DogExpress
Dinesh Khanna, a photographer by profession, lost his pet dog Thumki on 25th April 2016. He immediately posted information on Facebook along with Thumki’s photo, asking his neighbors, friends and well-wishers living in the locality to help him look for his lost dog.
Thumki – The Lost Dog
Mr. Khanna announced a reward of Rs. 10,000 for anyone who could help with finding Thumki.
The post received close to 300 Facebook shares. Dinesh’s neighbors help him out by making the post go viral on WatsApp groups. However, the dog was no where to be found!
Finally, Thumki was found on 28 May 2016
After 33 days of searching, Thumki was found near the Central Park apartment complex in Gurgaon, a half-hour drive from where Mr. Khanna lives.
“She probably finally settled here as there are very few houses so less stray dogs to fight or chase her,” says Khanna’s Facebook post.
How Facebook’s post help find this lost dog
Pranav, a dog lover, who came to Central Park to drop off his parents, saw Thumki through the fence. As luck would have it, Pranav had been following Mr. Khanna’s Facebook posts and had seen the posters. He recognized Thumki right away, took a photo and sent it to Mr. Khanna. Khanna, arrived shortly with his daughter, to find Thumki sitting on the other side of the fence.
“She was outside the fence, which was impossible to climb over and so I had to walk more than a kilometre along the length of it and then back on the outside. Praying that she does not run again in the meantime as it was already dark by then. Mahi kept talking to her and fortunately she stayed right there. When I got to her, her first instinct was to run as a nearby dog had started barking at me and I was using the phone light to get through the foliage. But I sat down and called her softly and she came back to me,” wrote Khanna, explaining how he found his pet.
Khanna credits the phenomenal network on Facebook with his dog getting found.
“We’ve witnessed a miracle. But also realised that miracles take concerted and relentless effort to happen,” he said.
The dog has lost weight but things are “coming back to normal” for her, according to Mr. Khanna.
Source: HuffingtonPost
This story is a simple reminder to all of us that miracles do happen. And with persistent effort anything is achievable.
Let us know your thoughts on this story. Share it in the comments below!
in Chandigarh, India. 
