According to the animal rescue group Wings of Rescue, the couple asked a distant relative to watch Jodie when she was just a 10-month-old puppy.
The relative was supposed to be watching her for a few weeks, after the birth of the Hudlers’ first child.
The couple said the relative allegedly sold Jodie and moved.
Another family member recently found out the Australian shepherd had ended up living in a rural shelter for stray dogs in Tennessee.
Wings of Rescue helped to reunite the Hudlers with Jodie at Morristown Airport.