SAN ANTONIO – The service dog of a local military veteran is back home after wandering off two weeks ago. KSAT-12 reported on the missing labrador last week.
"He's a wonderful dog and I'm really happy to have him home," said Brent VonAschen. "Brought tears to my eyes that he's back because I was concerned so much for him and to have him back is just wonderful."
VonAschen suffers from frequent seizures after sustaining a serious head injury while serving in Iraq. He said Tyson watches out for him and also alerts him when a seizure is about to strike.
"He is able to sense trouble in advance," VonAschen. "He has just been extremely valuable for that purpose, but as a pet, he couldn't be a better pet."
VonAschen never lost hope that he would find his special companion and said Tyson was found just three miles away.
"They knew he belonged to somebody, but they didn't know who until they saw the news report, which was wonderful because he had been gone from us two weeks," VonAschen said.
The people who found Tyson contacted VonAschen after watching KSAT-12's report. they turned down a $1,000 reward for returning tyson and instead asked the money go toward a noble animal cause.
VonAschen added he's getting Tyson chipped and neutered to prevent this from happening again.