{"id":311510,"date":"2025-10-17T19:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/311510\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:39:11","slug":"93-year-old-west-hills-man-reunited-with-beloved-dog-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/311510\/","title":{"rendered":"93-year-old West Hills man reunited with beloved dog \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly West Hills man and his beloved dog, Sunny, were reunited Thursday night after nearly two weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/west-hills-lost-dog\/3788843\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search efforts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC Los Angeles was the only station to witness and film the emotional reunion exclusively between Norm and Sunny.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/norm.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was very painful&#8230; I missed her greatly,&#8221; said Norm as NBCLA crews exclusively filmed the heartfelt reunion. <\/p>\n<p>Norm, 93, had been searching throughout the San Fernando Valley after Sunny escaped from his home while he was out getting groceries.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the search efforts was the nonprofit Dog Days Search &amp; Rescue, which received a tip from a neighbor who spotted the pooch near the Chatsworth Reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit rushed to the area and set up traps to lure the 7-year-old dog, who was visibly shaken up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was cold and rainy. We had some difficulties getting access in here, so we were not able to rescue her sooner,&#8221; said Jenn Weak with Dog Days Search &amp; Rescue. &#8220;It&#8217;s a true miracle with the amount of coyotes that are in here every night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sunny.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunny was rescued after she was lured into a cage with food.<\/p>\n<p>Sunny was brought back to West Hills and immediately began wagging her tail after being reunited with her owner, who welcomed her with pets and head scratches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was very painful&#8230; I missed her greatly,&#8221; said Norm. &#8220;I&#8217;m just astounded that these fantastic people work so hard and so dedicated and got her home. I&#8217;m forever in their debt, and so is she.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The full story and video of the reunion will be available on NBC4 News Friday afternoon. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An elderly West Hills man and his beloved dog, Sunny, were reunited Thursday night after nearly two weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":311511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,39410],"class_list":{"0":"post-311510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-san-fernando-valley"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115391205882450020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}