phoebe was my older sister s dog. she had had her for a couple years. and toward the end of 2011, thaus was diagnosed with cancer. and they tried to treat her for it, and finally treatment didn t work. it was terminal. and she died in at the end of march last year. and so my wife and i took phoebe in. and she s just really become a part of our whole family. my dad and my brother and sisters. she s kind of a substitute for thaus now. so it was really important to all of us if we could find her. and we had just about given up hope. i was going to say, you searched and you searched and you searched. and every possible place. the house was obviously devastated. and there was just no sign of phoebe. and then the next day, jeremiah, let me bring you back in.
she had had her for a couple years. and toward the end of 2011, thaus was diagnosed with cancer. and they tried to treat her for it, and finally treatment didn t work. it was terminal. and she died in at the end of march last year. and so my wife and i took phoebe in. and she s just really become a part of our whole family. my dad and my brother and sisters. she s kind of a substitute for thaus now. so it was really important to all of us if we could find her. and we had just about given up hope. i was going to say, you searched and you searched and you searched. and every possible place. the house was obviously devastated. and there was just no sign of phoebe. and then the next day, jeremiah,
was at home. rj feared the worse. there was no sign of phoebe but that s not where the story ends. joining me now is rj, his daughter lindsey and her boyfriend, jeremiah. i ll come to you first, rj. i want to put into context for viewers why it was so important that you found your dog phoebe. tell me the back story to phoebe and who phoebe belonged to originally. phoebe was my older sister s dog. she had had her for a couple years. and toward the end of 2011, thaus was diagnosed with cancer. and they tried to treat her for it, and finally treatment didn t work. it was terminal. and she died in at the end of march last year. and so my wife and i took phoebe in. and she s just really become a part of our whole family. my dad and my brother and