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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | I am so devestated and wanted to see if any of you guys have any suggestions for me to try. Last Saturday (the 9th) two of my three dogs dug out of my yard and have gone missing. Bonnie (aussie shepherd/border collie) is a known escape artist, and Marcy (black lab) is more of a follower. Knowing this, we have wire netting along the perimeter of our yard AND have the PetSafe Invisible fence. However a few months ago my husband rebuilt the fence between our yard and where I keep my horses with pipe and cattle panel. In doing this, he had to turn off the invisible fence and get it out of the way. Apparently he never turned it back on, and now my sweet girls are gone and I am beside myself with worry.
I have printed hundreds of flyers. Posted them on gas pumps, restaurants, feed stores, stopsigns, lots and lots of peoples gates, etc. I have the signs posted at feed stores, vet offices, I have notified animal shelters, etc. I have left a flyer with a note for the mail man to keep an eye out (since they are up and down roads all the time) as well as the trash collector.
What else can I do? I have a posting I renew daily on Craigslist in the Lost and Found section, and I also look online at the animals at the local shelter.
Both have regular collars AND the invisible fence collar. Marcy is microchipped. What else can I do? I have lost 6 pounds in the past week. The only thing I haven't done is call a psychic, but based on my Christian beliefs, that I won't do.
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Hungarian Midget Woman
 
Location: Midwest | Call local veterinarian offices. Call the animal shelter. They may have dogs in that aren't on the website
call the police station. Also let your neighbors know...put flyers in mail boxes. Post on FB and if your town has a FB page, post on that. |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | I'm so sorry! Sounds like you have done a lot already. The only thing I can think of is to put a sign out in your own front yard so that people driving by who may have found the dogs can see it. Also, if your dog is microchipped you can report it to the company it's registered with that she's lost. I know Homeagain does email blasts to people who have signed up for them when a dog is lost in your area. Share like crazy on Facebook too with all the shelters and rescues in your area. People are good about reposting and I know dogs thave have been reunited with their owners from that.
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| On your flyers are you offering a reward?
We had posted flyers all over town years ago when our boxer went missing and as soon as we posted a cash reward the phone starting blowing up....
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Road Rash Expert
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | addysmom821 - 2013-11-20 3:00 PM On your flyers are you offering a reward? We had posted flyers all over town years ago when our boxer went missing and as soon as we posted a cash reward the phone starting blowing up.... Just a thought It does offer a reward. This is my flyer...
I have gotten lots of calls, but none of them turned out to be my dogs. Did you get your dogs back?
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| Yes ma'am eventually we did...It took longer than what I wanted but we did find him.
Hopefully someone will see your flyer soon!! Hugs to you and your babies!!   |
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Location: Never in one place long | Sounds like you are doing ALL you can! :( Just hope they come back to you and are found... keep CALLING, looking on craiglist, putting fliers out etc... you never know... some dogs are lost for a LONG time before they are found if you keep at it!!
So Sorry!
I agree, the invisible fence WITH a realy fence is the best way to keep them in!! |
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Road Rash Expert
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | addysmom821 - 2013-11-20 3:09 PM Yes ma'am eventually we did...It took longer than what I wanted but we did find him. Hopefully someone will see your flyer soon!! Hugs to you and your babies!!
How long did it take? Today is 10 days, and I am trying to not give up hope.... I just hope they are together.
Bonnie got out before, by herself. She was gone for 3 days. Apparently she had gotten hit by a car on the first day, and she had a lot of soft tissue wounds that were very infected on day three when she literally drug herself back home. She had a severely dislocated hip which could not be repaired, so they had to do a femoral head oscillation (FHO). So basically her first escapade cost nearly 2 grand and 10 months of healing and she was left with a false joint and a lesson not learned. |
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Location: would like to be where it does not snow | Personaly check the animal shelter don't just call or check the website.. Never give up hope, I had a small dog when I was in high school who was a master escape artist, he was gone for close to 6 or 7 months I think someone picked him up, he found his way home, a little worse for wear but he came home. |
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| Scout1320 - 2013-11-20 3:13 PM
addysmom821 - 2013-11-20 3:09 PM Yes ma'am eventually we did...It took longer than what I wanted but we did find him. Hopefully someone will see your flyer soon!! Hugs to you and your babies!!
Bonnie got out before, by herself. She was gone for 3 days. Apparently she had gotten hit by a car on the first day, and she had a lot of soft tissue wounds that were very infected on day three when she literally drug herself back home. She had a severely dislocated hip which could not be repaired, so they had to do a femoral head oscillation (FHO). So basically her first escapade cost nearly 2 grand and 10 months of healing and she was left with a false joint and a lesson not learned.
If i remember right it took a few months...I know not what you wanted to hear...but we had a lot of calls and went to look at the dogs and it always turned out not to be our dog....He was found less thatn 100 yards from where he got away... |
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Location: Red Raiderland | Put a big sign in your yard. A few months ago some neighbors down the road from our new place had a BIG sign in front of their gate: LOST SMALL BLACK POODLE CALL #****** . I remember seeing the sign and thinking, "I'll bet their dog is out on our place." Sure enough, I pull up to our barn and go to get out and this cute little black Poodle comes running up to me. I talked to him and found he was so sweet I was able to pick him up and lock him in my tack room and drove right back over to their gate where I promptly called them. The woman was soooo HAPPY that I found their little escape artist. Our pastures are right next to each other but in the front runs a very busy state highway so I am sure she was scared to death.
Don't give up hope for your two girls. I have 3 boys that have been known to escape a very secure fence to not be found for more than 3 days. I have no idea where they go or what they do but they do come back. |
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| Hope you find your babies |
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| hope you find them
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| I would go to the animal shelter in person .when I lost my Sheppard I called and asked if they found a German Shepard they said no but I was going back home so I stop by to see for myself and she was there.this happened twice and both times they said no large dogs are there I'll never know how she got there because we are fourty miles from town |
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| Oh Sweetie! I don't have any advice but just sending prayers - DANG, you went above and beyond to try to keep them safe! Don't beat yourself up! Please keep us posted!! |
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| Any updates? Hoping you found your girls! |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | Hoping your pooches have returned safe and sound. |
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Location: NOT at Wal Mart | Hoping for good news.
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One Grateful Mom
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Location: wolverton,mn | I sure hope you find them! You must be so scared and sad! So sorry! |
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| Any news? |
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Location: Great NW | Yes I have been wondering if they came home yet. |
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Road Rash Expert
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | Hi, sorry for the delay in updating. I still have not found my dogs. I have put up tons of signs, and I honestly feel someone has them, but just hasn't seen my posters of "missing dogs" yet. I am so heartbroken and want them home.
I did what I didn't want to do. I called Toni Trimble. I really didn't want to go there. But I did. Just to give a quick run-down of what she said, I told her my dogs were missing, they dug out, she said "Are you sure they dug out? They think you let them out." (GASP FAINT!) My husband did leave the back gate open, so I can see how they would think that, but technically they did go under (or dig under) the fence in the back pasture. She proceeded to tell me that after they went under the fence, they kind of went to the left, around a pond, then came to a two-land asphalt road. That is the route I would have expected them to take, she hit that right on as well. To make a short story long, she believes they are together, uninjured and someone is caring for them. She thinks they are "at least" a mile away and in something woode, like a wooden horse stall, or wooden shed...? I drove around, searched on Google Earth to the point I am becoming consumed. I have put out more flyers over the weekend.
I ask for continued prayers, this is just awful. We are talking not one, but two of my dogs. One of which my husband has had for nearly 11 years, who has been his sidekick.
If and when I get those girls home I had someone just send me a link to a dog tracking device, similar to "find my iphone" but it is "find my dog." LOL! They are getting that! It is neat, even if they get out of the yard I get notified before they get into too much mischief. Now, it is just a matter of getting them back. They are sweet girls, and I only hope that whoever has them didn't just fall in love with them past the point of not wanting to find their home. I am offering a decent reward to hopefully deter that. |
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Location: Great NW | Her Accuracy is amazing. I hope you find them. |
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Road Rash Expert
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | speedjunkie - 2013-11-25 4:10 PM Her Accuracy is amazing. I hope you find them.
That is really a neat idea. I never knew such a thing existed! There is always the possibility that they get out of their collar, or if it didn't get charged up that month (I think the charge is only good for about 30 days?). But still, I am getting that, it is really a great idea, and had I had it, I would have my girls home now. |
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Location: Jasper, Tx | Praying you find your dogs! |
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Location: In a happy place | Continued prayers. |
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| Dang - I was hoping you had found them by now. |
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Shelter Dog Lover
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| Continued prayers. My nephews dogs got out and he hired a service that came out and brought tracking dogs to follow their trail. The trail led to a neighborhood where they concentrated the flyers and they were in that area and returned when the person saw the flyer. I think it was around $300.
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