[borzoimom]

Good idea especially if your local search and rescue wont help..

[digits mama]

Hi there.

i contacted a Randy Hare out of Jackson Mississippi with alpha k9 . He basically told me to keep doing what I am doing. He said that to much time has passed for a search. I told him price is no problem and he told me he would be fruitless if he were to come here. Maybe I am just a few days late. I really thought he would be home by now. I refuse to give up. I visited both of the animal shelters today and went in to play with the animals. Oh what a sight for sore eyes. I will wait another week before making any decisians like getting another right now. It took every inch of willpower not to bring home those babies. Thanks for everything renoman and everyone else.. Hope to bring better news soon. Love Yvonne

[Renoman]

Do not give up. I work with a guy who has beagles and hunts them often up in Maine. This past winter, his male took off after a scent and was gone for 15 days in 15 degree temps. He was sure he'd never see him again. The dog was found sleeping on someone's front porch just a few miles from where this guy has a cabin. He was tired and thin but otherwise fine.

When there is nothing else there is hope.

Have you talked with Colleen yet?

[digits mama]

Hi Renoman, I just got off of the phone with Colleen. She was very nice and I have an appointment with her tommorrow morning. She says that since he is blind we may not be able to "see" where he is. Not the best of news but maybe one way or another I will find him somehow. Just to know he is being fed and loved will make a world of difference. Thanks again. Yvonne

[Renoman]

Good Luck. I hope you get some information you can use to track him down. I have my fingers crossed for you. I will be looking for an update when I get home from work tomorrow.

[Shalva]

I was always told to ask the neighborhood kids.....
that kids are here and there and around and go to places adults dont go.....
the kids are likely to have spotted the pupper.
good luck
how scary.....
s

[digits mama]

Hey


Had my appoitment with Colleen today. And since it has been thunderstormin here off and on we couldnt get any signal. She says since he is afraid and panicky at those times it is hard to pinpoint anything. So, No news yet..will try again friday.

Shalva....I have ran across some great kids willing to help. Everywhere I went I spoke with children and they have helped immensely. The first day after the phone call. It was great walking and driving and seeing kids out looking. There is a large reward and ice cream to the one who finds him. I even treated them with cold drinks I was carrying in the back of the truck. Even this morning I rode around and on this one road this little girl asked if i was still looking for my dog I said yes. she said me too! Its the vast widerness beyond them subdivisions that I think he is trodding. I heard coyotes last night. It didnt lift my spirits but it sure didnt break them down.

[Renoman]

You've probably already thought of this but how about getting the local tv station to do a human interest story. You might get a hit. Or, and I don't know what your finances are, but how about a 1/2 page a full page notice in the local papers. You could run a picture of digit.

[digits mama]

The TV station did cross my mind. But I live on the Mississippi gulf coast and people are still trying to get thier lives together since katrina. I really felt that since they are reporting so much to the rebuilding of the coast it would be petty. And probably create some kind of upheavel. Being that I live here and know some folks are still struggling everyday. It is possible.

The newpaper is a grand idea to me. I may check into that tommorrow.

It has been storming really really bad today. I feel his fear strongly. Least thats what it feels like. The storm has fallen on us from the north. Hopefully it scared him south to home. Or where civilization resides.

[Renoman]

Kudos to you. You are a stronger person than I. I'm sure you are just keeping it together while you're falling apart, but you're carrying that off very well.

I sincerely hope that Colleen can be of some help. As I said I have no personal experience with her but my friend swears by her. I've got fingers crossed. I think about you and Digit and what you are going thru daily.

I hope the newspaper thing works out. I keep thinking of these things to help you (of course it's in the middle of the night). Wish I were close enough to help you look.

Just remember, when there's nothing else, there's hope.

[digits mama]

I am falling apart each day that passes. When the storms roll in i think of how he would literally shake and tremble in fear as I covered both of us under a blanket. He would be worse sometimes than other times. I could just kick myself in the butt for not being here when this happened. It wasnt till the next day when i returned from my trip till i found out. My son holds alot of guilt for not putting him in before he went to work. For not shutting the gate.
I still feel that vibration I started having after we found out he was being fed by strangers. But the feeling I had is still affecting me. I feel numb yet the anxiety is eating me up. It been really hard dealing with the pressures of freinds to back off and begin to heal. They dont understand that it is possible he is still out there looking for me and the kid.
Work is also being dealt a blow. I am self employed and I have to actually work everyday. My employees have been great in my absence. i have a hauling company that travels these roads for 10 hours a day so they are looking for me and asking around.
I want to go get me a pup to help me heal without giving up. But I am afraid that he will come home and be mad. He has endured the come and go of many pets over his 16 years and he bitched each and everytime I brought something else home. Even though they all became "his" pets. from the ferrett to the pot belly pig, the umpteen cats and the chameleon, the 7 dogs to the geese and the chickens. He was there master.
My dog Dozer is still ill. Usually he is a hyper boy but this has brought him down considerably. Faith will bring him home i believe.

Renoman...your kind words are so soothing to read. I feel that you are a genuine person. This is probably the most grueling thing I have ever had to go through. And it helps to talk about this as I have here. I cover it all up on the outside in my world because noone understands. Its just a dog has came up more than enough times the last few days. And to keep from punching someones lights out I just put on a front I wish you were close too. and you have helped already immensly.

[ritabooker]

The help offered here is better than any I have for you.
Been following this thread hoping for your reunion with
Digit. Hang in there. You are doing really well with this
situation, and don't listen to "just a dog". We all know
what a crock that is.

[digits mama]

Rita...Thanks for just being here and understanding.

I put a ad in the paper today. I did buy a annoucement in the local section of the paper too. It is a 3x3 size ad.With a picture. I already have the lost and found ad in the classified already.


Today seems tougher. My mom is coming down for a visit tommorrow and she is going to help me look for digit and be with me when I get me an new pup. I fell in love with one at the pound the other day. I think Digit will have a new sister. I have always adopted older dogs from the pound. Usually 5 years plus. Digit was the only baby I have ever had. Plus Dozer , kid, and I alll need a happy break as we continue our search. I still feel he is on someones back porch. I feel we will find him. It just hurts not knowing..

Today was his grooming appointment. I bet he gonna wait for today to pass before showing up. He sure hates hair days, Esp when the little old lady would put ribbons in his hair and paint his nails. He wouldnt even look at me till I would take them off. Hed lay there all pouty with his loud sighs. Oh how he made me laugh. oh how i need him so.

[Renoman]

Thank you for your thoughtful words. I can only imagine what you're going thru. I hope you get a hit with the newspaper ad. Any signs of any activity at any of the spots where you dropped your clothing? I have my fingers crossed that Friday's weather will be clear for your appt. with Colleen. I also hope she's as good as my friend keeps telling me she is!

[digits mama]

Renoman...I am a skeptic but my mother has been telling me for years that it is true. That it can be done. I have seen over the years things that mom predicted. And being that she preached the possibility made me cringe growing up becasue it was quite embarrasing for a kid. But Deep inside I do believe but I never wanted to admit it.
The appointment with Colleen may or may not pan out and I want you to know that everything you have suggested, Just the act of doing so, covering alllll the bases it is what matters the most to me. Not the fact that it does or doesnt work. Just the fact that it was done and tried. And time is still on our side I believe.
You read in the news everyday about children missing. I am very Thankful everyday that hasnt happened to me or anyone else that I know. I have miscarried. I have watched freinds die of cancer, I have saw the misery on peoples faces when they couldnt find there loved ones after Katrina. I know that I will heal. one way or another. i just aint ready to give up.

[Renoman]

I'm glad you're not ready to give up. You shouldn't. I'm glad you're getting a new pup and I know it's not a sign of giving up or casting Digit aside. I think you and your other boy need to get a new pup. When Digit comes home, he'll have a new sister!

[digits mama]

Well, Heres some good news. yesterday evening I did my usual pass thru of the streets Digit could be on. After I returned home my son got a message that he was spotted near the same place he stayed during his first sighting. So I got in truck and hauled butt. I couldnt find him but a few folks that I met outside said that they did see him and they thought it was the stray the police officer found. which it was but, they didnt know that his mom was looking for him. Anyways....I guess people dont read the missing dog posters I have put up everywheres down there road. So I looked for a few hours and I didnt find him. I questioned how he looked and they said he was at full trot. Which means someone has got to be feeding him. One guy said that he went thru his yard into the woods..pointing in my direction! so hopefully he is on his way home. Gosh I hope this is the beginning to his return! Update later... ((((hugs)))) to all the nice people out there! I have got to go to work when id rather be looking...........Yvonne

[makesthesignoftheZ]

I have been following your thread and I am sorry that I havent jumped in earlier. I have felt so bad for you in your quest to find your pup. Your last post sounds so encouraging! . I will be thinking postive thoughts that you and digit will find each other again soon!

[digits mama]

Hay Z!

Thanks bunches.. Just got home from work..finishing up my day. About to jump in the rain locker and hit the hott trail. I actually went back last nite after my last post and I sat in the feild next to the area Digit was seen...Had my Mastiff with me and we walked along the woodline and he peed all over the place. I hope when I go there this evening he will be around there waiting for us to get him..............I justa hopin. cause i know ill find em. i just want it to be now already!


Talked to the dog talker and she got a feeling from him.. contentment and safe confused and sad at times. She felt grass under his feet and thats about it. so much for anything else becasue he is deaf and blind so she couldnt get specific.. oh well better luck next time.. Von

[Inga]

Keep looking, It sounds to me like you know in your heart he is still out there looking for you too. I believe we have that sense. We can't explain it, but sometimes we just know. Best of Luck to you.