The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum

 
You're doing the right thing right now. Leaving out his bedding may help encourage him to come home.

Even though that's quite a distance, dogs and cats have been known to walk that plus longer to go to what they consider to be home. I'd check in with them to keep an eye out for him, and if they have any of his old bedding (or would agree to you giving them some of his), they might try putting that out as well.

Hey guys. So we adopted a bull Mastiff / pit bull mix yesterday, and this morning he got out. He's been gone for something like 6 hours now, and no sign of him.

We've contacted the town police, animal control, every pound in the area, and they all have my phone number if he's found. I drove around the entire area screaming his name. Most dogs can usually find their way home, but we haven't even had him 24 hours, and his previous mommy is a good 45 minute drive away.

Everything on the mundane end has been done, and I'm praying harder than I've ever prayed before. Any extra thoughts would be much appreciated.

 
I'll keep you and your dog in my thoughts and prayers. *hugs*

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I'll try sending out "Go Home, Moo Moo!" vibes.

(((((missgraceless)))))

Thank you all!

I got a call yesterday from a woman who works with a "lost dog" group, a volunteer organization called Dog Gone Recovery. The previous mommy Lexxie called her and gave her my number, and we've been working on getting the word out through posters, car-window-writings, and just handing out flyers to everyone we see. I'm fairly confident we'll find him with her help. She said she usually finds 9 out of 10 pets, and even if it takes a few weeks, I'm not letting my hopes drop. Her longest case was 70 days, but she still found the dog and brought it home.

The gods and your prayers have sent her to me, and I couldn't be more grateful. Thank you guys so much. :lub:

*UPDATE*

We found him. He made his way back home this morning. I'm so relieved, you have no idea.

*UPDATE*

We found him. He made his way back home this morning. I'm so relieved, you have no idea.

 
*hugs* I'm happy to hear you got him back!

Wooo hoooo!!! So glad he made it home safe and sound!

 
Another update, rather than starting a new thread.

So unfortunately with his intense and quite annoying attachment to me, we had to give MooMoo up to a better home. He was getting too aggressive toward anyone who came near me, growling and barking. And there was just too much chaos in this house to deal with retraining a 1 year old who's already set in his ways.

I don't want to say I'm glad he's gone, because I'm not even remotely. But I'm glad he's going to a home much more suited to his personality and sheer size. An apartment with no yard, inhabited by 4-5 twenty-somethings at any given time, is no place for such a big dog.

The woman who took him today was actually the one who helped me find him to begin with. She's got a huge fenced in back yard in a quiet neighborhood, with an Old English Sheepdog named Boomer. Even if she can't keep him, she's got another good house lined up for him. So I have no fear that he's going to be treated any less than wonderfully.

Am I gonna miss him even though we've only had him 2 weeks? Absolutely. But I'd rather see him somewhere he'll be happy than dealing with the already too-high amounts of testosterone that we have here.