GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. — A family received the ultimate gift when the lost dog returned home Christmas Eve ringing the doorbell.
After disappearing for nine days, Athena found her own way home, our sister station WJAX reported.
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“It was about 2:30 AM where she was ringing on the doorbell and pawing on the door. This was Christmas Eve morning. I woke up from it and saw her on the ring camera,” said owner Brooke Comer.
She said it was a brutal nine days looking for Athena, and it took a toll on her four young children.
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The family said the community stepped in to help search for her and go through doorbell camera video.
“People all the way from Jacksonville and St. Augustine were inboxing me,” Comer said.
Comer said she didn’t want Athena’s 2 a.m. entrance to wake up her four young kids, but it did.
“The kids woke up anyways from excitement,” She said.
The family adds the experience has changed Athena. They said she is part Husky, but she has never had the husky howl until now.
“She has not stopped whining or howling since she’s come home. She’s definitely found her voice now.”
Athena was neither microchipped nor spayed. The Comer family said that will be the next step for them after the holiday
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