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Scared dog found 2,000 miles away from home after escaping storm

The five-year-old corgi shepherd mix named Opie (not pictured) was reunited with his owner after an extended trip away from home — The five-year-old corgi shepherd mix named Opie (not pictured) was reunited with his owner after an extended trip away from home (Pixabay)

A five-year-old corgi shepherd mix named Opie went missing from his home in Bieber, California, in July after a storm.
Opie was found two months later, 2,000 miles away, near Chicago, Illinois, by DuPage County Animal Services.
The animal services team and Itasca Police Department scanned Opie, discovering he was microchipped and traced back to California.
Opie's owner, initially disbelieving, promptly flew to Illinois to be reunited with her dog.
The incident underscores the critical role of microchips in enabling reunions between lost pets and their owners, even across vast distances.

Nervous corgi that ran away during California storm found 2,000 miles away ... near Chicago! — In full