Tank, bulldog

Country Singer Tracy Lawrence Reunited with Lost Dog
PEOPLEPets.com
Jun 21, 2010

Father's Day was extra sweet for country singer Tracy Lawrence — he and his family were reunited with their lost bulldog Tank on Thursday evening. The 2-year-old pooch went missing from Lawrence's parked truck last Tuesday when the crooner drove to a Mount Juliet, Tenn., Walgreens to pick up some batteries.

The canine was found by a good Samaritan on Route 109 in Mount Juliet, several miles from the store where he disappeared. It hasn't been confirmed whether the dog had jumped from the truck or was taken by someone last week.

"Although the details of his disappearance are uncertain at present, Tracy and his family are just delighted that he's home safe and sound," Lawrence's publicist, Kat Atwood, tells PEOPLEPets.com in an email.

The Grammy-nominated singer told PEOPLEPets.com last week that "sweet-natured" Tank's disappearance was upsetting to the entire family, including his young daughters.

"It'll be two years Sunday [Father's Day] since I got him and he's a part of the family," Lawrence said. "He's got such a personality ... I have two daughters, a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old, and they're just sick to death [over this]."

Source: http://www.peoplepets.com/news/celebrities/country-singer-tracy-lawrence-reunited-with-lost-dog/1

Parker, GSP

Lost dog-FOUND THE OWNER!!!
Johnny_Namakan
09/24/08 07:04 AM

A co-worker of mine picked up a dog running along side the highway this morning in Cook, MN. He has the dog in his truck right now until he can find the owner or something. No collar on him/her, I didn't ask him if it was male or female. Very friendly dog, I believe is a GSP. Short hair, short tail, long legs, light brown with some white speckles. She jumped out of the tall grass onto the road just as he was passing. Almost hit her, but swerved and stopped to check on her. So he opened his door and she jumped right in and laid down in the back seat. None of us have ever seen this dog before so we don't believe she's local. Definitely somebody's hunting dog that must have gotten separated from her owners. Any help would be great.

So far, no luck. A Vet will be stopping by the office later to scan him for a chip. This dog is definitely a GSP. Very well behaved dog. The pads on his feet are practically worn off in some spots. We think he has been running for several days. He's sleeping in my coworker’s truck right now. Very tired dog to say the least. Probably been trying to find home for several days now. He ate a little dog food, but wouldn't drink any water. He doesn't even want to get out of the truck now. We tried to let him out to see if he needed to use the bathroom but he didn't want to get out of the truck. Not scared at all, just very tired. I'm sure somebody is missing him. We contacted all the Humane Societies around us but no luck yet. I've posted here and another site in hopes of finding the owner. Ask around, people, and see if any of your buddies have lost a dog. Thanks!

We thought about releasing the dog where we found it. But, we think this dog has been on the move for at least several days. After calling around town we found somebody who spotted the dog about 10 miles from where he was picked up about thirty minutes earlier. Also, the dog’s pads on his feet are worn raw. He has been on his feet walking the highway for a long time to wear the pads down to red raw feet. The dog stayed the night at my co-worker’s house who found him. We're still hoping to find the owner. We've called several papers, sheriffs, city police, humane societies, etc. Hopefully somebody tries to find him up here by calling one of these places and then they will get a hold of us. We had our whole office staff calling around yesterday and searching the internet for lost dogs’ posts. No luck yet.

Great news! A local person in town that had heard we found this dog called us today and said she heard on the Ely radio station someone looking for a lost GSP. She took down the number and called us. We called the number, which was a Colorado number, and left a message. The guy called us back and ID'd the dog to a T. He had been worried sick looking for him. He had gone missing Tuesday and we found him Wednesday so he was only missing for a night. The guy has two GSPs and they both wandered off together. The one came back about 5 hours later, but this one, Parker, didn't come back. The guy said Parker is the one that never wanders, it's the other one he has to watch. So he figures Parker simply couldn't find his way back. So anyway, they have been reunited and all is well.

A little side note to add to this which really upsets me. The owner of this dog called the Virginia Humane society twice on Wednesday to see if they had found their dog, and the humane society said no and that they hadn't heard anything about it. Well, we called the Humane Society at 9:00am Wednesday to inform them that we found this dog, then the owner calls twice and they say they don't know anything about it. That downright burns my hide. No wonder it's so hard to find lost dogs, poor quality of service to say the least.
Thanks guys. The owner was as happy as a clam. He was supposed to head back to Colorado on Tuesday but decided to stick around until he found his dog. He said he put 170 miles on the road yesterday searching for his dog. We all think a little fate played into this one. 9 out of 10 guys would have just kept driving had they seen a dog on the road. For some reason my co-worker decided to stop and check him for a collar and well the rest is history. I love dogs too, but to be honest I probably wouldn't have stopped. I mean, picture driving to work at 6:00 in the morning, pitch black out still, running late for work, and having to swerve for a dog on the road and then making the decision to stop and check on the animal. That takes a special kind of person. I hope we can all take something from this that makes all of us a little more compassionate.

FYI: The owner did say both his dogs are chipped. Our vet in town didn't have a scanner so we never got him checked, but we were discussing bringing him to Virginia to get scanned if an owner didn't turn up soon. I think I may get my dog chipped as well. It's not a sure fix, but it can't hurt.

Source: http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1538365/Lost_dog_FOUND_THE_OWNER

Bart, chow/lab mix

A lost dog is saved thanks to some upstate angels
Garth Wade, freelance writer, Star-Gazette
June 18, 2010

An 11-year-old Colorado mutt named Bart was running loose in Horseheads until some angels gathered him in and sent him back to the arms of his family.

His angels: the Horseheads Animal Shelter and Patrick Lentz, whose compassion made him stop on a busy Route 86 exit ramp and lure a frightened dog from harm's way.

Bart's adventure began May 5 at the Route 86 rest stop in Campbell. He was aboard a fifth wheel camper owned by his family, Cliff and Linda Perry of Arvada, Colo.

The couple didn't know Bart was missing until they stopped at another rest stop about 50 miles east.

Panic time. The much-loved part coyote, dingo, chow and lab had been a Perry companion for 10 years.

The couple back-tracked, talked to other travelers, called agencies, always "scared we'd find a body," Cliff Perry said.

When hope ran out, the couple continued on to Bangor, Maine, en route to Nova Scotia.

Bart did his best to catch up after watching his family disappear down the road.

The dog covered about 20 miles to Horseheads in two days and found his first angel at the Route 86 Walmart-NYSEG exit ramp.

"I could tell he was disoriented and exhausted," said Lentz.

After pulling his work van over, Lentz offered his hand in friendship. Bart snapped at Lentz, but the man took no offense. "He wasn't being aggressive, he was being defensive."

Lentz offered a pan of bottled water. Bart slurped some and sat in the shade of the van while Lentz chatted with him for about 10 minutes.

Cooler and a bit more trusting, the dog accepted Lentz's ride offer and took over the passenger seat for the trip to more angels at the Horseheads Animal Shelter.

A rabies tag on Bart's collar led shelter staffer Sherry Benedict to Planned Pethood in Denver, Colo. "They said they had a report of a missing dog in upstate New York," Benedict said.

Planned Pethood put her in touch with the Perrys by phone. The couple and their other canine companion, Bart's golden retriever buddy "Buddy," drove 630 miles back to Horseheads for a Bart reunion.

"They were both crying when they arrived and saw Bart," Benedict said. "Cliff gave me a huge hug."

That's the way it is when you've raised a dog from a pup, Cliff Perry said. "We've grown pretty fond of him."

He also called Lentz to thank him. "He was in tears on the phone," Lentz said.

"I cried myself," said Benedict. "It was an extremely sad story, but what an ending!"

A lost dog's best friend is the kind of person who treasures his or her own dog.

That's the way it is at the Lentz home in Horseheads, where Annie, a mixed breed adopted from the SPCA in Big Flats, has resided for six years.

"My 10-year-old boy can't go to sleep without her," Lentz said.

Source: http://www.stargazette.com/article/20100618/NEWS01/6180374/A-lost-dog-is-saved-thanks-to-some-upstate-angels
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Max, black lab

Manlius family reunited with its missing puppy
Sarah Moses / The Post-Standard
Monday, May 03, 2010, 9:31 PM

Talia Cavalline, 6, pets family dogs Max (left) and Sophie on Monday at their Manlius home. Six-month-old Max disappeared from Blue Ribbon Kennel while the family, including father John Cavalline, mother Darcy Cavalline, Bella, 9, and Victoria, 5, was vacationing in Florida. Max was found 10 days later.

Manlius, NY -- A Manlius family, whose black Labrador retriever was taken from a kennel in Canastota last month, never gave up the search for their missing puppy, Max.

After 10 days of talking to neighbors and hanging missing posters, an anonymous tipster led Darcy Cavalline and a Madison County Sheriff’s deputy to Max at a home in the town of Sullivan on Friday.

“We are very happy to have him home,” John Cavalline said. “Our girls couldn’t be more excited.”

John and Darcy Cavalline and their daughters, Bella, 9, Talia, 6, and Victoria 5, were all vacationing in Orlando when Max, their 6-month old black lab, disappeared from Blue Ribbon Kennel, on Southerland Drive, in Canastota.

The family put out a $500 reward for information leading to Max’s return and Jeff Aquino, the kennel’s owner, offered an additional $500 reward. “On Friday my wife got a anonymous call from a man who said that he knew who took her dog,” John Cavalline said.

When Darcy Cavalline and the deputy went to the address that the tipster provided they found Max, but no one was home at the time. “The door was open a little bit and when Max saw my wife he ran out to her,” John Cavalline said “He was very excited to see her.”

John Cavalline said Max, who weighs about 50 pounds, was in good condition. “He just gets a bit more excited now, but he’s the same old Max,” he said.

The family’s other dog, Sophie refuses to let Max out of her sight.

The Cavallines filed a complaint with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. They were unaware if anyone has been charged yet. The sheriff’s office was unable to be reached for comment.

“If something like this happens to you don’t just sit back and wait,” John Cavalline said. “Try to generate as much awareness as possible. If we would have done nothing more than hope for Max’s return than we wouldn’t have him home with us now.”

Source: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/manlius_family_reunited_with_m.html