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Forgive me if I'm repeating myself, but I'll get to a new point shortly.

1 week ago today, my lab & one of my pugs took off for adventure. The next night, Friday, the lab was hit & killed by a car on the highway about 4 miles from home. Ppl saw the pug, but he was quite shaken & ran from everyone.

We started looking for them immediately, with no luck. I figured that someone had seen the pug, & since they're such a popular breed, took him in & gave him a new home, so I wouldn't see him again.

My wife had other ideas, & began putting up posters & flyers all over the place.

We started getting calls of sightings a cpl days ago. The pug was seen about 7 miles from home just around 4:30 yesterday afternoon.

We both took the morning off to search in the areas we was seen, but with no luck, other than to track his trip up to yesterday. He'd evidently run about 10-12 miles since last Friday, but in the wrong direction from home.

I went to my STICKMASTERS meeting last night, expecting to never see the little guy again. The meetings take place about 8 or 9 miles from where Jack was last seen, at Dddonnie's house. Sue & I took a break from the search to get lunch, &...you guessed it....Dddonnie called & said Jack was at his house.

Jack had made quite a circular path around our house, running, in all, probably 20-25 miles in the last week.

Everyone I talked to in this community was concerned, & some ppl just either got in their cars & looked for him, or even went out on foot, looking. Somewhere Jack had been fed, cuz he hasn't lost an ounce, & looks quite healthy, overall.

This has been a wonderful lesson about my community, though. Ppl care, & try whenever they can to help another in need. Makes me heart all tingly & sh*t.

Sorry if I seem a bit maudlin, but this was an experience I just had to share...& I'm SO glad to have this lil bastard back home!

Luvs me a good ending.

I am so glad to hear you got Jack back sorry about the lab though!

Same here, my dog IS my son..

You have no clue how sad this made me.. ugh. Poor dog

Very Happy for you Philby!
My lil dog literally saved my life. I'd kick some ass over her too!

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At least part of it had a happy ending, glad you got the little guy back.

I've got a pure bred 130lb male lab that I love with all my heart and soul. If anything ever happened to Sam, it'd feel like somebody just ripped my heart out.

I guess I'm just a sucker for my "kids"! The dogs and the birds are spoiled rotten.

The lab will never call you "a fing a-hole". lol

(My buddy told me that one after his 18 year old ripped his ass out for something stupid.) (Remember male children mature slower than the rest and it shows.)

Yeah, I hadn't had her very long, a few months, but Maddy, the lab, was still a member of the family. A very gentle dog, esp with Jace, my grandson. I'm going to miss her a lot.

After I get this fence up, I'm gonna try a large mutt puppy, I think. It'll be trained to stay in the fence from a young age, & I think that'll probably solve most of these sorts of problems. I already have new tags ordered that clip on the collar instead of dangle, for my 3 remaining dogs. Those dangly ones invariably fall off. These actually thread through the collar & don;t move, so there's no wear, & they stay. They hold a goodly amount of info too.

Sorry I'm babbling...feeling kinda maudlin...& a little guilty in spite of myself. I'll be better prepared in the future, but that doesn't change the mistakes of the past that caused the death of one of ny dogs, ya know? I've lived here with a total of 8 dogs since I moved here, & never had a problem before...but I trained all of those dogs from a younger age, save for one, who I knew had to be kept on a shortish leash, & so I kept her there. I just feel badly about not recognising the potential problem earlier with the lab, I suppose. Just hafta keep in mind that I'm as fallible as the next guy, & hope I get over it soon. And remain both thankful & amazed that I got Jack back in one piece, let alone completely healthy!

I love dogs!