Puppy Love "Angel" Rescues Lost Dog
Thanks to the kindness of a Maplewood stranger, a West Orange dog finds his way home for the holidays.
This is a lost dog story with a happy ending. On Thanksgiving Day, Smoochy, a ten-year-old Shih Tzu who belongs to the Ritter family in West Orange, escaped from his yard and ran away. "When I finally noticed we panicked and went searching around the neighborhood," said Pree Ritter. "A man told me two women had pulled up and asked around if this was anyone's dog and instead of leaving him to wander the streets, they decided to take him in." In the meantime, the heartbroken family called local police stations, visited all the shelters in Essex County and notified all vets but could not find him. They also posted a notice on Craigslist. Meanwhile, cut to Lisa Lert, owner of Puppy Love grooming in Maplewood, who was driving to Thanksgiving …
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