Missing in action

[TMAC]

I dont know if anyone here ever had this happen to them, but hope you never do. Last night we left the house for an hour, our yellow lab was in the back yard which is fenced 6' high/gated/and locked. When we returned home the gate was wide open, lock of, and dog gone.

I dont know of too many dogs who can pick a lock, he never got out in the past, never wondered, and for us was the best companion you could ask for.

I cannot imagine for the life of me where he is or who or what took him, my only guess with his friendly nature he is sitting in someone elses living room sleeping on the floor.

Cops were called, humane sociently notified, vets called, and flyers being sent out today. Some how I dont think we are getting him back. Lots of sad kids and moms and dads here.

[tucker301]

That's tough.
There have been increases in dog thefts in our area as well.
It's kind of a hopeless situation, but I'd add a Craisglist.com posting to everything you've already done.

Any surveillance cameras anywhere near your house? If so, you might see if you can get access to the tapes and see if anything is on them.

The police simply aren't going to put a lot of time and effort into this kind of thing, unless it's one of their own or the mayor's pooch.

[Nikolai552]

I'm wishing the best for ya TMAC.

[TMAC]

Only good news we had was there was a guy driving around with a dog in his van asking kids if they knew who he belonged to, one kid pointed toward our house but no dog yet. So its possible he escaped??

Either way the guy isnt doing the right thing by bringing him into to the humane society drop off or local animal control or the cops, all of them have our info on hand.

Another night of searching.

[ChaosFghtr]

Well that's a little welcoming news. Just wish he called around to the local shelters, vet's offices, etc. Don't worry man, you'll get him back! Your family is in my thoughts and prayers... Good luck!!!

[Nikolai552]

To me it is quite amazing how much of an impact a lost pet can have on a family. I had to get rid of one of my dogs and that's when i was a kid, Our whole family was saddened with the loss (had no choice, didn't have the time to take care of him and didn't want to neglect him). I'm not saying you won't get yours back, i bet you will!

[splashtx556ftw]

this is where the 'micro chip" is invalueable.is it possible that a nieghbor kid might have let him out to play with him, and he run off?? post lost posters everywhere w/pic if you can. good luck, i hope you find him!!

[Nikolai552]

TMAC any more signs of the pupster?

[TMAC]

Thank you all for your concerns.

We finally got him back on Saturday afternoon. The couple that picked him up found him about 50 yards away from my front door, guess he let himself out somehow. They kept him for about 3 days before calling him in at the local humane society clinic, once the humane society got the call they phoned us immediatly with the contact info.

We drove about 10 miles from our house to get him; when we arrived we found the couple who had him was really more interested in actually keeping him but must have had second thoughts. The made me prove it was my dog (like they couldnt tell), so we did a few tricks and some retrieving drills combined with hand signals just in case there was any doubt.

The whole family was happy has **** to get him back, and believe me everyone was misserable while he was gone. He gets chipped this week and last night I riveted his tags to his collar, no name on the tags - its harder to keep a dog when you dont know his name - my dogs captures found that out.

To end the weekend on a high note we went goose hunting over a picked winter wheat field, shot 6 geese in our group and let my dog Tread bring em all back. It didnt matter if they were stone dead or alive and kicking he got them all.

Next week we celebrate his 4th b-day!

Bring on the ducks and pheasants.

[tucker301]

That's great news!
Glad to hear a happy ending for a change.