“My heart was in my mouth.

It was pitch black,” Behar said.

My daughter called the police, so they put out like an APB, when somebody’s missing.

Joy Behar and dog Bernie

Joy Behar and her dog, Bernie.ABC (2)

I got in my car and started riding around with the headlights high.

Somebody yells out, ‘What are you doing you moron?’

I felt like saying, ‘I’m looking for my dog!'"

“I mean, it was like, I thought I would never see that dog again.

You have a fantasy, what’s going to happen to him?

Is someone going to steal the dog?”

So how did Bernie thank her for her diligence in dog-based detective work?

He never did anything like that.

I mean, he ran half a mile away!"

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