Remember the dog that was dramatically rescued last week from flood waters in the Los Angeles River? He's finally going to be reunited with his owner after spending four days in a city animal shelter.
The German Shepherd mix, named Vernon by shelter officers, was saved in a helicopter rescue that was carried live by a number of TV stations. But no one claimed him.
His owner, it turns out, is an elderly woman who speaks only Spanish. And because he had no ID tags and wasn't microchipped, it was virtually impossible for rescuers to find the owner.
It wasn't until a friend of the woman alerted her that the dog had been found that a family friend showed up to claim him. And his name is Spikey, not Vernon.
Spikey bit the finger of the firefighter who pulled him from the raging waters and will have to remain quarantined for a few more days. But the firefighter, Joe St. Georges, said he couldn't blame the dog for his reaction.
"He's cold, he's wet, he's scared, and then here's this stranger jumping on his back for all intents and purposes, and he did what dogs do," St. Georges told the Associated Press.
But he's going home soon, and that's really all that matters.
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