Florida dog missing for two years found in Oklahoma

ENID, Okla. ( KFOR ) — A family pet that went missing two years ago, was finally found hundreds of miles away.

Andora originally disappeared from Pensacola, Florida, in 2022. It wasn’t until recently that she turned up outside Destiny Druse’s home in Enid, Oklahoma.

Druse told Nexstar’s KFOR that she made multiple attempts on social media to locate the pit bull’s owner but had no luck. Then, Druse’s friend Autumn Anderson — who happens to be a groomer — brought a chip reader to scan Andora.

That’s when they found out Andora had been microchipped.

“We had scanned her and immediately read and it gave us her name Andora, so at that point we were like, ‘Andora,’ her ears perked up like she hadn’t heard her name in forever,” Druse explained.

Unfortunately, there was no owner information listed. Still, Druse and Anderson filed a found pet report and within 10 minutes, Andora’s Pensacola owner was calling.

Brenna Denmark, Andora’s owner, recounted that call with KFOR, explaining that she quickly asked Druse where she lived.

“And they’re like, ‘We’re in Enid,’ and I’m like, ‘Where’s that?'” Denmark explained. “I’ve never heard of that before and they said, ‘Oklahoma.'”

The Denmark family ended up renting a car, driving nearly 14 hours one-way, maxing out their credit cards, and putting everything on hold.

“They wanted their baby home, that’s all that mattered and I think that’s just amazing. I’ve never seen somebody love their dog so much,” said Druse.

They drove through the night and got to Enid after 1:00 a.m., reuniting with Andora who was just as happy to see her owners, immediately begging for belly rubs.

Andora is now back home in the Sunshine State.

“She runs all over the place,” Denmark said. “As soon as she ran in the door, she found, like, where we keep all the dog toys and she picked her dog toy and she’s had that ever since and she slept between my bed and my daughter’s last night.”

As for how Andora ended up all the way in Oklahoma, that’s still a mystery. Her owners believe someone might have stolen her.

“We don’t live in the best neighborhood and there’s a lot of people that like to fight pit bulls and stuff, so that’s kind of where we thought she ended up,” said Denmark.

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They never thought she would end up in Oklahoma. Andora’s story is a reminder of how important it is to microchip your pets.

“Without that, she never would have made it home,” said Anderson.

Anderson and Druse have shared the story on social media, hoping to bring the community together to help the Denmarks with travel expenses and future vet bills.

The Denmarks say they’ve already been shown the Oklahoma Spirit with around $400 donated to them.

“It’s really just amazing to see that people do anything because over here they really don’t do that,” said Denmark. More details on how to donate to the Denmarks can be found here .

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