Ridgefield Dumpster Dog Reunited With Owner

A small female black lab was found in a dumpster at Farmingville Elementary School earlier this week and is now home safe and sound, thanks to her micro chip.

“I got so many calls on that dog,” Officer Cole said. People were upset that they thought someone had purposely put the dog in the dumpster, however Officer Cole said the lab’s owner lives nearby and she got away.

“We think she wandered away from her home, smelled something she wanted in the dumpster and accidentally fell in. We ran her chip and reunited her with her owner,” Cole told Patch.

Patch received at least a dozen requests of people wanting to adopt her.

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