Swept away in floodwaters, missing overnight -- and now safely back home.
What was supposed to be two-week vacation turned into a three-week nightmare for one dog owner.
"I'm in agony," Paula Rodriguez said. "I've been living a nightmare since Friday, knowing my baby is out there somewhere scared, or might be injured. All kinds of thoughts come into my head and I can't do anything. Every minute feels like a day."
"How could anybody just (burn an animal) and stand there and look at it? It's inhumane," the dog's caretaker said.
Ryder has a microchip, making it easy for the shelter to track down his owner, who said he got out of their Las Vegas yard on July 3.
Video shows the children's tearful reunion after hopping off the school bus to a surprise greeting with their now 7-year-old pooch, Leroy.