Animal Lovers

After a long, agonizing saga of being lost and found, a Shetland Sheepdog has finally been reunited with its rightful owner. "You're home baby," sobbed 71-year-old Sharon Robinson as hugged her Sheltie named Tipsy. "Oh, Tipsy," she said as INSIDE EDITION documented the joyous, and tearful, moment. The Stocton, California, woman had been searching for her beloved miniature Collie since the dog disappeared in December from her home. The dog did not have a collar or microchip. She and her husband, Larry, 73, had been out of town when her son called to say Tipsy had somehow escaped from the couple's fenced-in yard. The loss was heartbreaking, said Robinson, noting that her days were marked by crying in the morning and crying every night. She says she visited the local animal shelter several times, but didn't find Tipsy, she said. Then she learned the dog had been transferred to another shelter, located about an hour away. Tipsy had already b...

A California woman said she was "devastated" to learn that her pet dog had been brought to a shelter and adopted by another family, whom she doesn't know. "We are hurting," Robinson said, crying. "Our family is not complete without her and her playmate Laddie [the dog] is depressed because she's not around. They’ve been together since they were pups. "It upsets me because I know she's waiting for us to come and get her and we don't know exactly where she is." Sharon Robinson, 71, of Stockton, California told ABC News that she and her husband Larry, 73, took a trip to Boston on Dec. 4. But while the couple was away, Robinson's son, who was caring for her two dogs, called to inform the couple that their female dog, Tipsy, was missing. Robinson said she's had Tipsy, a 9-year-old Shetland sheep dog, since she was 5 months old. "There's a doggy door, our yard is fenced in, so I'm not sure how she got out...