ASPEN — Judy Dunn, of Aspen, couldn’t quite believe the call she got Monday morning — and not because it was April Fools’ Day.

Her dog, Sophie, had been missing for nine days, presumably on Independence Pass, where she had disappeared. The message on Dunn’s phone Monday morning indicated the dog had been found. So did a subsequent text message.

Aspenite Andre Mpitsos was walking a half-dozen dogs on the pass Monday morning when he spied Sophie. He knew she was missing — her face has appeared in advertisements and on fliers posted at the pass and around Aspen. Virtually everyone who spends time walking on the closed road beyond the gate, southeast of town, had heard about Sophie’s disappearance, he said.

“About 200 or 300 yards past the gate, I see this little face peering from behind a tree. I said, ‘You want a treat?’ and she came barreling out,” Mpitsos said.

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Judy Dunn, of Aspen, and her dog, Sophie, were reunited Monday, nine days after Sophie disappeared on Independence Pass. (Janet Urquhart, The Aspen Times) Photo by