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Jack (lives- with ex)
Gentle Giant
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 | | Barked: Sat Jul 12, '08 1:14pm PST | |  | |  | | Jack's mom here...
It is with much sadness that I post this, but Jack has gone missing.
I saw my ex-husband Robert today, and he offhandedly mentioned that Jack has been missing since around the 4th of July weekend (he couldn't remember exactly which day..). Jack is terrified of thunderstorms and fireworks, and can jump the fence in the backyard. Robert had left him outside unsupervised, and of course Jack got scared from the storm and the holiday fireworks and ran off. He has gotten out of the yard before, but he has never been gone this long and would usually come home on his own, according to Robert.
I have to say I'm devastated... sad, and worried, and angry... Jack may not be my dog anymore technically, but I love that big goofball and since I took care of him for a year and a half, he is still like my dog in my heart. I just want him to come home safely, even if it's back home to Robert (or Robert's family, since Robert is deploying for Iraq next week).
Jack is very large for a Golden Retriever, approximately 100lbs and very tall. He wears a blue collar, although I don't know if his tags were on the collar or not... He went missing from the northern part Greenbrier, Arkansas near HWY 65 (close to HWY 225 and HWY 287). He is a big sweetheart and loves people, but sometimes likes to play hard-to-catch.
If anyone has seen Jack, for better or for worse... or has him or knows his whereabouts, please let me know (via pawmail).
Feel free to forward this with a link to Jack's Dogster profile and pictures.
Thank you,
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Jack (lives- with ex)
Gentle Giant
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| | Barked: Sat Jul 12, '08 7:53pm PST | | | | | | The Power of the Paw must really be something, because after spending all day searching, I found Jack.
I posted ads on probably 20 or so "lost dog" websites, scanning the Found ads on each one. I emailed a description and pictures to all of the local shelters and rescues. I submitted classifieds to the local newspapers. I posted on my MySpace. I called a police officer who's a friend of mine and asked him to keep an eye out while patrolling. I made up flyers that I was planning on taking to all the vets, groomers, pet stores, super markets, gas stations, and anywhere else that would let me post them. My ex-husband may have seemed to give up on finding Jack, but I wasn't going to.
I finally came to Petfinder.com at nearly 7pm - to be honest, I never realized before today that they had a lost and found classified section, I always just thought it was for searching for adoptable dogs, but luckily one of the local rescue sites recommended it in their "what to do if your dog is lost" section.
I scanned the found ads, and sure enough, an ad was posted (on JUNE 28th) that a large male Golden Retriever who was "a very sweet boy" had been found wandering on HWY 65. I couldn't help but think that their description of him was exactly Jack. I called and left a message, in tears... hoping that I had found him. About 30 minutes later, the husband called me back and when I described Jack, he said "Yup, I think we've got your dog!"
I just got back from picking him up. He nearly tackled me when he saw me, he was so happy. Apparently Jack did not go missing on the 4th of July, but had been missing even longer than I was told, so he was gone for more like two weeks instead of one. I have to say, this mad me even more upset at my ex-husband for not telling me sooner.
I brought Jack home so he could visit with his sisters, and called Robert to tell him the good news. He just came and picked him up. I have to admit, I was so tempted to keep Jack... I don't want this to happen again and I've been having other issues about the care he's been getting... but I made Robert promise never to leave him outside unsupervised and to get him a new tag with his name and phone number. Even better new is that Robert is not getting deployed on Monday afterall, so now I don't have to worry about Jack being left with Robert's family or friends that might take even less care of him.
I'm just so relieved that someone found Jack and was kind enough to take him into their home instead of just leaving him there on the highway. And I'm so glad that they were nice enough to keep him in their home for so long instead of just dropping him off at a shelter, where he could have possibly been put to sleep before I'd even been told that he was lost. I couldn't thank them enough.
I feel kind of stupid for making all these posts all over Dogster only to find him the same day... so I apologize if I've over-reacted. But I'm sure that I'm not alone in being so attached to my dogs... having them go missing for any amount of time is heart-wrenching, so hopefully you will all understand and forgive me. | | | | |
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