New Orleans Pet Care: 7/28/13

Thursday, August 1, 2013

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel -

Henri will do this all day...

I think he thinks it is going to fly open and food is going to fall out.

This story ends well but so many do not...

It happens here too. Sadly, in areas where dogs are tied out or "live in the yard". They say most of the time the ones taken are used as bait dogs. As you know, you have to watch them and watch them so closely.

From Richochet's Animal Rescue & Resource Page (Thanks to my friend DH for sharing)

If you all don't mind, I would like to share something I saw on my own personal feed tonight. While scrolling through status' and photos, I noticed a few of my friends had been commenting on this photo of a beautiful Husky in my hometown. I was curious and clicked. The photo stated the Husky was missing and gave all info needed. Curious, I went to this mans page and began scrolling through his photos & status', hoping I could help. Last Thursday evening, his dog (the Husky) and a friends dog (unnamed breed) were playing in a fenced/gated backyard like they did many times before, while the humans were hanging out. They checked on the dogs periodically & the dogs were having a good ol' time. When the owner of the unnamed breed went to collect his dog to go home, both dogs were gone. Neither dog had ever jumped the fence. They began to call for them, then search the neighborhood, then go door to door, all the things you do. They drove to unnamed breeds house to see if the dogs wandered over there, nothing. Door to door in that neighborhood, so on, so forth.

Everyday this man posted updates, to no avail. He made flyers, ads on multiply webpages, shared on FB, had search parties. Both dogs seemingly vanished. Friends were helping, searching all over the internet in areas near us, at the pounds, on Craigslist, everything. Still the dogs didn't turn up. Monday someone seen dogs matching the descriptions, 10 hours away, in a town in Arizona. Immediately the men called and gave exact descriptions of the dogs in a pound located in Arizona. For some reason the shelter was closed yesterday (Tuesday), but the men left Monday night and drove until they got to Arizona. The shelter told them they would need some sort of proof these dogs were theirs (tags, photos, papers etc). At 8:00 AM this morning, the men went into the pound, proof in hand. They were shown the way to the kennels their dogs(?) were in. Immediately both dogs went CRAZY, barking, wagging their tails, howling, jumping etc. The shelter volunteers/workers said no more proof was needed. Their daddies had come for them!! How on earth did two fenced dogs make it over TEN hours away in 4 days?!

The men contacted our local police department (I am not sure when, sometime during the search). Our area police said pet theft is on a rapid rise. People stealing pets from fenced yards and selling them. The staff informed the men the two dogs were found wandering in a neighborhood, together, in Arizona. It is believed the Husky and unnamed breed dog were stolen from the backyard of the house, driven to Arizona to be sold (or worse) and they somehow escaped together.

Please, keep your pets close and safe. No matter where you are. It seems criminals will do anything to make a dollar, even steal our furbabies from our yards while we are home. If you see something odd at a neighbors/dog park etc, please report it. I am sharing this strangers story in the hopes this never happens to anyone again. It could have ended much, much worse for all parties involved. Thank you all for allowing me to share this. May you all (humans and furbabies) have a wonderful night or day, where ever you may be.