[nagdu] Guide Dog Goes Missing In Dallas

[L Gwizdak]

This brings to mind about the time in 1989 when a friend's guide dog was 
stolen right out of it's front yard.  The dog just had a bath and the 
handler's spouse was in the front yard gardening.  The dog was outside with 
them but wasn't being monitored.  Apparently, a guy was across the street 
and coaxed the dog to him and he took the dog.

The dog was gone for days and there were news stories on our local TV 
stations describing the dog and the fact it had a tattoo from the school in 
it's ear - and nothing else.  Meanwhile, a man was on his way to Mexico to 
deliver a statue of Saint Francis.  While on the freeway, he saw this dog on 
the grass median of the freeway.  He stopped, coaxed the dog inside the 
truck and saw there was no collar on it.  He didn't know about the tattoo in 
the ear.  He brought the dog home to his family and cared for it realizing 
that the dog must belong to someone.  Then he heard the newsstory about the 
missing guide dog.  The dog he found on the freeway fit the description and 
he looked in the dog's ear flap to see the tattoo.  He called the TV station 
and they all planned on a reunion.

So, all ended well - well sort of.  The dog was an older dog and the whole 
trauma affected the dog and it was soon retired.  So, folks with yards, 
please consider what can happen when you are not out in that yard 
supervising the dog.  Anything can happen and happen within a blink of an 
eye.

Landon and I had a nice holiday on the 4th at my niece's home where we had a 
picnic with her friends and family and fireworks afterwards.  Landon stayed 
in the house with the other dogs.  the fireworks were shot off right next to 
us at the school across a field.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel" <daniel.sweeney1 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Goes Missing In Dallas


>I agree the story was poorly written, both describing the initial report of
> the missing dog, and the return.
> . For starters, I can't imagine why the dog, Sidney, was in the backyard
> unattended or unsupervised in the first place. Knowing that there was a
> possibility that the area was unsecured at all would and should be a 
> reason
> not to leave the dog alone. Not to mention the fact that fireworks were
> being exploded in the area.
> The article never said where the dog was found, if it had gone to a 
> neighbor
> or nearby, run miles away and was retrieved by the pound unharmed or what.
> They commended GDB for their help, and yet it was the volunteers and 
> posters
> that apparently were the factor that led to the recovery.
> Who knows, and I suppose it is none of our business except as a curious 
> news
> story due to the fact that we are all guide dog users and share a common
> interest.
> The fact of the matter is that she has her dog back, and the dog is
> apparently unharmed and none the worse for wear. A story with a happy
> ending, yet a story with a cautionary gist.
> Just my two cents.
>
> Daniel and Cass
> Lakewood, Colorado
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steven Johnson
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 11:01 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Goes Missing In Dallas
>
> It would be interesting to know where the dog was actually found, how far
> from home, and some more details on the reunification.  From my viewpoint, 
> a
> very poorly written article with absolutely 0 content.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ginger Kutsch
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 6:05 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dog Goes Missing In Dallas
>
> Missing Guide Dog Found
> Sidney took off from her east Dallas home after fireworks spooked her. She
> is back home safe, much to the joy of her owner. (credit: Guide Dogs for 
> the
> Blind)
>
> DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A missing guide dog for the blind named Sidney was
> found Saturday, according to Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB), the nation's
> largest guide dog school. He was reunited with his owner of four years,
> Caroline Mosely, who is legally blind.
>
> The five-year-old black Labrador, was reported missing from his East 
> Dallas
> backyard Wednesday after fireworks spooked him.
>
> Mosely reached out to GDB, a nonprofit organization that breeds 900 dogs
> annually to train them to work with the blind and visually impaired, for
> help finding Sidney.
>
> The GDB and Mosely credit media reports, volunteers who posted flyers 
> around
> the area where the dog was last seen and a special Facebook page for the
> happy reunion that ensued.
>
>
>
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