By Robin Cassella, The Bulletin
Sep 15, 2011
Missing dog Missy was found Wednesday afternoon on Cornell Road in Plainfield after a massive search.
Plainfield, Conn. — After nearly two weeks, and countless hours of searching by dozens of volunteers, lost dog Missy has been found.
Missy, a 3-year-old mastiff, went missing after her owner, Ronald Morton, of Canterbury, was involved in a serious car accident Sept. 3. Morton’s Suburban SUV flipped over after it was struck by a pickup truck on Black Hill and Exley roads in Plainfield, and Morton was ejected from the car.
Missy and another mastiff, Rasha, ran into the woods after the accident. Rasha was found the next day.
Family friend Jeff Decoste, of Griswold, who headed the search for Missy, found the dog Wednesday afternoon in the woods on Cornell Road in Plainfield.
“I crossed through someone’s backyard and heard her crashing,” Decoste said. “She was running from me, but she got hung up on a vine, and that’s how I was able to catch her.”
Besides having a few scrapes and carrying some ticks, Missy was in good health.
Morton’s wife, Theresa, was beyond words when she heard that Decoste had found Missy.
“I was shocked, because I had doubts. I was losing hope that we would find her,” Theresa Morton said.
A Facebook page, “Help Find Missy,” was set up shortly after the accident and accrued more than 900 “likes.” Facebook users were able to donate money to an account that was going to be used as a reward for whoever found Missy.
“We raised just over $1,000,” Theresa said. “I’m not sure what we’re going to do with it; maybe donate it to a mastiff society.”
Theresa said her husband is still at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, but is doing better and that his “face lit right up,” when he heard Missy had been found.
Source: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/newsnow/x1587955555/Missing-Canterbury-dog-found-in-good-health#axzz1YA1BYElv
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