US family drives 2,000km to find dog nine years later

A US family has driven nearly 2000 kilometres to be reunited with their dog Boozer after a nine-year separation.

From left, Lloyd Goldston, left, and his children are reunited with their dog, Boozer, after a 9-year separation, in Golden, Colo. Boozer, now 10, went missing while the family was moving from Tennessee to Alabama. (KUSA via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT, DENVER METRO OUT Source: KUSA

Boozer, now 10, had gone missing while the family was moving from Tennessee to Alabama.

KUSA-TV reports that a man who had owned Boozer, a boxer, recently moved to Denver and gave the dog to Foothills Animal Shelter in Golden, Colorado on August 2.

The man said he was unable to take care of Boozer.

The shelter scanned Boozer's microchip and discovered that he was registered to Lloyd Goldston of Alabama.

Goldston says he kept an album about Boozer and the dog was always in their hearts.

"We never forgot him," he said.

Goldston and his two children drove 18 hours to the animal shelter, where Goldston got teary-eyed when he got to spend time with Boozer again.

"He's beautiful. Yes, you are. Yes, you are," Goldston told his pet, giving him a hug.

"Hey, Boozer! Welcome back, buddy."

When Boozer went missing, Goldston said he didn't have time to look for him in the middle of his move to another state.