’s own “Incredible Journey,” with a twist

Jessica Buxbaum Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>’s own “Incredible Journey,” with a twist </h1>
                <h2><p>A little white dog, found on a Tacoma road recently, is back with a family more than 2,000 miles away, thanks to a microchip. The Texas family reunited with their Maltese, named Reese, over the weekend — seven years after he went missing.The dog's Tacoma family, however,</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/jrb211-humboldt-edu/">Jessica Buxbaum</a></p> 
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            <p>A little white dog, found on a Tacoma road recently, is back with a family more than 2,000 miles away, thanks to a microchip. The Texas family reunited with their Maltese, named Reese, over the weekend — seven years after he went missing.The dog's Tacoma family, however, is missing him. Kelli Davis of Washington state <a href="http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Washington-family-says-dog-reunited-with-Texas-family-belongs-to-them-268215522.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">told KHOU</a> that her family adopted the dog from a Texas shelter six years ago, which had recorded him as voluntarily abandoned. The family moved from Texas to this state, and the dog recently escaped Davis’ home in Tacoma after her 2-year-old daughter unlatched the front door. The dog’s original owners have legal ownership because of the microchip registration, KHOU reported, and they say they aren’t going to loosen Reese's leash. — E.W.</p>
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A little white dog, found on a Tacoma road recently, is back with a family more than 2,000 miles away, thanks to a microchip. The Texas family reunited with their Maltese, named Reese, over the weekend — seven years after he went missing.The dog's Tacoma family, however, is missing him. Kelli Davis of Washington state told KHOU that her family adopted the dog from a Texas shelter six years ago, which had recorded him as voluntarily abandoned. The family moved from Texas to this state, and the dog recently escaped Davis’ home in Tacoma after her 2-year-old daughter unlatched the front door. The dog’s original owners have legal ownership because of the microchip registration, KHOU reported, and they say they aren’t going to loosen Reese's leash. — E.W.

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By Jessica Buxbaum

Crosscut editorial intern Jessica Buxbaum recently moved to Seattle from California where she studied political science at Humboldt State University and worked on the university's newspaper and magazi