It's HIM!! IT'S HIM!!!!!!!!!! We just got back from spending several hours out there. We saw him. It is absolutely, most definately, without a doubt DELTA!!!! Not only is he alive, but he appears to be uninjured. A little skinnier than when last seen, but not life threatening and no other visible damage at all!!!
We took his favorite dog house and left in these people's yard. We left the straw that smells like his buddies in it and I put a shirt of mine in as well. I took a bag of his food out too.
I got within a 15 feet of him. But he wouldn't let me get closer. He's very spooky and on high alert. No, Delta wouldn't come right up to me. Three weeks ago, when he saw me every day and was safely in his own territory, he wouldn't come right up to me and let me touch him. It's always been a process to catch him.
When we left, we hadn't seen any sign of him for over an hour. I suspect he got scared and went back to whereever he's been hiding. It was too dark to track him, even with headlamps on. I also didn't want to scare him off. Phred is right, I don't want him to move on again. He's at the last house on the last road for a long way. He's safe where he is, not as safe as he would be here, but safer than alot of other places. There's no major traffic(it's a small gravel road), no recent wolf sightings in the area, everyone in the area knows he is an owned dog and are trying to help. He won't be shot or anything like that. One woman has a dog team and he's been through her dog yard repeatedly. I told her if she catches him, I'll take one of her dogs home with me too--she tried to give me one already! She also has chickens. I told her if he gets in with them to slam the gate and I'll pay her for all the birds.
I'm going to see my vet in the morning. I want to ask him about a fast acting tranquilizer. Something I could hide in a chunk of meat that would knock him out fast. Animal control won't give us a live trap as the area is well outside of the city limits. I'm going to beg, whine and plead with them tomorrow too! Maybe they know someone else who has one or maybe they will consider giving me one for the weekend, since they are closed anyway. I'm asking my boss for the afternoon off. I'm supposed to be in a course all weekend, but I'm calling them too tomorrow. I'm sure there is a waitlist for it and someone else can take my spot.
Keep those prayers coming, PT. They are working. My boy is almost home!!
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Originally Posted by Glacier
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