Kicker: Together again

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Here’s to a reunion 11 years in the making!

Melanie Epperson of Buffalo, New York never thought she’d see her loveable pup Snuggles ever again. He’d disappeared during the chaos of a move more than a decade ago.

But then: a call from the city animal shelter. Sound from WKBS Buffalo:

EPPERSON: When I got that call? At first, I thought my daughter was joking, like, Chantelle, stop playing.

Turns out, a good Samaritan brought Snuggles in for a microchip scan. That scan led to Epperson’s daughter Chantel, who took the call.

Now after all this time, Snuggles is back home.

EPPERSON: Here we are, me and Snuggles. He could live up to 18 years old. So I got at least another good four to five years to snuggle Snuggles.

So this “tail” has a happy ending with plenty of wag left in it!

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