Lost dog found after six weeks
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February 24, 2020

Lost dog found after six weeks

By Mon Valley Independent

By CHRISTINE HAINES

chaines@yourmvi.com

For the past six weeks, posts have plastered Facebook and flyers were tacked up all over Elizabeth Township asking people to be on the lookout for a missing Labrador mix named Jax.

The search paid off over the weekend, with the 6-year-old dog found safe and healthy a mile and a half from his central Elizabeth Township home.

“Friday I got a call from a gentleman who lived on Finney Road and he sent me a picture of a dog that had been frequenting his yard. I could tell immediately that it was Jax,” said Jenn McMahon, who has had Jax since he was a puppy.

McMahon said the past six weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions.

“Every phone call that I got, I got excited. Then I’d see the picture and realize it looked nothing like Jax,” McMahon said.

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