Shadow, black lab mix

Missing dog reunited with owner thanks to kindness of strangers
CTV Atlantic's Dan MacIntosh
May 28, 2013

A beloved family pet has been reunited with his owner thanks to the kindness of strangers.

Shadow had been missing for about three weeks, since running into the woods near his home in Caledonia, N.S. on May 6.

“I drove around for two weeks, up and down, trying to find him and then, I just kind of figured the worst, that a bear or something got him,” says owner Lila Westaway. “I kept hoping that somebody would have found him and somebody did finally.”

Shadow was missing for about three weeks before he was found by strangers and reunited with his owner. (CTV Atlantic)

That somebody was Craig Mercer.

He was on a fishing trip with his friends in the Liscomb Game Sanctuary when they found Shadow in the woods - his face peppered with porcupine quills.

He was about 15 kilometres from home.

After several group efforts to catch him, Mercer made a solo try and was able to scoop up the dog and put him in his truck.

“You couldn’t live with yourself if you knew that that dog was out there and we just drove home kind of thing,” says Mercer. “I figured, either we get him now and, or if we didn’t get him we’d have to go home and I know my wife would be out with me and we’d have to go try again.”

Shadow was in rough shape. The quills caused infection and made it nearly impossible for him to eat.

Veterinarian Kathryn Sykes says the dog’s days would have been numbered, if not for Mercer and his friends.

“I don’t think he would have made it too much longer,” says Sykes. “He was in pretty rough shape and I think he was probably getting close to the end of the line, I suspect.”

In addition to rescuing the injured dog, Mercer also stepped up and covered the cost of the vet bills.

“I made that decision when I saw the dog and I don’t want to impart that decision on (Westaway), so, I’ll take care of it,” says Mercer.

Westaway couldn’t be more grateful.

“I’d say’ thank you,’ but I don’t know how to say thank you so much. I’m just so happy,” she says.

Westaway expects she will be able to take Shadow home by the weekend.

Source: http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/missing-dog-reunited-with-owner-thanks-to-kindness-of-strangers-1.1300896

Another version of the story is at: http://www.trurodaily.com/News/Local/2013-05-28/article-3262779/Dog-reunited-with-owner/1

Dog reunited with owner
Shadow was lost for three weeks and was injured by a porcupine before being found by Stellarton’s Craig Mercer near the Liscomb Game Sanctuary. Shadow is pictured here with Kathryn Sykes the veterinarian who has been working to get him back in...
Published on May 28, 2013
The News

NEW GLASGOW – A picture on the front of The News helped reunite a lost dog with its family.

The dog, who we now know as Shadow, was found near the Liscomb Game Sanctuary on Sunday by Craig Mercer and some friends who were out fishing. The dog had porcupine quills in its mouth and was thin.

Mercer caught the dog and brought it to the New Glasgow Vet Clinic where he has been happily cared for since.

After The News ran a story about the dog, a relative of the owner saw the picture and called his daughter to tell her that he thought it looked like her dog that had gone missing. The only problem was the story described a female dog. She called anyway and as it turns out the dog is indeed male. The veterinarians had been busy caring for the dog’s injuries and at first thought the dog was a girl. (Our apologies Shadow).

Mercer said the woman is from Caledonia and as soon as she arrived  the dog happily greeted her.

As it turns out there were actually two dogs that went missing three weeks ago: Shadow, the dog Mercer found, and another husky type dog. After a few days the husky returned home, but Shadow was still missing until this week.

Kathryn Sykes, the veterinarian who cared for Shadow, said the dog instantly recognized his owner.

“He was pretty excited to see her.”

Mercer said he’s glad the dog is back with his family and he was able to play a part in that.

He said numerous people have offered to help cover the vet bills and he’s told the woman who owns the dog not to worry about it, that he’ll take care of it.



Shadow was lost for three weeks and was injured by a porcupine before being found by Stellarton’s Craig Mercer near the Liscomb Game Sanctuary. Shadow is pictured here with Kathryn Sykes the veterinarian who has been working to get him back in shape. ADAM MACINNIS – THE NEWS

Daisy, sheltie

Daisy's Story
Lynn Miraglia, Brevard Lost Pets
May 29, 2013

“Daisy” is reunited on May 28 after missing since April 17th. Her story has a few lessons illustrated that I would like to share. The first lesson is “do not give up”.

About 3 weeks after Daisy went missing in Palm Bay, her owners gave up. (This is not uncommon so please do not judge.) In the Missing Animal Response training class that I took, I learned about this kind of response, and some of the reasons for it. For one thing, people often can't cope with the not knowing, and they need closure, sometimes any way they can get it.

Daisy's family felt that she was so skittish that she would never be caught, and that she had likely already starved. The lost report was to be closed, but Valerie Nichols read the story and offered her info to be the contact in the report in order to keep the report open on the website.

Around the same time that her family gave up, Daisy was found just a half a mile away by Amie and Courtney. Daisy was a mess, flea infested, had bites on her. She was vetted and as you can see from her photo, they took wonderful care of her! Courtney looked on the BrevardLostPets.com website but did not check as far back as April 17th, and so did not see Daisy’s report. Courtney religiously checked the website for new lost listings every few days.

The other day another female sheltie, by the name of Maggie, went missing in Palm Bay, and was reported on the BrevardLostPets.com website. Courtney saw the report, and called Maggie’s people. From speaking with them, she determined that the sheltie that she had found could not be Maggie.

Luckily, I was in touch with Maggie’s people (I am not in touch with everyone who lists a pet on the website). Allison mentioned to me that she got a call about a found sheltie but it was not a match. My ears perked up!

Skip to the end, Daisy is HOME.

Lessons: 1. Do not give up. If there were Daisy signs up, Daisy would have been home much sooner.
2. If you find a pet, especially one in rather poor shape, don’t assume s/he is abused, and please use the search function on the website to search for a particular city or gender or breed of lost pet. That function narrows the field of what you are looking for and goes back a year.

To share some of what Daisy’s family is now saying: “Thank you so much we're all crying tears of joy over here. And Daisy is happier than ever!” and “Daisy was so happy running around tail wagging. [...] I'm so thankful I listened to my friends advice to go to you.”

Let's hope Maggie, who is the catalyst to getting Daisy reunited, is home very, very soon.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=645818635432525&set=pb.345055015508890.-2207520000.1369869907.&type=3&theater

Blogger's Note: Lynn Miraglia runs Brevard Lost Pets, which is a missing pet posting website with a companion Facebook page covering Brevard County, Florida. Lynn has also been trained in Missing Animal Response by the Missing Pet Partnership.

Flo & Efa, border collies

Flo the stolen border collie puppy found at caravan site in Newent
By Hayley Mortimer
Monday 27th May 2013

HERE'S a 'tail' with a happy ending - Flo the stolen border collie puppy has been found at a caravan site in Newent.

The pooch went missing when the vehicle she was sleeping in was stolen from a house in Cranham.

Her owners Lucy and James Bent immediately contacted the police when their Land Rover Discovery was taken on Wednesday, May 15, with their two dogs inside.

James, a landscape gardener, had left the dogs in the back of the 4x4 parked on a driveway while he worked at a client’s house when it was taken at 10.45am.

Efa, a one-year-old collie, was found in the garden of a house in Brockworth later that day and was returned unharmed to the couple, who live in Burleigh.

The Land Rover was found nearby in Brockworth the following day, but Flo remained missing.

The couple launched an appeal, prompting a huge response on social media, and put up posters around Gloucestershire.

Lucy and James, both 43, were beginning to lose hope but on Tuesday, May 21, they received a phone call from a man who said Flo had turned up on a caravan site in Newent.

"He said she didn’t have any tags on her collar so he looked after her for a couple of days," said Lucy, an events co-ordinator at Westonbirt.

"But when he saw the posters he called us.

"He didn’t give his name but we arranged to meet him at a petrol station in Gloucester to hand her over.

"She was dirty but she was well and clearly hadn’t been harmed.

"We will never really know what happened to her but we are just so thrilled to have them both home.

"We are so grateful for all the help we have had, it has been phenomenal."

Source: http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/10445414.Flo_the_stolen_border_collie_puppy_found_at_caravan_site_in_Newent/

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Jasmine

Indiana family reunited with missing dog in Atlanta
Monday, May 27, 2013

ATLANTA — An Indiana family was reunited with their missing dog in Atlanta on Monday, nearly 500 miles from where she disappeared.

Karen and Victor Stievenart told Channel 2’s Craig Lucie that their dog, Jasmine, disappeared in April from their home in Terre Haute, Ind.

She slipped out of her collar and the Stievenarts think she may have hitched a ride south with a trucker or a family with a camper. They live about a mile from the interstate.

Somehow the dog traveled to Atlanta where a woman brought her to Fulton County Animal Services.

The woman said Jasmine jumped right into her car, but she's not sure where the dog was before.

Once animal officers started inspecting Jasmine they found a microchip implanted in the dog and quickly identified her owners.

The Stievenarts drove to Atlanta last weekend and arrived at FCAS on Monday morning.

Jasmine yelped and jumped right up to lick and hug Karen Stievenart as soon as officials brought her out of the kennel.

"I've been checking the shelter in Terre Haute every day. They are tired of seeing me," Karen Stievenart told Channel 2's Craig Lucie.



Source: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/indiana-family-reunited-missing-dog-atlanta/nX4YW/