Aly Raisman and dog Mylo.Photo: Aly Raisman/instagram
Aly Raismanis singing her praises for the two good samaritans who found her previously missing rescue dog,Mylo.
The retired gymnast first revealed last week thather dog went missingin a social media post. “To my followers in the seaport/Boston area…my dog Mylo was terrified of fireworks and ran off. He has a tag on and a leash. Please let me know if you see him. Thank you,” she explained at the time.
When Milo was still missing days later, Raismanoffered a reward for his safe returnand tweeted that she was “hoping with some help we will be reunited soon.”
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“My parents went back home, and I had a friend come over just to hang out with me and take my mind off of everything. And within a few minutes of my parents getting home, my dad got a call from a young girl, and she said, ‘I have your dog,'” Raisman explained to the outlet. “And usually when people say that, they have been kind of like scamming us, or they want a reward, or they like don’t really have the dog.”
Noting that her parents asked the caller to FaceTime them to confirm that it was indeed Mylo that they had found, Raisman said her mom and dad “were shocked, and they were so excited.”
“My mom called me hyperventilating, hysterically crying,” the athlete added.
Once she was reunited with Mylo, Raisman told the outlet it was a moment unlike any other. “He was jumping on me, and obviously so excited to see me. And I was so excited to see him. So I was just holding onto the leash really tight,” she said.
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“I feel so relieved today. I feel so happy,” Raisman added. “It doesn’t feel real.”
She also sharedimages of their sweet reunionon her Instagram Friday, where she posed with Mylo alongside Duran, Cataldo, and their own pet.
“MYLO IS SAFE,” Raisman wrote in the caption of her post, before thanking the two individuals for her canine companion’s return.
source: people.com
