A whiff of her old blanket was enough for Lola: The black Lab was back in her owners' arms three years after the Michigan dog disappeared on a trip to suburban Chicago.
"I feel like I'm in a dream right now," Debra Mejeur said Saturday when she and her husband, Steve, were reunited with Lola at DuPage County Animal Services.
Lola vanished from a fenced yard in 2017 when the Mejeurs, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, were visiting a friend in Elk Grove Village.
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The couple returned for about a month hoping to find a dog that was specially trained to help Debra Mejeur in case of a seizure.