A man was reunited with his dog after it went missing for EIGHT years.
Paul Guilbeaut, 43, was moving from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Mesa, Arizona when they made a pit stop in Oklahoma City.
After driving all day, Paul decided to take his beloved miniature Doberman pincher, Damian, now 13, for a walk but he managed to get loose from his lead and run off.
Paul, his dad and his friend, went out looking for Damian for eight days - putting flyers up and posting online but had no success.
For years, Paul continued to search for Damian but faced the reality that Damian was either with a new family or had died.
Eight years later, on January 15, 2025, Paul and his husband, Julian, 30, were driving to California to donate clothes to fire victims when he got a random text from the American Kennel Club saying that Damian had been found.
Link to page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/reunited-after-8yrs-now-damian-needs-to-see-the-vet
Paul Guilbeaut, 43, was moving from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Mesa, Arizona when they made a pit stop in Oklahoma City.
After driving all day, Paul decided to take his beloved miniature Doberman pincher, Damian, now 13, for a walk but he managed to get loose from his lead and run off.
Paul, his dad and his friend, went out looking for Damian for eight days - putting flyers up and posting online but had no success.
For years, Paul continued to search for Damian but faced the reality that Damian was either with a new family or had died.
Eight years later, on January 15, 2025, Paul and his husband, Julian, 30, were driving to California to donate clothes to fire victims when he got a random text from the American Kennel Club saying that Damian had been found.
Link to page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/reunited-after-8yrs-now-damian-needs-to-see-the-vet
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00:00So, not everybody knows, but back in 2017, we had a dog that ran away and was lost on
00:09our way moving from Massachusetts out here to Phoenix.
00:14And in Oklahoma City, that dog was lost all the way back in 2017.
00:20And yesterday, I got a phone call on my way out to California to bring clothing to the
00:25needy that somebody found my dog, dude, eight years later.
00:34And we went and picked him up, and there he is, right there.
00:39That's Damien, the first dog.
00:43Ran away eight years ago.
00:48So microchip your dogs, that's how we found him, and never stopped looking.
00:53I guess that's always hope about for hope.
00:56There's always a glimmer somewhere, you just keep on hoping.
01:00And miraculously, he was picked up on New Year's Day.
01:04Hi Damien.
01:05Damien.
01:06Oh my goodness.
01:07Give him a hug.
01:08Damien.
01:09How you doing?
01:10Doing good.
01:11Bella?
01:12Hi Bella.
01:13I'm Ray.
01:14I'm Paul.
01:15Nice to meet you.
01:16Paul.
01:17I'm Julian.
01:18Julian.
01:19Okay.
01:20Hey!
01:21Stop!
01:22Get his tail out of the way.
01:23I'll warn you, her tail's lethal.
01:24I used to have a blockster named Roxy.
01:25She was my dog.
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02:38Hi buddy.
02:39What's up?
02:40Hi.
02:41Did you miss us?
02:42He missed us.
02:43We just got home from breakfast.
02:44Left the girls home.
02:45Poor little Damien.
02:46All the kids were staying home.
02:47He's happy to see us.
02:48All the kids were staying home.
02:49Hi buddy.
02:50Now he's all happy.
02:51What's your happy dog?
02:52Happy puppy.
02:53Hey.
02:54Hey.
02:55Hey.
02:56Hey.
02:57Hey.
02:58Hey.
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03:06Hey.
03:07Hi.
03:08Hi.
03:09Hey.
03:10Damien, come here.
03:13Hi Damien.
03:14Damien.
03:15Hi Damien.
03:16Damien.
03:17All my goodness, Brad.
03:18In the time.
03:19Yep.
03:20Damien.
03:21Contact tag right.
03:22How you doing?
03:23Doing good!
03:24Bella?
03:25Hi Bella.
03:26All right.
03:27I'm Paul.
03:28Nice to meet you.
03:29Paul.
03:30I'm Julian.
03:31Julian.
03:32Julian.
03:33Nice to meet you.
03:34Yeah.
03:35I'm Jillian. Jillian. Okay. Hey, stop. Get your tail out of the way. I'll warn you, her tail's lethal. I used to have a fox here named Roxy.
03:48How many dogs you got? We got three dogs. Three? Yeah. Four. So this will be the fourth.
03:55Hi. Oh my goodness. My son's the one that did it. Yeah. So I'm going to turn it over to you. Now, I've got quite a story. Yeah? I just saw that outside. Yes. I took a video of that.
04:10She, uh, that's my little daughter. She works with heartworms. Oh, okay. So he's got a heartworm in the interceptor. This guy here? Yeah. Okay. Yesterday. Oh, okay. And that's when I found the chip. Oh. And it took me about an hour and a half of phone calls to get over to the right.