the good news to Chaves, who quickly replied that they would come pick her up.

"You do realize that you are six hours away?" was Robertson's reply.

But Chaves and Ducharme didn't care and drove the 6 1/2 hours into the night as Wednesday turned to Thursday, picking up Boo at 12:30 a.m.

The news came after the couple made an emotional plea last weekend for Boo's safe return.

"They are our kids," Chaves said on Sunday. "I can't imagine life without her. It's one thing to lose your dog to illness, but to have her taken from us and not know where she is, is horrible."

Robertson said the dog was dropped off anonymously on Friday night and it was just pure luck that Chaves had emailed her.

When they arrived to pick up Boo, she was fast asleep. But once she had Boo in her arms, Boo just clung on, not wanting to let go. That is until they got home Friday and Boo was reunited with her best friend Mocha, the couple's other dog.

"The two of them just jumped for joy when they saw each other," Chaves said of their happy reunion.

As for Boo, they couldn't be happier to have her back.

"We aren't letting her leave our sight," she said.

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