Lost Atlanta dog is found in St. Petersburg 10 months later

In Print: Monday, October 6, 2008

Simon Carter, 15, and Pepper pose at their home in Atlanta on Saturday. Pepper was found in St. Petersburg and reunited with his family.
	[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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ST. PETERSBURG — A golden retriever lost in Atlanta last year recently was found in St. Petersburg.

The 7-year-old dog, named Pepper, disappeared two days before Christmas, while his owners were on vacation in Mexico.

In late September, a filthy and flea-infested Pepper wandered into a St. Petersburg travel agency, where he ran into dog-lover Jay Getman.

Getman, 46, took Pepper home and fed and bathed him. He took the dog to a veterinarian, who was able to scan the dog's microchip and get the contact information for Pepper's family, Stephen and Liz Carter of Atlanta.

Liz Carter, who drove to Florida to pick Pepper up, said she isn't sure how the dog traveled more than 400 miles to St. Petersburg.

The family doesn't have friends or relatives in the area, Carter said in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Mrs. Carter told the newspaper that Pepper got a clean bill of health at a check-up at the vet's office last week. He steals shoes and leaves them in the same places he did before he disappeared.

"It's uncanny how he's gotten back into normal life," she said. "He never missed a beat."

Information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution supplemented this report.

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