Steamboat Springs dog's social media page makes his return to owner possible - Steamboat Pilot & Today

Champ, the little Labrador retriever/boxer mix, is back in the arms of his owner, June Florence, this week thanks to a rugby player with a heart of gold, an armed bodyguard and the power of social media. Champ, still an adolescent, may be one of only a handful of dogs in Steamboat Springs with his own Facebook page, and it’s his social media presence that saved his relationship with Florence. “Indirectly, I’m aware of people who are apparently coming up to mountain communities that have no leash laws (Steamboat has one) and going to high-end homes and residences,” taking dogs off the streets, “and listing them on Facebook or Craigslist... It should be said that the individual, who handed Champ back to Florence in the Federal Heights neighborhood of Denver over the weekend, never asked for a reward or a ransom. But it’s clearly due to the quick thinking of astute Facebook user Tina Kyprios that Florence and her friends were able to identify and quickly reach out to the people who had Champ. “Everyone was so good to me. ”. Especially helpful was Steamboat resident Micah Bandfield, 30, who ultimately made the Facebook contact that put Florence in touch with the young man who provided Champ an unwanted lift to Denver. Source: www.steamboattoday.com