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Dearest Family Canis familiaris Lost in Georgia Forest Finally Caught subsequently 135 Days on the Run

Stories pop upwardly all the time most lost pets overcoming the odds and making it dorsum to their homes and family unit weeks, months or even years later first going missing.

Many pets are reunited with their families cheers to the dedication and work of volunteer rescue teams that honey animals then much they are willing to go the actress mile — or miles — to bring the pets home.

In this particular tale, it was two women — Karen Rogers and Mary Dennard — and the Lost Pet Recovery Team who worked tirelessly over a 135-twenty-four hour period period to bring a ten-year-old canis familiaris named Leo dorsum to his possessor, Danielle.

Leo, a collie/shepherd mix, had been traveling with Danielle and her family — who live in Chicago — when they stopped at a hotel in Dalton, Georgia, on October. 30. Leaving Leo in their hotel room, they went to go food at a restaurant across the parking lot, and that'southward when everything started to go downhill.

"Suddenly Leo was spotted across Walnut Ave at the Bojangles," a post from the Lost Pet Recovery Team (LPRT) shared on Facebook. "He had opened the lever of their hotel room door and escaped!"

Initially, Danielle and her mom stayed behind to attempt to notice Leo. They even had a family member travel with 1 of Leo's domestic dog friends, hoping Leo would come up out of hiding if he spotted his buddy — but no dice.

After weeks of searching, the family had no choice simply to render home to Chicago. Meanwhile, the LPRT kept putting out the word, and locals Rogers and Dennard came forward and pledged to help discover the dog.

"Karen and Mary spent the next few months putting out signs, flyers, more signs, following up on sightings, canvassing, putting out trail cameras and feeding stations," LPRT shared. "Danielle even put Leo'due south story out to a local news channel, WRCB-TV to go along raising/maintaining sensation. Nevertheless no Leo!"

They were given breadcrumbs forth the way, sightings that fizzled almost as before long as they stoked hope.

The first ane came in on Dec. iii, when a homeowner spotted the canis familiaris thanks to a security camera. Danielle came, and Rogers and Dennard prepare a trail camera, feeding station and items with Danielle'southward scent to lure the dog — but information technology amounted to goose egg.

On February. 12, another resident saw him in the forest backside their home and was able to have a photo. Certain enough, it was Leo, and Rogers and Dennard went through the same routine — this time placing eight cameras in the area.

On Feb. 19, one of the trail cameras defenseless Leo eating nutrient they'd gear up out, and everyone was elated. Danielle came, just again he vanished.

On February. 27, another trail camera spotted him, a mountain over from the nigh recent spot he'd been. The rescue group reconvened, and Danielle hiked through the area, searched for him and went dwelling empty-handed again.

The side by side time Leo appeared on a photographic camera was March 11. This fourth dimension the group wasn't going to take any chances, and it prepare a trap cage for the stubborn domestic dog.

Three days afterward, on March 14 at 8:24 a.1000., later on months on the run, Leo was safely trapped. Afterwards a check-up with a vet, he was  reunited with Danielle, and the photo shows both of them beaming.

"Leo turned 10 years old out in those woods, lonely," the LPRT concluded. "He survived the wintertime, a snowstorm in January. Pelting. Storms. He was someone's beloved family fellow member his whole life! This case was an emotional roller coaster. The terrain was unforgiving. He was truly a needle in a HUGE haystack.

"The lows of this case were devastating, but today made every second worth it. Through it all, Karen and Mary remained PERSISTENT. Without the kind hearts and dedication of these two ladies, Danielle would non exist making some other 10-hour trip to pick upwards her infant!

"As unfortunate every bit Leo's escape has been, he is so lucky to accept had his angels, Karen Treadwell Rogers, Mary Dennard, and LPRT volunteer Michelle Jenkins for NEVER GIVING Up ON HIM, LPRT for supporting his case and seeing it through, Lovy Myers for her wisdom and advice, and ALL THE AMAZING PEOPLE of DALTON and ROCKY Face up ROOTING FOR HIM!!!"

Amanda holds an MA in Rhetoric and TESOL from Cal Poly Pomona. After didactics composition and logic for several years, she'southward strayed into writing full-time and especially enjoys brute-related topics.

Equally of January 2019, Amanda has written over i,000 stories for The Western Journal but doesn't actually know how. Graduating from California Land Polytechnic University with a MA in Rhetoric/Composition and TESOL, she wrote her thesis well-nigh metacognitive development and the skill transfer between reading and writing in freshman students.
She has a slew of interests that keep her busy, including trying out new recipes, enjoying nature, discussing ridiculous topics, reading, drawing, people watching, developing curriculum, and writing bios. Sometimes she has red pilus, sometimes she has brown pilus, sometimes she's had teal hair.
With a book on productive communication strategies in the works, Amanda is as well writing and illustrating some children's books with her hubby, Edward.

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Austin, Texas

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Faith, Animals, Cooking