DIAMOND, Mo. — The Bowman family has its pooch back. Their dog Happy is back after seven months of adventure, an operation, two intermediate homes and a new name.
Happy, also known as Radar, is the same dog who ran away from a different Joplin household to live at veterinarian Steve Walstad’s Joplin office, where he was neutered last month.
Misty Bowman, mother of Codey, 14, and Chase, 9, saw Happy’s picture Monday in the Joplin Globe with a story about Walstad deciding to keep the dog that he called Radar.
“I was yelling at my husband, saying, ‘Tell me I’m crazy, tell me that’s not Happy,’” Misty said of her reaction reading the newspaper.
The Bowmans say they took the dog they called Happy home from a friend’s house when he was 8 weeks old. He stood out to Misty because he was so friendly and not at all aggressive.
Misty’s husband, Rob, was especially
attached to the dog and named him Happy “because he always looks like he’s smiling.”
After 2 1/2 years as their family pet, Happy went missing from the Bowmans’ 160-acre farm in Diamond seven months ago. Misty said the family drove all over the area, rode four-wheelers around the property, put up lost-dog ads, and went door-to-door asking for information on their pet.
“Eventually we came to the assumption that he was gone, we thought he got run over,” Misty said.
But that was not the case. He had been taken in by a family that named Radar for his ability to find his way around.
That talent showed up earlier this month when he came back to Walstad’s office, where he had been boarded for several weeks — and neutered — while his adoptive family was out of town.
The family was considering trying to find another home for him anyway, so Walstad decided to keep him as an office pet.
Bowman called Walstad’s office and explained the situation, insisting her children didn’t know that Happy was still alive and that Walstad could keep him if he wanted. But Walstad said he couldn’t be happier with the way things turned out and cheerfully turned over the dog to its rightful owners.
Happy went home Monday afternoon, and Misty Bowman said he started to get excited in the car as they got close to the house.
“He knew where he was at,” she said.(AP)
參考譯文：
密蘇里州戴蒙德消息：鮑曼一家找回了他們丟失的小狗。在歷經(jīng)7¾個(gè)月的冒險(xiǎn)、一次手術(shù)、兩個(gè)中間家庭和一個(gè)新名字后，他們的小狗“快樂”又回到了主人身邊。
“快樂”又名“雷達(dá)”，就是從(密蘇里州)喬普林市另一個(gè)家庭出走，后又住在獸醫(yī)史蒂夫•沃爾斯塔德喬普林市辦公室的那條狗。它于上個(gè)月在那里被閹割。
米絲蒂•鮑曼是14歲的科迪和9歲的蔡斯的母親，她星期一在《喬普林環(huán)球報(bào)》上看到了“快樂”的照片，上面附有一條報(bào)道說，沃爾斯塔德決定收養(yǎng)這條他稱作“雷達(dá)”的狗。
米絲蒂提起她在看到報(bào)紙后的反應(yīng)時(shí)說：“我沖我的丈夫大喊大叫道：‘快告訴我我瘋了，告訴我那不是快樂！’”
鮑曼一家說，他們從一位朋友家里將這條他們叫做“快樂”的小狗帶回了家，當(dāng)時(shí)它才8周大。在米絲蒂看來，這條狗很出色，因?yàn)樗押昧耍稽c(diǎn)都不好斗。
米絲蒂的丈夫羅布尤其喜歡這條狗，為它取名“快樂”，“因?yàn)樗瓷先タ傁裨谖⑿??！?BR> 作為寵物在他們家生活了兩年半后，“快樂”于7個(gè)月前從鮑曼家位于戴蒙德的160英畝的農(nóng)場走失。米絲蒂說，他們一家開車找遍了整個(gè)地區(qū)，乘四輪出租馬車沿著農(nóng)場四處尋找，到處張貼尋狗啟示，并且挨家挨戶打探有關(guān)他們寵物的消息。
米絲蒂說：“最后，我們認(rèn)為這條狗失蹤了，我們想它是被軋死了?！?BR> 但事實(shí)并非如此?！翱鞓贰北涣硪粋€(gè)家庭收養(yǎng)了，由于它有識(shí)別周圍道路的能力，這家人為它起名“雷達(dá)”。
這條聰明的狗于本月初露面，它返回到沃爾斯塔德的辦公室，在那兒被喂養(yǎng)了幾周的時(shí)間并遭到了閹割，當(dāng)時(shí)收養(yǎng)它的那一家人都不在城里。
那一家子正在考慮無論如何為它物色一個(gè)新主人，因此沃爾斯塔德決定收養(yǎng)這條狗，將其作為辦公室的寵物。
鮑曼給沃爾斯塔德的辦公室打電話說明了情況，堅(jiān)持說她的孩子們都不知道“快樂”還活著，如果愿意，沃爾斯塔德可以收養(yǎng)它。但沃爾斯塔德說，既然事情是這樣，他(如果繼續(xù)收養(yǎng))不會(huì)感到更快樂，之后，他興高采烈地將這條狗歸還給了它真正的主人。
“快樂”于星期一下午回到了家，米絲蒂•鮑曼說，當(dāng)他們離家越來越近時(shí)，車?yán)锏男」烽_始變得興奮起來。
“它知道它就要到家了，”她說。
Happy, also known as Radar, is the same dog who ran away from a different Joplin household to live at veterinarian Steve Walstad’s Joplin office, where he was neutered last month.
Misty Bowman, mother of Codey, 14, and Chase, 9, saw Happy’s picture Monday in the Joplin Globe with a story about Walstad deciding to keep the dog that he called Radar.
“I was yelling at my husband, saying, ‘Tell me I’m crazy, tell me that’s not Happy,’” Misty said of her reaction reading the newspaper.
The Bowmans say they took the dog they called Happy home from a friend’s house when he was 8 weeks old. He stood out to Misty because he was so friendly and not at all aggressive.
Misty’s husband, Rob, was especially
attached to the dog and named him Happy “because he always looks like he’s smiling.”
After 2 1/2 years as their family pet, Happy went missing from the Bowmans’ 160-acre farm in Diamond seven months ago. Misty said the family drove all over the area, rode four-wheelers around the property, put up lost-dog ads, and went door-to-door asking for information on their pet.
“Eventually we came to the assumption that he was gone, we thought he got run over,” Misty said.
But that was not the case. He had been taken in by a family that named Radar for his ability to find his way around.
That talent showed up earlier this month when he came back to Walstad’s office, where he had been boarded for several weeks — and neutered — while his adoptive family was out of town.
The family was considering trying to find another home for him anyway, so Walstad decided to keep him as an office pet.
Bowman called Walstad’s office and explained the situation, insisting her children didn’t know that Happy was still alive and that Walstad could keep him if he wanted. But Walstad said he couldn’t be happier with the way things turned out and cheerfully turned over the dog to its rightful owners.
Happy went home Monday afternoon, and Misty Bowman said he started to get excited in the car as they got close to the house.
“He knew where he was at,” she said.(AP)
參考譯文：
密蘇里州戴蒙德消息：鮑曼一家找回了他們丟失的小狗。在歷經(jīng)7¾個(gè)月的冒險(xiǎn)、一次手術(shù)、兩個(gè)中間家庭和一個(gè)新名字后，他們的小狗“快樂”又回到了主人身邊。
“快樂”又名“雷達(dá)”，就是從(密蘇里州)喬普林市另一個(gè)家庭出走，后又住在獸醫(yī)史蒂夫•沃爾斯塔德喬普林市辦公室的那條狗。它于上個(gè)月在那里被閹割。
米絲蒂•鮑曼是14歲的科迪和9歲的蔡斯的母親，她星期一在《喬普林環(huán)球報(bào)》上看到了“快樂”的照片，上面附有一條報(bào)道說，沃爾斯塔德決定收養(yǎng)這條他稱作“雷達(dá)”的狗。
米絲蒂提起她在看到報(bào)紙后的反應(yīng)時(shí)說：“我沖我的丈夫大喊大叫道：‘快告訴我我瘋了，告訴我那不是快樂！’”
鮑曼一家說，他們從一位朋友家里將這條他們叫做“快樂”的小狗帶回了家，當(dāng)時(shí)它才8周大。在米絲蒂看來，這條狗很出色，因?yàn)樗押昧耍稽c(diǎn)都不好斗。
米絲蒂的丈夫羅布尤其喜歡這條狗，為它取名“快樂”，“因?yàn)樗瓷先タ傁裨谖⑿??！?BR> 作為寵物在他們家生活了兩年半后，“快樂”于7個(gè)月前從鮑曼家位于戴蒙德的160英畝的農(nóng)場走失。米絲蒂說，他們一家開車找遍了整個(gè)地區(qū)，乘四輪出租馬車沿著農(nóng)場四處尋找，到處張貼尋狗啟示，并且挨家挨戶打探有關(guān)他們寵物的消息。
米絲蒂說：“最后，我們認(rèn)為這條狗失蹤了，我們想它是被軋死了?！?BR> 但事實(shí)并非如此?！翱鞓贰北涣硪粋€(gè)家庭收養(yǎng)了，由于它有識(shí)別周圍道路的能力，這家人為它起名“雷達(dá)”。
這條聰明的狗于本月初露面，它返回到沃爾斯塔德的辦公室，在那兒被喂養(yǎng)了幾周的時(shí)間并遭到了閹割，當(dāng)時(shí)收養(yǎng)它的那一家人都不在城里。
那一家子正在考慮無論如何為它物色一個(gè)新主人，因此沃爾斯塔德決定收養(yǎng)這條狗，將其作為辦公室的寵物。
鮑曼給沃爾斯塔德的辦公室打電話說明了情況，堅(jiān)持說她的孩子們都不知道“快樂”還活著，如果愿意，沃爾斯塔德可以收養(yǎng)它。但沃爾斯塔德說，既然事情是這樣，他(如果繼續(xù)收養(yǎng))不會(huì)感到更快樂，之后，他興高采烈地將這條狗歸還給了它真正的主人。
“快樂”于星期一下午回到了家，米絲蒂•鮑曼說，當(dāng)他們離家越來越近時(shí)，車?yán)锏男」烽_始變得興奮起來。
“它知道它就要到家了，”她說。