Strange dog appears in woman’s front yard and seems to recognize her

One sunny day, Kate Howard was sitting on her front porch, enjoying the nice weather. Then, a woman and her dog walked by. When the dog saw Kate, she stopped and stared at her. The brown pit bull looked vaguely familiar to Kate, but she wasn’t sure why at first.

The dog sat down in the grass and stared at Kate. Her owner tried to get her to move, but she wasn’t having it.

“All dogs are perfect but she was particularly charming,” Kate wrote on Twitter. “Her owner was trying to get her rolling again but she was staying put.”

It wasn’t until the dog’s owners suddenly called her name that Kate realized exactly why this familiar little dog was so special.

Nearly a year ago, Kate had fostered a puppy from Louisville Metro Animal Services. That puppy’s name was Winnie – the same name that her owners were calling.

“It was kind of on a whim,” Kate told The Dodo. “I don’t have enough time for a foster normally, especially a puppy, but the animal shelter posted a picture of Winnie, a stray needing a foster, right before I was about to be off [work] for Thanksgiving for five consecutive days. She was ridiculously cute, I had the time and no plans for the holiday.”

In those five, short days, Kate cared for Winnie as if she was her own dog.

Not only did she teach the little puppy how to be house trained, but she also gave her the greatest gift of all: Winnie’s first loving home.

“She learned to pee outside and sleep in the crate during that time,” Kate said. “She progressed before my eyes in a way that was incredible.”

Kate had her own dog named Foxy, and he wasn’t such a fan of having another dog in the house.

This meant that Kate wasn’t able to keep Winnie, and when her foster period was over and Kate had to return to work, she was plagued by thoughts of whether Winnie had found a good home, and she “cried for three days” after she’d said goodbye.

But miraculously, it seemed that Winnie and Kate’s paths were crossing once again.

As she sat out in her front yard, Kate explained to Winnie’s owner how she had previously fostered Winnie, and the woman was immediately touched by Kate’s story.

The pair bonded over the pain of losing a dog, and Winnie’s mom explained how she had ended up adopting the little pup.

“It was beyond comforting for my first foster dog to turn up on my front lawn today,” Kate wrote, “her fur still soft and her ear still crooked and her tail still wagging.”

Kate and Winnie’s mom arranged to meet again, and they also reintroduced Winnie to Kate’s dog Foxy. The two had a fun playdate. Kate was so happy to spend more time with sweet Winnie, and knowing Winnie ended up in a good home was such a comfort to Kate.