This Woman Was Reunited With Her Husky Over 2 Years After He Was Stolen, and It’s Pure Bliss

While going through chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2013, Kameroun Mares adopted a Husky puppy she named Semper Fidelis, or "always faithful" in Latin. The dog with the fitting name kept Kameroun company during a difficult time in her life, until an unforeseen move that was only supposed to separate the pair temporarily resulted in Semper and Kameroun being apart for more than two years. In 2016, Kameroun had to move from Florida to California for a round of treatments, and her roommate had agreed to keep an eye on Semper. Her roommate called right before Kameroun moved to California permanently to tell her that Semper had gone missing, and a heartbroken Kameroun began a long, bicoastal search for her dog.

"For a year, I continued searching while in California, posting up fliers via pet sites, calling 15 vet places around were I used to live over there about him, calling the humane societies about him, shelters," Mares told The Dodo. "[I] posted info about him on Facebook, lost dog forums, and pages and groups. Every day I waited for a phone call about someone finding him ... His microchip is registered to me since he was 3 months [old] . . . yet I received nothing. I was worried sick about him and missed him dearly."

After having no luck, the persistent dog owner contacted Ana Campos, a personal investigator, who discovered that there was another owner's name on Semper's chip after buying him on Craigslist for $200. The chip company never called Kameroun. She decided to get a lawyer to help her get her pup back in her arms, and thankfully, the judge ruled in her favor.

"The Sheriff's office seized the dog this morning returning him to the person who always had superior ownership rights," Ana wrote on a video she posted to Facebook of Kameroun and Semper's reunion on Oct. 18. "It was a great day."

See the emotional reunion above — it'll make you want to hold your own pets tight and never let go.