4 Weeks Today Options

[Eagle'sMom]

This is my first post here...I'm glad I found this website...

My dog Eagle ran away...

My room mates were watching him while I went on a retreat and he ran off...

For 2 weeks I didn't know where he was...

Fliers were out, the shelters were called, ads in the newspaper, the vet was called...

Then 2 weeks ago I saw him in the woods behind our townhouse...

I ran up to him which was a mistake...I should have walked slowly towards him because he ran into the woods...

I don't know if he realized it was me or not...

I regret so much running up to him but I was so excited to see him...

So friends and family helped to look for him that day in the woods but didn't find him...

That was 2 weeks ago...

I've been putting out food in the last place I saw him but I don't know if he's the one getting it or not...

The past few days I've been seeing tiny paw prints that are not Eagle's...

Every morning I go to the site hoping to see his paw prints but I don't and then I feel down...

Every evening we bring food hoping he will get it...

A part of me is missing...

I've had him only 3 years...

He's a rescuded dog from a home where a woman had 119 dogs and a bunch of horses...

Eagle is very timid and doesn't like other people nor does he like other dogs...

My heart is breaking more and more each day...

I know God is in control and knows exactly where Eagle is...my prayer is that God will let me have him once again...

Thank you for reading this...

Maddie

[5catsmom]

Hi Maddie,
I wrote a long post this morning but I guess it vanished somewhere in cyber-space so I'll try to remember the gist of it here. I think you said somewhere that the area where Eagle vanished is an area where they're cutting roads for a new subdivision. Is it possible to find out where they're working from (usually the construction teams have a trailer on site) and go in and explain that you've lost your little dog and would appreciate very much if anyone could keep an eye out for him. Maybe even leave a picture. The people who are around all day tend to have a pretty good sense of what's going on.

At this point, I don't know how much the cage will help. Eagle has seen the coons eat his food and he probably feels intimidated by them. If you put some of your garments in the cage, without food, the coons may figure out after while that no food is there and move on.

The other thing I'd try, is when you do look for him, carry binoculars. Sometimes animals are hard to see, especially when they're scared, and the time he'd be most scared is when the equipment stops at night and shortly after. That's when I'd look, calling gently to him, maybe in his "dinnertime voice." He has to be eating somewhere to be getting along after all this time, so if you have neighbors around ,make sure they know what's going on too.

Well, I think there was more, but I can't think of it now, but if I do, I'll send it as soon as I can. I wish you the best of luck, and you take care and trust in God - Barb