Positive ending for tale of missing Mya

Cries of joy could be heard from both animal and owner Tuesday morning after a missing dog was returned home.

After two days of searching and hundreds of tips, Mya the Siberian husky has made it home safe and sound.

Mona Aldoff discovered her six-year-old dog was missing Sunday morning and embarked on a frantic search for the family pet.

"I was frantic, hysterically crying," Aldoff said of the moment Mya was returned to her. "She's so happy to be back and my sons are just ecstatic."

The campaign, which included posters distributed across the city, calls to the police and taxi companies, knocking on doors and online advertising, was especially vigilant due to the dog's medical condition. Two months ago, Mya was diagnosed as an extreme diabetic and requires daily insulin shots to keep her alive.

Around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aldoff received the phone call she was praying for.

Mya was spotted at the corner of Foothills Boulevard and Otway Road by a woman who had set out with her own dog early Tuesday to find the missing pooch.

"She had a hard time catching her," Aldoff said. Luckily, another man in a red truck pulled up to lend a hand and the two of them successfully managed to corner Mya and get her home.

While she has the name and number of the woman, Aldoff said she would love to hear from the man in the red truck so she can thank him properly for his help.

"I said, 'I need to reward you guys' and he told me that seeming like this is reward enough and got in his truck," Aldoff recalled.

Mya was deemed to be in good condition after a veterinary check up, but Aldoff still doesn't know what happened to her dog during those hours she was gone or why she went missing.

"I could guess right up and down what happened," she said, noting it was strange that after being lost for so many days Mya barely touched the food Aldoff gave her. "So I kind of thought, 'someone's been feeding you.' She's gone for three days, she would have wolfed back her whole bowl of food."

The gate to the outdoor pen where Mya and another male husky are kept is now screwed shut and Aldoff said the dogs are also sleeping indoors just to be on the safe side.

Despite what happened to the dog or whoever opened the gate to let her out, Aldoff said she's extremely grateful and thankful to the community for getting her home safely.

"Sometimes you get a little depressed with the world once in a while, but this just totally reaffirmed my faith in human beings. There are so many good people out there," she said. "If it wasn't for the community, we might not have found her and she might have just died somewhere ... I'm amazed at the Prince George community - it makes me happy that I live here."