Zeppelin the dog vanished 14 months ago from Sacramento and ended up in Kansas. He just got reunited with his owner

REUNION. HOW DID WE END UP IN KANSAS? MICHELLE: THAT’S THE MYSTERY. REALLY ONLY ZEPPELIN THE DOG KNOWS THE TRUE STORY OF HOW HE ENDED UP SOME 1600 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. AND THE OWNER CHOSE THIS SPOT WHERE WE ARE BY THE RIVER NEAR THE SACRAMENTO. THEY WAITED THIS LONG REUNION BECAUSE SHE SAID THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE SHE ACTUALLY FOUND ZEPPELIN THREE YEARS AGO. SHE THINKS SOMEONE ACTUALLY DUMPED HIM HERE. >> I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM I WAS OVERWHELMED. MICHELLE: ASKED SANDRA O’NEAL IF SHE BELIEVES IN CHRISTMAS MIRACLES. >> HI, ZEPPELIN. MICHELLE: WITH NO HESITATION THE ANSWER IS A RESOUNDING YES. O’NEILL HAS BEEN DREAMING OF THIS DAY SINCE HER DOGS UPLAND DISAPPEARED IN OCTOBER OF 2021, SOME 14 MONTHS AGO. >> WE FIGURED HE WOULD COME BACK HOME ON HIS OWN LATER THAT DAY, BUT THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR HIM ON A DAILY BASIS. MICHELLE: WORLD -- WERE TRAVELED ON SOCIAL MDIA BUT SHE CANNOT FIND HER FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND. >> ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IF HE GOT AWAY AND SUMMIT HE CHECKED IN FOR A CHIP THAT HE MIGHT COME BACK TO US. SO, I HADN’T GIVEN UP COMPLETELY, NO. >> HEATHER AND HER BIG HARD IN THE HEARTLAND FOUND ZEPPELIN WONDERING AROUND ON HER KANSAS PASTURE EARLIER THIS MONTH. SHE TOOK HIM TO WILDCAT VET IN LEWISBURG, KANSAS WHERE STAFF SCANNED HIS CHIP AND DISCOVERED HE WAS A LOST CALIFORNIA BOY. >> EMOTIONAL AND HAPPY FOR THE FAMILY. IT’S A CRAZY TIME OF YEAR. >> I DIDN’T TELL ANYBODY, I DIDN’T ASK ANYBODY, I JUST DID IT. >> THAT’S WHERE MARY HASTINGS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S STEPS INTO THE JOURNEY. ALL VISITING HER DAUGHTER IN KANSAS, SHE HEARD ZEPPELIN NEEDED A RIDE HOME. THE LONG ROAD TRIP ENDS HERE IN WEST SACRAMENTO. >> COME HERE, BABY BOY. HOW ARE YOU. MICHELLE: WRAPPED IN A BIG BLUE BOW, ZEPPELIN’S HOME IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. >> OUR WHOLE FAMILY IS BLESSED TO HAVE HIM COMING HOME. ARE YOU READY TO GO HOME, BUDDY? MICHELLE: YOU KNOW ZEPPELIN IS AT HOME RIGHT NOW GETTING ALL THE TREATS, ALL THE CUDDLES, ALL THE LOVE. AND AS FOR MARY HASTINGS, SHE DROVE BACK TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AFTER THAT LONG DRIVE WEST, KNOWING THAT SHE MADE THE BEST HOLIDAY DELIVERY OF THE SEASON. SANDRA OH NEIL BELIEVES THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY STOLE ZEPPELIN FROM HER PROPERTY 14 MONTHS AGO, AND SO SHE’S ACTUALLY FILED A REPORT WITH THE YOLO

A Sacramento dog that vanished more than a year ago and ended up more than 1,600 miles away in Kansas is back home.Zeppelin the dog was recently found after having disappeared 14 months ago.After Heather Reichart found him barking in her pasture, she took him to a vet in Louisburg, where a microchip scan revealed he belonged to an owner in Sacramento, KCTV first reported. The dog’s owner, Sandra O’Neil, had never given up hope since the pooch went missing."I always thought if he got away and someone checked his chip maybe he would come back to us," she told KCRA 3 on Wednesday. "I hadn’t given up completely."She had driven to the spot where she last saw him and said a prayer. The next day she got the call that he had been found."I was just floored by how far he made it," she said.O’Neil first got a virtual reunion with Zeppelin via FaceTime and now will have him back at home just in time for the holidays. "This is an amazing gift. Our whole family is blessed to have him coming home," said O'Neill.Zeppelin's long road trip home happened thanks to the efforts of another stranger. Mary Hastings, who is from Newberry Springs in Southern California. "I didn’t tell anybody. I didn’t ask anybody. I just did it," Hastings said.Hastings was visiting her sister in Ohio when her daughter in Kansas told her about Zeppelin who needed a ride home. She volunteered to drive the dog back to its owner. They arrived in Sacramento on Wednesday and met near the Sacramento Wier. Hastings wanted to give the special gift during the Christmas season."Room at the inn. Be the one that can make a difference," she said. "Be the one that can change something and that’s what I was feeling."The reunion took place in the same area where O'Neill first found Zeppelin in January 2020. She believes someone dumped him there. O'Neill calls Hastings a "Christmas Angel" and said she is excited to have Zeppelin home for the holidays."I don't know what he’s been through so he’s going to get lots of love," she said.

A Sacramento dog that vanished more than a year ago and ended up more than 1,600 miles away in Kansas is back home.

Zeppelin the dog was recently found after having disappeared 14 months ago.

After Heather Reichart found him barking in her pasture, she took him to a vet in Louisburg, where a microchip scan revealed he belonged to an owner in Sacramento, KCTV first reported.

The dog’s owner, Sandra O’Neil, had never given up hope since the pooch went missing.

"I always thought if he got away and someone checked his chip maybe he would come back to us," she told KCRA 3 on Wednesday. "I hadn’t given up completely."

She had driven to the spot where she last saw him and said a prayer. The next day she got the call that he had been found.

"I was just floored by how far he made it," she said.

O’Neil first got a virtual reunion with Zeppelin via FaceTime and now will have him back at home just in time for the holidays.

"This is an amazing gift. Our whole family is blessed to have him coming home," said O'Neill.

Zeppelin's long road trip home happened thanks to the efforts of another stranger. Mary Hastings, who is from Newberry Springs in Southern California.

"I didn’t tell anybody. I didn’t ask anybody. I just did it," Hastings said.

Mary Hastings

Zeppelin

Hastings was visiting her sister in Ohio when her daughter in Kansas told her about Zeppelin who needed a ride home. She volunteered to drive the dog back to its owner. They arrived in Sacramento on Wednesday and met near the Sacramento Wier.

Hastings wanted to give the special gift during the Christmas season.

"Room at the inn. Be the one that can make a difference," she said. "Be the one that can change something and that’s what I was feeling."

The reunion took place in the same area where O'Neill first found Zeppelin in January 2020. She believes someone dumped him there.

Mary Hastings

Mary Hastings and Zeppelin

O'Neill calls Hastings a "Christmas Angel" and said she is excited to have Zeppelin home for the holidays.

"I don't know what he’s been through so he’s going to get lots of love," she said.

Zeppelin the dog vanished 14 months ago from Sacramento and ended up in Kansas. He just got reunited with his owner

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