Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman is reunited with her beloved dog Mylo almost a week after he ran off in a fright during July 4 fireworks in Boston
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman has been reunited with her beloved dog Mylo nearly a week after he ran away scared during a Fourth of July weekend fireworks show in Boston.
The gold medalist shared the happy news in an Instagram post on Friday night with a photo of two women who helped track down the pooch.
'HEREOS. I HAVE HIM. MYLO IS SAFE. THANK YOU Carla, Gayle & her sweet dog,' she wrote. 'Will share more soon but for now going to snuggle with my everything.'
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman shared the happy news that her dog Mylo has been found in an Instagram post on Friday night with a photo of two women who helped track him down
Raisman said she would share more details about how Mylo was found in the future
'HEREOS. I HAVE HIM. MYLO IS SAFE. THANK YOU Carla, Gayle & her sweet dog,' Raisman wrote in the caption. 'Will share more soon but for now going to snuggle with my everything'
Mylo is a brown dog weighing about 35 pounds with a white stripe on his face and blue eyes
On July 3rd Raisman put out a plea on Twitter asking for her followers to keep an eye out for Mylo.
'My dog Mylo was terrified of fireworks and ran off,' she tweeted. 'He has a tag on and a leash. Please let me know if you see him.'
She asked people not to call his name or chase him but to contact her mother via email at Lynnraisman@gmail.com.
'I was told that scared dogs will make bad decisions if they are pressured, and that is the last thing that we want to have happen,' she said in another tweet on July 4.
She also posted pictures of Mylo, a brown dog weighing about 35 pounds with a white stripe on his face and blue eyes.
The organization Missing Dogs Mass posted fliers in the city's Seaport area.
On July 3rd Raisman took to Twitter to ask her followers to keep an eye out for Mylo
The dog was believed to be in Boston's Seaport District or somewhere nearby
Raisman, a Needham, Massachusetts native, won six Olympic medals as captain for both the 2012 and 2016 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams. She is also a bestselling author and a survivor of sexual abuse.
More pets go missing around July 4 than at any other time of the year, according to the ASPCA, which says July 5 is the busiest day for people bringing stray animals to US pet shelters. The organization estimates that there is a 30 percent uptick in lost pets around July 4 every year.
'Thank you for the help & support,' she wrote on Twitter.
Raisman shared video on Instagram showing Mylo meeting some young gymnasts