Missing for eight months, Sudbury-area Chihuahua mix reunited with owners

It’s a story of survival and perseverance. A Chihuahua and terrier mix named Diamondhas been reunited with her owners after going missing in Markstay-Warren in March.

It’s a story of survival and perseverance. A Chihuahua and terrier mix named Diamond, was recently reunited with her owners after going missing in Markstay-Warren in March.

Diamond's owner, Steve Comeau, said he left the gate "slightly open," and his seven dogs escaped. All quickly returned except for Diamond.

"We put it out on social media that she's missing and that was the beginning of March and (we) hadn't heard a word – nothing," Comeau said.

"Thank God for my wife. She bought collars for all the dogs that had their names and our phone number and Pet Save called us up a few days ago and said, 'We believe we have your dog.'"

Trish Stahl, who has worked with Pet Save for more than a decade, said she was tagged in a Facebook post three months ago that showed a dog that kept appearing on a trail camera nearby.

Stahl said she worked with a woman named Amanda who allowed her to set traps in her backyard in hopes of catching the dog.

At first, they weren’t getting results because the traps weren’t being set off because the dog was so small.