CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KRDO) -- If there's anything you can say about Gunny the English Bulldog, it's that she is well-loved. Take one look at her owner, David Ketcham, and you'll figure that out. Ketcham, a marine veteran, always adored bulldogs; he has one in Gunny's likeness tattooed on his arm.

But the Ketcham family is learning something new about the pampered pooch. Turns out, she can live up to the Marine Corps nickname "Devil Dog."

Sammi Halloran, the Ketcham's daughter, says Gunny went missing from her parent's rural, off-the-grid Cripple Creek home on May 3. Just two days prior, she says the pup underwent mouth surgery.

Only a few days after Gunny's disappearance, a strong spring storm hit Southern Colorado . Halloran says her family also saw a bear on their property at one

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