Archive for July, 2010
Glum and Gloomy Kids Miss Their Dogs
The second day of our family vacation and all the kids are quiet as mice. Sitting in the living room of our wonderful beach house with the beautiful surf pounding outside, with the shorline just a few feet from our backdoor… But all the kids are speechless, stupified despondent as we wait for the phone to ring, the call that the dogs have been found and are safe. I have never spent so much time with five kids in the same room and all of them quiet. This is a sad, sad day.
This is not the way vacations are supposed to be. Please help us find our dogs…
They escaped from their babysitter’s backyard sometime yesterday. One of the four was found. A very nice woman, Valeria Furman, an employee of the assisted living facility on Garfield and Fair Oaks Blvd in Carmichael, was getting off work last night at about 1-”15 p.m. when she spotted Annie waiting by the back door of the facility. Valerie called the number on the tag which is my cell phone number. Valerie was so sweet and patient to call, and took at least 90 minutes out of her Saturday night to help get Annie to safety and to go out and look for the other missing three dogs. Thank you, Valerie.
The dogs disappeared from a house on Parque Vista Way off Walnut Avenue near Cottage Way sometime late yesterday (July 24).
HELP ME FIND MY DOGS!!!!
OH, MY GOSH THIS IS A TRUE HOMEWARD BOUND STORY. NOT A FUNNY ONE EITHER!
Three of my four dogs are lost! Babette, Schwartz and Piper, are lost. Babette is an adorable brown chihuahua, Schwartz is a Golden Retriever and Piper is a Border Collie.
Schwartz is full
My five children and I left for our vacation yesterday morning (Saturday July 24th) only to get a call at 10:30 p.m. that one of my dogs, Annie ,was found at a nursing home on Fair Oaks Blvd and Garfield. A friend had been babysitting them while we were on vacation and took them to their house on Parque Vista near Walnut Avenue and Cottage Way. But it turns out there was a hole in their fence and all four of them escaped from their yard. Annie was the only one found so far!
While Annie went to a nursing home, the other three have not been seen or heard from since then. Various friends and family members have put up signs and posters in the area. And we placed a Craigslist ad for them a few hours ago. But still no luck in locating the trio. They could be together or separated.
Here are their descriptions:
Schwartz: He is a very friendly 2 year old light colored Golden Retriever. Extrememly kind and friendly, will melt your heart. Has a distinct odor to his ears but a heart of gold to match his coat.
Piper: Black and White Border Collie with one half of her face being white, the other black. Both eyes are dark brown. She is very quick, smart and a bit protective. VERY SMART! This dog will lead you right to my house if you let her.
Babette: Babette is a large sized chihuahua mixed with some kind of terrier. She was wearing a lime green color, had dark tear stains on each eye, curled up tail. This dog has had a very hard life and lived a long time in the pound before my daughter rescued her last year. She is timid but will try to act fierce. Might bite you, but it won’t really hurt or do damage. (She has never bitten me, but sometimes acts like she is afraid of strangers.)
The thing is these dogs mean the world to my family…as all family pets hold such special places in their family’s hearts. I have five children and we just started our family reunion vacation where the rental did not allow us to bring our pets. My oldest son came back from a year in China and Babette’s owner, my 21-year-old daughter, returned from six months in Brazil. We are simply sick about this horrible news but our hands are tied here on vacation worrying about their where-abouts. Please call (916) 224-1604 if you have any news about any of these dogs.