Michael Takacs served six years in the U.S. Army and was deployed multiple times overseas.
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He got his dog "Precious" when it was a puppy in 2015.
"My mom passing while I was deployed, and the dog was a huge help. Huge help. It stopped me from zoning out. It stopped my anxiety almost completely," Takacs said.
He now works in Kuwait as a military contractor.
Takacs says that a close friend agreed to keep "Precious" until he returns from Kuwait.
Instead, the friend's girlfriend dropped the dog off at a Humane Society in Tampa as a stray on December 11th.
"If his beautiful dog had been microchipped, we could have immediately contacted the rightful owner, the original owner and made a reunion happen," Pam Becker with the Humane Society of Tampa Bay said.
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Now another family has adopted "Precious."
When the Humane Society let them know what happened, they decided to keep the dog anyway.
Takacs is now offering the family $1,000, and he'll pay the cost for another adoption.
"I would ask them to please consider my offer. Christmas isn't here yet. You still have a chance to use the money to buy some gifts to compensate for what happened," Takacs said. "I still have hope. I'm very determined to get her back home."
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