My Pug Is Missing, I don't know how to cope Options

[pughug2010]

I'm new here and can't believe how hard it is to find a forum for people who have missing pets, not pets that have passed. I had a Doberman, he was my baby, he was 8 years old and I woke up one morning to find him dead of a heart attack. That was two weeks before I found out I was pregnant. Well, my son is three and a half now and all I had left was my cat of 16 years and Pug (Chloe, we call her Chloe Bea), she is now 8 years old and disappeared Saturday night. August 28, 2010. She got out the gate while I stood and talked to the neighbors, I looked right at her and said "come here" and she just stared at me. So I turned my back because she has never in 8 years left my side or strayed. She too timid and afraid to go very far. Well, about 20 minutes later I just happened to look around to make sure she was okay and she was no where to be found. Me and the neighbors began to walk the very urban neighborhood for four hours, nothing. I was sick. I drove around some more then went to sleep for a couple hours then walked the neighborhood for 12 hours the next day. I have posted on craigslist lost and found and Pet FBI, went to the animal shelter today, posted signs with my number and her photo throughout my neighborhood and at all surrounding bus stops, talked to as well as gave my number and her photo to about 20-30 people in my neighborhood, gave her photo and my number to the police that patrol the area and I have walked the streets and alleys as well as drove the streets and alleys for two days now. I stand at my front gate late at night yelling for her since it's quiet at night hoping she'll be able to hear me. I think everyone within a quarter mile radius by now knows her name and that there is a pug missing. I even put her photo and a missing flyer on my mailbox for the mail person to see since he/she canvases the neighborhood. Nothing. I keep going to my door hoping she'll be there. I think about her and it feels like a gut punch night and day. I want to burst into tears at work but I can't. As soon as I got in my car from work today I started bawling and cried all the way to my son's daycare. He's 3 1/2 and just thinks she's coming back. I don't think she is. Both of my dogs left me at 8 years old. But I can't bear not knowing if my Chloe is scared, hungry, thirsty, being treated properly...I don't know how to do this.

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[janika]

Dear Pughug

You are in the right place here as this forum also helps with Lost of missing pets. In the year I have been here, there have been about three people posting about missing pets and I am pleased to say that all were found safe and sound.
Is Chloe microchipped ? I think you have the same system as here in Uk. Or does she wear an identity tag on her collar?
You are doing the right thing by making as many people as possible aware that she is missing. Last year there was a Westie that went missing in my local town for about 9 months. The owners had posters on all the lamp posts and all over town and the surrounding areas. She did eventually turn up as her new owners who saw her and bought her at a 'Boot sale', saw one of the ads in a local paper. They put the notice in evry single week without fail. She is now back with her family. She had just got out of her garden and ended up in the next county, not sure how. Luckily all worked out well.
One of the missing pets on here was found stuck in an animal den close to home and all was well, but she was missing for a few days.
Get as many people as you can to help in doing a 'sweep' of your local area, at a the quietist time possible, so that any cries can be heard. You've probably already done that, but don't give up hope. Check all the shelters too, even ones further afield as she may have jumped in a car, as my Tasha once did. Luckily our local park wardens, and she had her tag on , so all was well. She'd run off to chase a squirrel, got disorientated and tried to get back to our house. I was still in the park, shouting and screaming like a mad woman for hours, but all was well in the end.
I do so hope that your darling Chloe is back home with you soon, and I will pray for her safe return. Please let us know how you are getting on . My thoughts are with you.
Hugs Jan and my Angels and Pixie xx