{"id":28678,"date":"2016-05-06T15:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/?p=28678"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:05:51","slug":"lost-dog-found-london-bus-reunited-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/lost-dog-found-london-bus-reunited-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost dog found on London bus is reunited with his family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A seemingly \u2018abandoned\u2019 dog who was found alone last week aboard the number 158 bus to Stratford has been reunited with his owners.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28680\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-5.jpg\" alt=\"lost dog boston 5\" width=\"615\" height=\"718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boston the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/pets\/dogs\/breed-staffordshire-bull-terrier\/0\" target=\"_blank\">Staffordshire Bull Terrier<\/a> was found sitting in the pram and wheelchair area after spending the night being driven round London on the bus which eventually terminated at Stratford Bus Station.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28681\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-690x518.jpg\" alt=\"lost dog boston\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-930x698.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bus driver Amos Paul Mak handed the canine over to Newham Council&#8217;s animal welfare team before launching an appeal on Facebook to try and find his owner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28682\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-2-690x518.jpg\" alt=\"lost dog boston 2\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-2-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-2-930x698.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Boston didn&#8217;t have to wait too long before his owner Paulina Rybak spotted his picture on the Evening Standard\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Boston\u2019s disappearance, Paulina told the Standard; \u201cWe took him outside and after few seconds, we couldn&#8217;t see him. We started looking for him but couldn\u2019t find him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-4-690x920.jpg\" alt=\"lost dog boston 4\" width=\"690\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-4-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-4.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Friday, in the morning, I went to my vet and told them I lost my dog and they told me to call Newham Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said: \u2018When we find the dog, we will let you know\u2019. But we ended up finding him on the Evening Standard website.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so happy I started crying. I thought we would never see him again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It appears Boston may have had a lucky escape from dog-nappers too. Paulina added it was the first time the four-year-old Staffie had run off and believes someone may have tried to steal Boston before abandoning him on the bus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28684\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/lost-dog-boston-3.jpg\" alt=\"lost dog boston 3\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re so happy Boston found his way home to his loving family!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston the Staffordshire Bull Terrier was reunited with his owners after they spotted his picture online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":28681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,757],"tags":[4,439,834,790,123],"class_list":["post-28678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-pet-lifestyle","tag-dog","tag-london","tag-lost-pet","tag-news","tag-staffordshire-bull-terrier"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Lost dog found on London bus is reunited with his family \/ PetsPyjamas<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lost dog, Boston was found seemingly abandoned on a night bus in Stratford. 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