Prayers needed for one dog, a (hopefully) good ending for two others....
Well, I got to work yesterday and one of the groomers was upset and crying...Her aunt's lab, Raider, is missing. He's a VERY handsome 2 year old yellow lab. The groomer took him to work pretty often for baths and such, so I'd met him a few times. The night before she was driving up the canyon with him in the back of her truck. She had him tied into it. I guess somewhere between the canyon and a neighboring city he broke the tether and jumped out. She didn't see it happen...
When she noticed he was missing she looked all over, even came back with her dog and rode on a bike looking for him. I'm so scared for the poor guy. The worst parts are the road is at least 45 mph so if he jumped out while it was going, he could be hurt pretty badly (if not killed), and also, he was wearing a prong collar...if that got stuck on something...:( He had on a regular collar and tags too. We're just hoping somebody will find him and call. They've called all of the shelters, groomers, vets, in the area as well as animal control, forrest service, etc. as well as put flyers with his picture all over.
Yet another reason why I'd never let my dog ride in the back of a truck.....please keep Raider in your prayers. :(
And here's the other part of the story. I stopped by the gas station Melissa works at on my way home work to put up a flyer. I had Nebo with me, as it was his day to get a good brushing, etc. So Melissa and I were just out by my car talking, when we saw two dogs. There was a large chocolate lab and a large malamute mix headed up a very busy road.
I had Melissa stay with Nebo and I ran up and chased them a way calling them. Eventually the lab turned around and came running to me...when the malamute realized his buddy was missing he came too. I took them both back to my car and, luckily, I had two slip-leads in my car...and also, luckily, both dogs had tags (belonged to the same person).
I went inside and called, but nobody answered. This gas station happens to be the police hang-out. I gathered up some courage and bugged the 5 police officers inside to help me out. They were a bit disgruntled and annoyed that I had interrupted their break, but one of them called animal control.
The animal control guy arrived and looked a bit shocked. He said, "These are the dogs that I've been chasing for two days! I followed them for hours around the Cemetary and also the Jr. High!!" I think it bothered him a little that I just called them and they came to me. :p
So it's a (hopefully) happy ending to their story...providing their owner claims them and he wasn't just letting them run loose. There was an address on the tags at least. They were pretty dirty, but appeared well cared for...
