Angus is missing

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Angus pushed out the screen in a bedroom window and escaped from his new home yesterday while his new mom was at work. Please, if you are anywhere near the Canton NC area be on the lookout for Angus. He is a tricolor male with a dark face and freckled legs. He is wearing his collar that has his name and our phone # on it.

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what, NO, don't say that , oh my goodness, I am so sorry!!:no: SOunds like he may have been trying to get back to you all..

I will pray for his quick return Janet!!:sadsmile:
 
Megansmom said:
what, NO, don't say that , oh my goodness, I am so sorry!!:no: SOunds like he may have been trying to get back to you all..

I will pray for his quick return Janet!!:sadsmile:
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Possibly...or he got spooked by the thunderstorm while alone. He's never had a bad reaction to storms before but he's always had his "herd" before.
 
I was thinking the same thing about him being spooked and in a strange place. Be sure to check under houses! Sounds weird, but I've known of many a "lost" dog who turned up three doors down, unable to crawl out from under the house or porch.

When she gets him back (there is no other option), maybe she could consider getting another Sheltie for him to have company while alone. He is so used to numbers that he may feel safer. Or is she close enough to drop him off at her mom's house while away?

I do hope Angus finds his way back home.
 
Oh Janet, how terrible! You must be beside yourself, and Alan too. I am praying to St. Anthony (patron saint for finding things) for Angus' safe and fast return.
 
There is a good possibility Janet,he may be hiding.Being alone,and in the stroms could very well have spooked him.

This is devastating news.
 
I would suggest running an ad with a photo on the local Craigslist. I see them all the time here and alot of people read the ads. It's free and couldn't hurt.
 
This is a list created by someone I know that has Shelties (a good friend of Sharon's).

I think it is a great list for finding a lost dog.....so I copies her list and I am sharing it with you. I hope that she doesn't mind, as I think it contains some great info!


www.findtoto.com is a telephone search service. For a fee, they will record a phone message and auto-call all homes within a specified radius to leave a message about the dog and details of the disappearance. It works, we had significant feedback from people who had gotten the call when the dog we were searching for went missing.

It's very important for the owner to stay put. The inclination is to go out searching, which puts the owners scent everywhere. Stay put. Judy, since Ruffles is most familiar with you, perhaps you could go and leave a pile of (dirty) clothing near the place where the dog went missing. She'll be able to tell your smell from others, that could be a powerful attention getter. The dirtier and smellier the clothing, the better. Scents from your other dogs could be helpful, too.


The dog is likely to move around just before sunrise, early morning, and at dusk. Searching during the day is not generally practical, as dogs like to sleep during the day. A nervous or scared dog will not want to be seen during daytime when the neighborhoods are busy, but at dawn and dusk when things are quieter, they're likely to move around.


Place flyers with a photo of the dog and relevant information anywhere and everywhere: Give them to any folks who are likely to travel through the search area on a regular route: mail carriers, newspaper carriers, UPS delivery and FedEx delivery folks, dog walkers, fire departments, police, garbage collectors.


Tape the flyers to your car windows and drive around. People will stare at the posters, make your phone number prominent. Ask any business in the area to post them in their windows.


When describing the dog to people, use terms they understand. WE all know what a sable sheltie is, but, most of the population doesn't. It's best to describe it as "a miniature Lassie" (everyone knows Lassie), or and describe the height/weight in simple terms.... i.e., the dog is as tall as "halfway to my knee" or, "it's the size and color of a fox."


Contact the local news stations, and ask them to cover it as a news story or include it on their "lost pets" news segments.


If anyone has spotted the dog, plot it on a map - and include the time, date and direction the dog was traveling in. Dogs that run tend to find a place to hunker down in and hide during the day. They will forage out in the morning and evening, looking for food and familiar surroundings. If they find neither, they'll go back to their "bunker" and wait til the next opportunity to go out and find food/familiar. If you can plot any spots they are seen on a map, you'll be able to pinpoint their hiding area more easily. When searching last year, we had numerous spottings and were able to use them to limit the search area.


If search parties are being formed, try to establish just a couple of people as the "lead" people, and make sure everyone searching has everyone else's cell phone number, especially the owners. If anyone spots the dog, there has to be a plan regarding who to call, and what to do. Most searchers mean well, but, they aren't "familiar" to the dog, and if they attempt to approach it, it's likely to run even more.

Hope this helps!
 
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