WE’LL TIME OUT. THAT AND SHOW YOU THE WEEKEND FORECAST IN A LITTLE BIT. HI, MIKE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS STORY. IT’S A REUNION MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE MAKING. A PHILADELPHIA FAMILY. THEY HAD TWO DOGS STOLEN FROM THEIR BACKYARD IN 2015. YES. ONE OF THE DOGS WAS FOUND, BUT THE OTHER DOG NAMED FALCAO NEVER CAME HOME. THAT IS, UNTIL NOW. AN ANIMAL SHELTER IN PHILADELPHIA FOUND A SENIOR STRAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THANKS TO AN UP TO DATE MICROCHIP, THE SHELTER WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE FAMILY WITH THE HAPPY NEWS. I CAN’T BELIEVE AFTER YEARS THAT HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO US, HE’S VERY OLD SO HE’S GOING TO GO HOME AND LIVE HIS BEST LIFE FOR THE REST OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE WITH HIM. OH, THIS IS SO SWEET, THE FAMILY SAYS. DESPITE MOVING OUT OF THE PHILADELPHIA AREA, THEY NEVER GAVE UP HOPE THAT THEY WOULD FIND HIM, WHICH IS WHY THEY MADE SURE TO KEEP HIS LOST PET REPORT ACTIVE AND HIS MICROCHIP INFORMATION CURRENT. SO HAPPY FOR
Family reunited with dog stolen in Philadelphia over 10 years ago
Updated: 5:46 PM EDT Mar 24, 2026
A family has been reunited with their dog, Forty-Cal, who was stolen from their backyard in 2015, after an animal shelter in Philadelphia found him as a senior stray on Saturday night and contacted the family using an up-to-date microchip.”I can’t believe, after years, that he was brought back to us,” Jourdyn said. “He’s very old, so he’s going to go home and live his best life for the rest of the time that we have with him.”The family said that despite moving out of the Philadelphia area, they never gave up hope of finding Forty-Cal, which is why they made sure to keep his lost pet report active and his microchip information current.
A family has been reunited with their dog, Forty-Cal, who was stolen from their backyard in 2015, after an animal shelter in Philadelphia found him as a senior stray on Saturday night and contacted the family using an up-to-date microchip.
“I can’t believe, after years, that he was brought back to us,” Jourdyn said. “He’s very old, so he’s going to go home and live his best life for the rest of the time that we have with him.”
The family said that despite moving out of the Philadelphia area, they never gave up hope of finding Forty-Cal, which is why they made sure to keep his lost pet report active and his microchip information current.