HELP! - MISSING SHIBA INU IS - FIGHTER
This bulletin came from my myspace page. They posted a bulletin about their beloved "Fighter". Please help get the word out! His mypace page is:
Below is the bulletin:
Please help me find my dog...he's ran out yesterday and hasn't come home yet. Whenever he gets out, he always comes back within 30 minutes but still hasn't ...and it's been 16 hours now that he's gone.
Please copy and repost this, to everyone and especially those in the NJ area...Hopewell, Titusville, Princeton, Pennington are the nearest towns surrounding us.
I miss my Fighter and can't imaging life without him.
thanks,
Fighter's Mom
Comments
Jamie,
Did you send this on to NYC Shiba rescue?
Did you email NYC?
why is this dog allowed to run out for 30 mins anyway?? I could never!!
hope the dog returns safe to his home
Oh my thoughts are "sending you home quickly". I cannot imagine that he has not been seen yet. He is so incredibly striking. I am very glad to see his very visible tags, otherwise someone will believe they just witnessed an exotic animal loose or a wild cousin. He is so handsome.
I am mentally thinking all day today "go home Fighter". Wishing for the best.
Huggs, Ron
There are a lot of people who hike off leash with their Shibas in big parks/forrest preserves. That's where they can really do their thing, without fear of a car and roads. I'm not sure if I'd do it, but in big open areas, if you have a good bond with them, they shouldn't stray to far out of sight and should come back (eventually).
I hope Fighter is found soon.
I know, I think EVERY dog should be microchipped. Its not that expensive, which I think most people think it is, but it could save their life! and I am uncertain if Fighter has one.
I let Keira and Kenji off leash at the dog park, but i watch their every move and stay close. Some people there even come to the dog park with their dogs unleashed and they end up being all over the place even before getting into the fenced in area. Not to mention its right next to a BUSY road. Grrr.
My vet charges $100 to do microchipping, but the humane society and many pet rescues do it for $10-$20. I'm not sure how well micro-chipping would do in more rural areas, but I know of several dogs that were found because of micro-chipping.
I don't have to really worry about Jazz at the dog park. With one exception, she stays by my feet (unless Dave picks her up and carries her away). The one time she did walk off on her own, she would go about 10 feet and look back at me. 10 more feet and look back. She finally got about 150 ft away, but she was the one keeping an eye on me!
None of my prior pets (and there are many) have ever been lost, or given the opportunity to get lost. I know things happen, but this has just never happened to me. I've always treated my pets like children, who have to be watched, all the time, or confined w/out the need for overseeing.
Thank goodness Jake is not a door bolter, but if he were, I still block him away from the door when visitors show or the door needs to be opened. I cannot risk his safety and like a child, he does not know the dangers that exist for him.
But, I will microchip anyway, one day.
It came from myspace. The myspace link is http://www.myspace.com/littlefightersadventures and the owner posted a bulletin about it. I hope they find him soon. =(
I kept thinking Utah or Arizona on the pictures. Then noticing where he went missing I cannot help but wonder if these folks moved from his old home recently. I guess they could have just been on vacation. If this were the case that the dog has moved recently then it might indicate where he is headed. One can only think where the pack roams is where this handsome boy would prefer to be. He looks very much at home in those pictures.
I would even get pictures posted in truck stops. Highly mobile people run into dogs on the move much more frequently. I guess there is alway that classic "lost and headed home" stories out there.
I thought very hard about microchipping here in Southern New Mexico. I decided against it since our own animal control does not utilize it yet. Only a few vets in town. I would think that will change in time, but I also have a sincere desire to move north farther from any cities; and I highly doubt the microchip would bring me any closer under those circumstances. Using our own better judgement is the only way to make this sort of decision. I would imagine one day people will be microchipped too; I will still be last to get a cell phone
Thinking of Fighter!
Huggs, Ron
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!
I just read a new bulletin from Fighter and they found him! YAY! Heres the bulletin:
Thank you to everyone who wrote and reposted the bulletin I sent out yesterday.
After almost 24 hours of being missing, a neighbor called and he was in her yard playing with her bison, goats and sheep. Needless to say, he was filthy and had to be hosed down,lol. He didn't like that very much since the water was cold so that was his punishment for making me worry as much as he did...but it was 70 degrees outside so he got off easy.
thanks again for all the kind words.
I think the neighbor had it wrong, Fighter was trying to figure out how to take out her bison, goats and sheep and eat them for dinner.
So glad to hear that he was found safe!
No kidding tskitsune!
Some times things like these happen for the better so you can realize what you had and take better care of them. Im sure the owner took good care of him, but sometimes you think "ohh it will never happen to me" but when it does, sometimes its too late. Thank god this wasnt the case.
Good news to hear. I hope this occurrence convinces the 20 year old to be a more responsible dog owner.