While out getting things ready for a trip, a Florida woman’s heart dropped when she got an unexpected text from her neighbor, letting her know that the front door was wide-open.

Theresa, who lives with her children and husband Tom, received a text from neighbor Juliana while she was at a pumpkin patch with her toddler. The front door of their house was wide-open, no cars were in the driveway, and she wasn’t sure anyone was home. A photo accompanied the message—showing the family’s front door ajar.

"I immediately thought my dog, Duke, was definitely gone," Theresa, who didn’t share her surname, told Newsweek . Their 9-year-old American Staffordshire terrier had once taken off four years earlier when the door was left open, wandering the neighborhood before being picked up by law enfo

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