Missing dog returns to its Florida home by ringing doorbell
A Florida family got their Christmas wish granted when their missing dog returned home on Christmas Eve.
"It was about 2:30 a.m. She came pawing at the door, ringing the doorbell," said Brooke Comer, Athena's owner. "Which was Christmas Eve. And then that morning I woke up to — she had made it on everybody's (doorbell) camera."
Athena, a 4-year-old German Shepherd, got loose on Dec. 15.
The family said the community stepped in to help search for her and go through hours of doorbell camera video.
"People all the way from Jacksonville and Saint Augustine were like inboxing me," Comer said.
The Comer family didn't know where Athena was for more than a week.
"Every day I came home from searching night and day. Every spot I was out there, and (the family) just came like heartbroken. Like there were a couple meltdowns," Comer added.
Comer didn't want Athena's 2 a.m. entrance to wake her four young kids, but it did.
"Like I was excited, but I tried not to wake up the kids but the kids woke up anyways from the excitement," Comer said.
The family said that the experience has changed Athena.
They said she is part husky, but she's never had the husky howl until now.
"She has not stopped whining or howling since she's got home, so she's definitely found her voice," Comer said.
Athena was neither microchipped nor spayed.
The family said they'll take care of that after the holidays.
