Cali Family Reunites With Their Missing Dog At A Pet Adoption Event

“My wife says, ‘Hey, that looks like Mocha,'” said one of the dog’s owners, who did not want to be named. “I turn around, I take a glance, and I said, ‘That is Mocha.’ I called her name out, and she started jumping, perked her ears up to her name, and that was it. That was the end of it. She answered to her name.”

The dog’s pet parents, who share three children, a 6-year-old girl and two boys ages 10 and 11, said they knew immediately that they would bring Mocha back home — but they needed to show proof of ownership first.

“After verifying the family’s proof of ownership and witnessing Sandy’s ecstatic reaction upon seeing them, we are so overjoyed to announce that Mocha has finally returned home,” the NYCACC said in a video posted on Instagram.

“She looked exhausted. She lost a lot of weight,” the owner told the NY Daily News. “I was hoping she was okay, that’s all I was hoping. She’s not dead. Being that this is a pit bull, they’re known to either use them for bait or fighting. I noticed that she wasn’t used in any of that. She didn’t have any scars or anything like that. That’s definitely a relief.”

Mocha’s family is ready to spoil her again now that they have been reunited. One of her owners noted that Mocha has many exceptional traits the family is happy to have back in their lives.