Monday, April 6, 2009

sightings or false alarms? donations needed to help with the search

Last night, at 10 pm, I received two calls from different individuals. Both callers placed a dog within blocks of the adopter's home. They both thought that it was a retriever like dog that they were seeing. One placed the dog on the Monroe St. Bridge and the other at the corner of Dewitt and Windsor. If these sightings were Ranger, this poor guy is crossing many very busy streets and it is only a matter of time before he is hit. Please, please, please, keep your eyes out for him and help with getting the word out.

In addition, in order to obtain a tracker (dog and handler that can track the movements of a dog through scent based on the place that he was last seen), we REALLY need some donations. It can cost upwards of $500 to figure out the pattern of a missing dog and as of today, we have no donations. Please help by donating a tax-deductible donation to Homeward Trails. Place the name 'ranger' in the subject field. Also, if you could email me with the donation amount, I will be better able to keep track of donations. Maritae @ rocketmail.com (remove spaces around @ sign).

Please help bring Ranger home. He's scared and lost and now there is a storm outside. We don't know if he's scared of thunder but if he is that is going to add to his confusion and fear.

2 comments:

  1. Marita -- if the sightings leading up to last night's sightings are truly Ranger, then last night's sightings seem unlikely. If last night's sightings are truly Ranger, then the previous sightings seem like they may be another dog. Have you been able to verify the sightings as credible? Last night's sightings are of course much closer to the separation site than Ft Scott Park, so in one sense, they seem more credible. But certainly Ranger could make it over to Ft Scott while running scared. It just seems odd that he would go to Ft Scott and then back closer to the original neighborhood.

    I sure wish I could help with the search.

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  2. Thanks for the inquiry but I can definitely attest to the fact that he's been up at Fort Scott park. I've seen him myself. In fact, I spent 3 hours in the woods with him, but couldn't get him to come to me. Also, others that saw him were very good at describing him. I do think that there are two dogs roaming the area which is causing some confusion but I've seen him run and he is very quick.

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