Dog Lost in Long Island Sound Miraculously Reunited With Owners

When Clare Shaw and her family were boating off the coast of Connecticut recently, the unthinkable happened and their Shiba Inu pup, Ryder, fell overboard. They searched and searched for him but were unable to recover the 8-month-old puppy.

"My family came home and we felt defeated, we packed up his things and lit a candle in his cage and assumed our boy lost his life drowning," Clare told Fox 61.

Clare posted a plea to help find her dog on Facebook, and after a local vet saw that post and a similar post in another place on Facebook, he put it all together. Some Good Samaritans saw Ryder in the water and pulled him out and kept him safe. They posted in a lost and found animals Facebook group, which is what the vet found, and Clare was reunited with Ryder soon after.

Clare's comment on the post that helped her find Ryder summed everything up perfectly: "Thank you all!!!!! So happy to have him home ❤️"