Tasha, mixed breed

Unlike a lot of people, I don't have a problem with consulting with an animal communicator as part of a lost dog search. This article mentions nothing other than the use of an animal communicator, and that doesn't strike me as a good idea.


Missing dog reunited with owner
Jennifer Kingsley, Star-Gazette
October 9, 2009, 8:35 pm

A mixed-breed dog named Tasha, missing from her Elmira home since Labor Day, was reunited with her owner, Alice Davis, late Thursday after someone spotted the dog's description in the lost and found notices in this newspaper's Classified Marketplace.

"Tasha was so excited, she went crazy," Alice said. "She was all wiggles and excited. We are so happy to get her back."

Tasha, a 1 1/2-year-old black-and-tan mix breed, wasn't wearing her tags because she'd recently outgrown her collar and disappeared before Alice could transfer them to the new one.

"She's wearing her tags now," Alice said.

Alice was so distraught about the dog's disappearance, she consulted an animal communicator to try and find her. An animal communicator works kind of like a psychic and speaks to your animal through the use of telepathy. During the first session, the animal communicator, whom Alice declined to name, said Tasha ran after a fox that led her away from home. A second session indicated Tasha was laying in the grass near a green bridge.

"Tasha was spotted by a green bridge by a friend's granddaughter," Alice said. "By the time we got there, she was gone." Alice and her daughter, Meredith Simpson, searched daily by foot, horseback, kayak and car to no avail.

"I even took our other dog along to pick up Tasha's scent," Alice said.

A third session with the communicator indicated that Tasha was taken by a man with a reddish beard, who lured the dog with bread.

She believes Tasha was tied up for awhile in an old barn near a river and that there may be a wide truck in the man's driveway.

Looking back, Alice thinks the old farm was located near Erin, not far from her Watercure Hill home.

The people who found Tasha said they found her along the road, Alice said.

Although Tasha's a little weary from her journey, she seemed fine Friday, Alice said.

"She seemed anxious when we first got her home. Usually, she lays around in the evening and snoozes, but (Thursday) night, she couldn't fall asleep," Alice said.

"She's better. Now she's playing with her (toy) bear. We couldn't get her to do that when she first got home."

Source: http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091009/NEWS01/910090371