ROSELLE PARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A family is desperately searching to find a missing dog belonging to their loved one who died while on vacation.
The 2-year-old dog, “Major,” is being cared for by a pet sitter, but the family doesn’t know who.
“That’s her dog. You know, he got her that dog. And, while she’s asking for her father, she’s also asking for Major,” said David, the best friend of the dog owner, Javon.
The cockapoo was a birthday gift from Javon to his 9-year-old daughter.
“He was supposed to be picked up on Friday, March 20. Now, that was the time Javon was scheduled to return back, from his time abroad,” David said.
But Javon never made it home. The 40-year-old died suddenly while on vacation abroad.
Major’s whereabouts are unknown. The family posted on social media, desperately trying to locate the dog sitter.
“We were hoping that an emergency contact was provided, and it seems that would be protocol for someone that is a professional sitter,” David said. “So, we are wondering if she may have left Major with someone that’s, you know, fresh and new.”
Javon’s 9-year-old daughter has already lost her father. The family doesn’t want her to lose the dog that he gave her.
“I think that’s going to really help, you know, with the closure of her loss,” David said. “I really hope we can find him as soon a possible so we can provide that to her.”
The family believes Major is being boarded in or near Roselle Park where he lived. The family is asking anyone who knows where he is to contact Roselle Park or Linden Police.
“We were dealing with the loss of a brother, a father, and a friend,” David said. “So, I think dealing with that and then also the loss of potentially our dog Major, I think that’s just really going to, you know, put us in a different space. But if we are able to find out more, just make things just a little, a little better than it is right now.”
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