"He told us Luna was a very powerful swimmer and that he was 90 percent sure she'd head for shore," DeMunnik said.
But then on Tuesday morning, the dog showed up to greet Navy staffers arriving on the island for work.
"They saw Luna just sitting on the side of the road, wagging her tail," she said.
Navy staffers were able to determine Luna was the dog that had fallen off the boat last month, DeMunnik said.
Hayworth "was actually out in the middle of a lake with horrible reception when he got the news," DeMunnik said.
"He had to do all sorts of acrobatics to get signal, but he was ecstatic, jumping up and down.".
Hayworth's best friend is scheduled to pick up Luna later today and to later reunite the pup with Hayworth, DeMunnik said. »