Off leash issues - bigger than OES

There has been a search going on in my general area for over a week for a missing sheltie - the dog is an agility dog and fairly well trained. Considerable people hours have been exerted in the last week in temperatures hovering around zero to find this dog.

Regrettably the dog is missing since she went hiking (off lead) with her people and their other shelties. The dogs ran off for a side excursion and came back with one less dog.

This is a fairly well trained dog (cute as can be also) I can't help but think I would be devastated if this happened with one of my dogs. At the same time I would feel terrible guilty - this could have been avoided.
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I suppose they know their own dogs, but really sad hope she turns up x
I would worry about either being stolen, or stuck (snagged collar, etc) or eaten or fell off some rocks, etc and badly injured.

A week - that is getting critical. :(
got sheep wrote:
I would worry about either being stolen, or stuck (snagged collar, etc) or eaten or fell off some rocks, etc and badly injured.

A week - that is getting critical. :(


she's been spotted running with another "lost" dog who got away in a similar manner.
just to give them hope but my cousin had a Cerval cat which is about 40 lbs and from AFrica escape her house. The cat was missing for 3 months. Someone finally spotted it and they were able to catch it. It was dehydrated but had not gone more than a few miles from the house. There still may be hope yet. :)
This just came thorugh on my agility list (edited):

Sadly, the search for XXX has ended. her body was found near a local highway by a department of transportation worker. She had been hit by a car, and has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.

SO sad.
kerry wrote:
This just came thorugh on my agility list (edited):

Sadly, the search for XXX has ended. her body was found near a local highway by a department of transportation worker. She had been hit by a car, and has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.

SO sad.


Oh that is TERRIBLE! That poor, poor dog. I have always felt uncomfortable with off lead, especially with dogs with either a prey drive, or a herding drive. As well behaved as my dogs are, a squirrel puts them in another zone.
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