March 6th, 2013
He took her home, which was about seven miles away from the spot she had been hanging around in. Her family said she had been missing for nine weeks, since January 1st when she was scared away by fireworks.
Jim Branson is not your average guy. He’s a guy with a
snappy snare, and a humane trap, and three dogs that each use their own special
training to help find missing pets.
One of them, Kelsy, has been with him trailing the scent of missing pets for years. Fozzie is a magnet dog whose job is to be friendly and maybe invite another dog to play. That’s the long and short of Fozzie’s job. Komu was recently certified to find lost cats. Jim, who offers his services as Three Retrievers Lost Pet Rescue helps people find their missing pets, which means he helps pets in need.
One of them, Kelsy, has been with him trailing the scent of missing pets for years. Fozzie is a magnet dog whose job is to be friendly and maybe invite another dog to play. That’s the long and short of Fozzie’s job. Komu was recently certified to find lost cats. Jim, who offers his services as Three Retrievers Lost Pet Rescue helps people find their missing pets, which means he helps pets in need.
On Wednesday, March 6th, as Jim was driving home, he passed a black dog that was on her own, crossing the street just a few blocks from his home. Not one to leave an unattended dog even without being asked to help, Jim stopped. There was an espresso stand not far from where he saw the dog, so Jim asked the guy running the stand about the dog. The man answered that he had been noticing the dog hanging around for a week. No huge surprise if there were other consumable vendors in the area.
Jim formulated a quick plan. He went home and got his snappy snare, his humane trap, and his magnet dog, Fozzie. They got back to the spot as quickly as possible. But no worries, as the dog, who we now know as Brownie, was still hanging around the espresso stand.
His first attempt was to use Fozzie and the snappy snare. They walked back and forth, ignoring the dog, which is a tactic that commonly works. But this dog was having none of it. No matter, Jim just put Fozzie back in the car, and went to Plan B. He found a place to set up and bait the humane trap.
He gave the espresso guy his contact information, and left to let the trap and the bait do its job.
He gave the espresso guy his contact information, and left to let the trap and the bait do its job.
Two hours later, Jim got the call that the dog had gone in to the trap. He went right out to the trap to take care of the dog.
As you can see in the photo,
she had tags on that Jim was easily enough able to check, and find where and with whom she belonged.
He took her home, which was about seven miles away from the spot she had been hanging around in. Her family said she had been missing for nine weeks, since January 1st when she was scared away by fireworks.
Brownie was very happy to be back home.
Good job, Jim!!!
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