Last week my Pomeranian "Foxy" was outside, in the fenced yard, and got scared from gun shots and got out from under the fence and ran away. Foxy was very afraid of loud noises, especially gun fire, she would have crawled through barbed wire to get away. Foxy was also blind, 13 years old and a diabetic.
Once it was realized that she had gotten out, everyone started searching for her. We looked everywhere. I called the animal shelter after about three hours of searching, and I told them what had happened. They said that they had just received a call that someone had found a Pomeranian on the highway, and they were bringing the dog to the shelter. My heart stopped, I was so happy to think that she was alright and that it had to be Foxy. I asked the shelter for the name and number of the person that called, they didn't get a name or number. So now we had to wait until they brought Foxy in.
We still continued to search just in case it wasn't her. I called the shelter again after a few hours, no Foxy. The next day the caller still didn't come in. I put an ad in the paper, I put flyers out at stores and post offices, we even put a sign in our front yard. Three days went by and no word on Foxy. The fourth night I got a call from a lady that saw the flyer at Owen's in Warsaw. She said she had bad news about my dog. The person that found Foxy couldn't find the shelter so they instead gave her to some people in Akron that wanted a dog. The people in Akron said that they had let her out that morning and she went out onto the highway 114 and then got ran over and killed.
The people that had her just left her there on the side of the road. My husband and I found out where she had gotten hit and went and found her. We wrapped her in a blanket (what was left of her) and brought her home. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to see or do. I had Foxy from a puppy and she was like one of my kids. I loved her dearly and I miss her.
Having said all this, the point that I would like to make is if you find a lost pet, please keep calling the animal shelter. Don't take it upon yourself to find another home for a pet. More than likely the person that lost the pet will be calling the animal shelter daily to find their lost pet.
Also, thank you Animal Welfare League for all your help. If you would have gotten the name and number of the caller that found my dog, this tragedy would have been avoided.
