When Nicole Renae turned 10, her grandma surprised her with a sweet gray dog which she named Chloe. “I just loved her to death,” Nicole told The Dodo. “She was my best friend.” ⁠

Some time passed and sadly, due to unfortunate circumstances Chloe had to be sent to a local shelter. Years went by. Nicole grew up, got married and had a daughter of her own. ⁠

One day, she ran across a Facebook post about a senior dog in need of a home. The dog looked a lot like Chloe and had the same name. Nicole decided to adopt the senior dog and brought her home.⁠

“She just ran to me and started licking my face,” Nicole said. The appearance, the mannerisms, the name - all of it made her convinced that was actually her Chloe, the dog from her childhood. “Everybody thought I was crazy,” she recalls⁠

She visited the veterinarian’s office where Chloe was microchipped all those years ago to check her ID. “The numbers were an exact match. It was her,” Nicole said excitedly. “I’m so happy to have her back.”⁠