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Friends Salute Winston, the Cockapoo with Wanderlust That Found His Way Home (VIDEO)

Fans of Winston, the lost dog who wandered across a county or two, celebrate his return home.

Fans of Winston, , gathered Wednesday night to celebrate his adventure across the Maryland countryside.

His owner, Janet Lynn West, covered Columbia and Ellicott City with lost dog signs, and let her plight go viral, as she started an intensive Facebook campaign to find her dog.

And, it paid off.

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One of her Facebook followers, Denise Harris, an employee at Camp Bow Wow, found a Craigslist ad for a found dog, contacted the poster and the rest is history.

On March 6, Winston and West were reunited.

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And on Wednesday, will wishers for Winston sipped wine, ate cake, snapped pictures and celebrated his return at the camp, a day care for dogs in Columbia.


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