When I lost him, my life just stopped. Community rallies to help truck driver find lost dog [Video]

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – Community members in Virginia rallied together to help a truck driver from Canada reunite with his lost dog.

Samuel Bissonnette often makes pitstops in Blacksburg and Christiansburg when he’s driving on a long haul, but he never travels alone. His two dogs are always along for the ride.

Bissonnette and his dogs pulled off to go for a hike during his most recent trip to Blacksburg on April 10.

“It was kind of a small, narrow trail, so I have to unleash my dog,” Bissonnette said. “Right when I unleashed him, Denver just ran off chasing a deer.”

The truck driver immediately did what he could to look for his dog, placing signs all over the town of Blacksburg, and even creating a lost dog Facebook page for Denver.

“When I lost him, my life just stopped,” Bissonnette said. “I mean, I needed to do everything I could. I …