San Antonio – The service dog of a local military veteran disappeared two weeks ago, but now, he's now back home.
KSAT did the initial report about the missing dog last week and after a viewer, who had picked up the dog, saw the story, he contacted the owner.
"He's a wonderful dog," said Brent Von Aschen, the military veteran who had lost his dog. "And, I'm really happy to have him home."
Von Aschen said his black Labrador, Tyson, had wandered away from him home about two weeks ago and that he had been desperately searching for him ever since.
"It brought tears to my eyes that he's back," said Von Aschen. "Because, I was concerned so much for him and to have him back, is just wonderful."
However, Von Aschen, who suffered a serious head injury while serving in Iraq, not only has his companion back, but Tyson is also a service dog.
Von Aschen now suffers frequent seizures, but he told KSAT that he and his dog, Tyson, have a connection, where Tyson not only watches out for him, but he also alerts him when a seizure is about to strike.
"He is able to sense trouble in advance," said Von Aschen. "He has just been extremely valuable for that purpose, but as a pet, he couldn't be a better pet."
Von Aschen said he never lost hope that he would find his special companion.
In fact, Tyson had been found just three miles away.
"They knew he belonged to somebody, but they didn't know who until they saw the news report," he said. "Which was wonderful because he had been gone from us two weeks."
Von Aschen said that the people who found Tyson and contacted him after watching the report on KSAT, actually turned down a reward for returning the dog.
Instead, they asked that the $1,000 go toward a noble animal cause.
He also told KSAT that he's getting Tyson chipped and neutered to prevent this from happening again.
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