This little one was lost for a large part of this weekend. Foxes have been stealing local chickens and a mob of roos has been hanging around our hill at nights. When Bruce and Holly next door met a roo in 2014, the marsupial fared way better than the staffys; Holly's missing eye had me, I must admit, worried at 2 am. I cried to myself this morning. Rather a lot, I'm embarrassed to say.
But here's the good bit: I've never really been one to espouse "community", by which I mean the vague, touchy-feely version I hear all too often, and yet, today, we met some people - lovely, helpful, amazing people - in our neighbourhood who genuinely cared. Nothing like a lost dog to unite, eh? Peter talked to neighbours, we dropped off leaflets, walked and walked and called and called and, in the end, she was brought back to us by a woman I hugged twice, and maybe a bit too tightly.
Get active, stay calm and ask people for help. That, right there, is the opposite of lost.
Puss licked Poppy's ear as they lay together on the doormat in the sun on her return. We all missed her.
A friend of mine recently told me how great her dog was at helping her to connect with people in the neighbourhood. How awful for her to be missing - so glad you made the right connections to find her.
Posted by: Johanna GGG | June 28, 2015 at 10:56 PM
So glad she's found. I've been crazed searching for my four-legger - a Beagle. Who tends to follow a scent .... out the neighbourhood and into gator land. Glad your's is home.
Posted by: ajdster | June 29, 2015 at 11:16 AM
Poppy looks very pleased with herself. It's awful losing a pet. I remember, in my twenties, walking into a police station after my dog had been stolen from outside the library and I couldn't stop crying. The police thought I was mad and despite crazed leafleting around the suburb, we never found her.
Posted by: Elizabeth | June 29, 2015 at 11:36 AM
johanna: amazing neighbours! i am blown away. i suspect it is 'cos country australian people really do love their dogs.
ajdster: GATORS!!!! oy. beagles are so clever, but gators are super scary to anyone, even one with an excellent sense of smell...
elizabeth: i am so sad about your story...a dog was stolen from the shopping centre i werk near some years ago, and i remember the woman who belonged to her being absolutely inconsolable - darling, i am very VERY sad for your loss. who the hell steals a dog? bloody cops. they need to grow a little compassion!!! x
Posted by: lucy | June 30, 2015 at 08:44 AM
Oh! I'm so glad she's safe! Ear licks from me and Marco too. X
Posted by: Wendy | July 19, 2015 at 08:25 AM