Kind amazing Nakedjen readers (all of you): I have a very important message for all of you and I need your generous help. Please.
Haley is the loving dog companion of Deby. As you can see, she's a beautiful dog and it is really important that we all come together to help bring her home.
Deby found my blog and sent me the following email:
Hello
I see you wrote your missing dog blog in 2005 and are probably over the grief and maybe even have a new companion dog.
I’m assuming your dog died?
Well, mine was let out of our fenced back yard by workers and she is 10 and she is deaf and it has been 3 months and she has not made it home and all I do is sob – and pretend to cope in public and in private.
I cannot find anything on the web on how to cope with a lost dog – meaning a missing dog – as opposed to a dog who has died, which strange as it sounds, would be a blessing right now.
I could write a book on everything I’ve done to find
my dog – the local paper even did an article about me because NO ONE had
ever gone to the lengths I did to find her. I made forty 2 foot x 3
foot neon posters and posted them to create a safe perimeter, I hired a
helicopter pilot to look for her, I handed out thousands of the attached flyer
and did about 123 other things – but no Haley.
Even the pet detective I spoke with was perplexed on where she is.
If you’ve come across anyone who’s pet went missing, but never come back (Lassie does not always come home), I would really appreciate it if you could point me to them for grief support. If you know of any written material, that would be great too. I’ve looked at about 20,000 Amazon titles about “lost pets,” “missing pets,” “missing dog,” “lost dog,” etc – and there’s nothing out there that covers the emotional pain I am going through.
I can’t even find a book on dealing with a missing child or a missing in action soldier, which must feel the same as this terrible pain.
You see – I too am really missing my dog, but it’s 100 times worse because my dog is out there alive somewhere really missing me.
I just KNOW that this dog is still out there. I also know that together, using our vast social networking capabilities, we can help to truly bring her home.
To answer some questions, Haley is microchipped. She was wearing her red collar at the time she was lost and it had tags. Her owner, Deby, checks PetHarbor daily and is heartbroken over the sheer numbers of lost dogs that she finds listed there every day. But so far, no Haley.
One thing everyone should really know is that if you find a lost dog do not hesitate to call the shelter or to even take the dog there. So many people do not do this because they believe the dog will be euthanized. But that is a last resort, and it is always best to at least check for a microchip and the shelter will at least take all your information so the owner can be reunited with the dog even if you do choose to keep the dog at your house rather than surrender it.
I know I have many dog lovers who read this blog. I know any one of you would be completely devastated if your dog was lost or missing.
Let's all help bring Haley home. Please repost and rebroadcast this information anywhere you feel appropriate. And if you have extra "dog divining" thoughts and ideas, please do not hesitate to contact me. I'm all ears and willing to do it.
I am, as we know, in service to all dogs. Not just the ones who are hogging up my own bed.
Buddha, Stella and I all thank you for your help. Most importantly, though, I know Haley thanks you. Because I know she just wants to go home.
