Tino and I searched for Kali today. He followed the scent around in circles, through the woods near their house. I think Kali was picked up by someone, but I don’t know that I got through to her owner. Of course, if she was picked up, that doesn’t necessarily help to know. They live right near the freeway, and it could have been anyone. Besides using the dog’s nose, I will often pay attention to other details and try to deduce other possibilities. I noticed hydraulic fluid, probably transmission fluid, on the road. It was fairly recent, and it was just one time that the vehicle had been down those streets. It wasn’t a car that someone drives through the neighborhood every day. The car couldn’t be driven too long leaking fluid that fast. The car stopped and released a pool of hydraulic fluid right by where Kali was last seen on camera. When I pointed this out to Kali’s owner, she thought of several alternate explanations for the leaking fluid. It’s true, my scenario was not the only explanation, but she seemed eager to dismiss it. It seems to me that people often want a simple service from me: find my dog. When I try to give more information or help direct the search effort going forward, it does create more work for the pet’s owner, in a way. I’m sure they hire me to be the solution to the problem, not to give them a longer list of things to do. I hope she finds Kali, but I worry that she may not have the time and energy to invest in the best strategies. At any rate, we found no evidence that Kali was taken by a predator. So, wherever she is, Kali is probably healthy and happy.
I think of whoever lost Fozzie. He was running around on the freeway. The people who lost him could have been from anywhere. I searched for his people in all the ways I knew how, posters, fliers, social media, reporting to shelters. He didn’t have a chip or tags. Fozzie is a great dog, and he is living a great life. I wonder what the people who had him think. Do they just assume he died? Do they think of Fozzie often? Did he belong to an old woman who died, and the relatives didn’t want him, so they dumped him? I’m very glad I have Fozzie, and even though I searched for his original owners for two months, I was relieved when no one claimed him. If anyone found Kali, they don’t seem to be looking for the owner. Maybe they assumed Kali was dumped and unwanted.
I think of whoever lost Fozzie. He was running around on the freeway. The people who lost him could have been from anywhere. I searched for his people in all the ways I knew how, posters, fliers, social media, reporting to shelters. He didn’t have a chip or tags. Fozzie is a great dog, and he is living a great life. I wonder what the people who had him think. Do they just assume he died? Do they think of Fozzie often? Did he belong to an old woman who died, and the relatives didn’t want him, so they dumped him? I’m very glad I have Fozzie, and even though I searched for his original owners for two months, I was relieved when no one claimed him. If anyone found Kali, they don’t seem to be looking for the owner. Maybe they assumed Kali was dumped and unwanted.
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