Happy Chewbacca in his new home and his proud owner Emo posing with his bear hat
Chewbacca was dumped as a tiny puppy in an urban park near the main road. He went through allot, but then had the luck of being fostered in the wonderful home of our driver Peter and his wife Juja who also have 2 dogs of their own – Manu and Scully, remember this bit, because their part in this story is very important…
After a while in his foster home Chewie was vaccinated, got a hold of decent hygiene manners and began to look for a home. He was liked by a wonderful family in Kostenetz and they came to see him and go through the adoption procedures. Everything went smooth and Peter and Juja said goodbye to Chewie as he left for his new, happy life.
100 meters outside their village, while driving home with their new dog, his new owners Plamena and Stancho were hit by a car, driven by a drunk driver. Stancho was injured, they couldn’t exit the vehicle… People from the village rushed out to help, Plamena who was grasping to paniced Chewie gave him to the first person who stood outside “Hold him tight!” and then was taken out of the vehicle herself. A moment later she saw the man was no longer holding Chewie, he was nowhere to be seen…
2 days passed as his new family and his fosters were going arround the village trying to find Chewbacca, but he was nowhere to be found. Kostenetz is in the Rila mountains and by day 3 Chewie could have been anywhere. Adds where placed all over the village, a local said he had seen a dog fitting Chewie’s description and the search continued in the freezing cold.
On day 3 Juja and Peter decided to bring along their own dogs whom Chewie knew and loved. As they stopped in an area almost ready for another day out of luck, a friend whom they had brought along for help yelled: “There he is!!!”
And there he was, really, in the far distance, completely frightened and deaf, not hearing Juja’s calls, runnig away with the speed of light. At that moment Manu and Scully noticed him hundreds of meters away and ran, ran, ran as fast as they could. They caught up with him and after a moment of shock, Chewie started jumping and licking their faces: “IT IS YOU!!! MY FRIENDS ARE HERE!!!” Manu and Scully brought Chewie back to Peter and Juja who had immedeately ruched over his owners from the other search team…
You can hardly imagine the happiness and joy of everyone involved in this amazing story. We are so happy Plamena and Stancho are not badly injured and Chewie is returned to them safe and sound.
The family’s car after the accident