[__zh]

what kind of person thinks it is okay to remove a dog from a well ventilated vehicle parked in the shade? the dog had water, as is usual when the dog stays in the vehicle.

to come out from appts today to find an empty vehicle and ask the nearest business if they saw anything and their response was someone opened up the door (reached in windows that were open enough for an arm to fit through) and took the dog out.

WHAT?!!

who on earth thinks that taking someone else's animal is okay?!!!!!

the better part of the next hour was spent running around this foreign neighbourhood in a large metro city. thank goodness people were observant and many did see our dog either alone or with a white haired woman who was walking her by the collar.

after many tears, much fear, the amazing kindness of strangers with cellphones who generously offered up their phones for calling tag numbers to see if anyone had left messages yet, we finally came across two waitresses at a corner cafe who saw the bldg our dog was taken into across the street.

we ran into that office crying about our stolen/missing dog and they produced our dog from the back room. rescuers. true rescuers these women. they had their dogs at the office so our dog made for a total of three dogs in the office. water bowls and biscuits were plentiful. the love was abundant. our relief was huge as we melted into a pile of tears on the floor with our dog.

a most joyous reunion took place. these ladies were angels on earth for rescuing our dog from one of the busiest roads in that city on a Friday afternoon. one was walking back from a bank deposit a few blocks away and saw our dog in the street running with that lost dog look. thank goodness this woman got involved!

have been trying to test levels personal levels of our anxiety without dog assistance lately by not using dog all times in all places. that's gonna change from now on. no more solo dog in car. not after the heart dropping into the stomach feeling of today.

frantic and helpless is how it felt to not know where to look, or even how to get in touch with anyone who may have found her....and too heartbreaking to even think what if the woman who originally took her out of the car decided to keep her. can't even imagine that. but had to today in moments of panic. twas awful. awful indeed.

who does that?

who?

a friend suggested that perhaps a misguided individual let the dog out thinking they were doing a good thing by getting a dog out of a parked vehicle. that might make sense with inadequate ventilation or shade or lack of water but none of those things were in effect today.

what goes through the minds of these ppl? or is that assuming too much by thinking these ppl have minds??

so tired yet wide awake still frightened by the almosts, the what ifs, and the holy schmoleys of today's events.

both __zh and dog are home safely and okay after a very long and scary day.

edit to remove personal info mistakenly included....late, tired and not as aware as should be and need be

[JustAPixie]

That must have been so scary!!!! It's like losing a child! People should think before they act, they don't always know the trouble they cause!

[hillbunnyb]

glad you got her back. people are in their own worlds. sorry you had to go through hell. breath breath breath, it's ok now.
shhheeesssh

I'm so glad you and your dog are back together again. It must have been awful for you. Lucky there was good people around to help you out.

Safe hugs for you! ((((((((zh)))))))))

[kimmydawn]

_zh (et.al.)

I'm so very sorry that happened. Just from past posting, I think I have an understanding of how very much your pet means to you.

I grateful for the happy ending, and those beautiful women, but can imagine the panic and absolute fear for that time.

I'm glad all is well.

KD

[pamelasu]

I'm glad you got your dog back! That would have been scary to go out to find that your dog was missing like that. Hopefully it won't happen again.

[jennie]

__zh, I read strength in your post. You did good! You didn't give up hope because you kept looking. It must of been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. I'm so happy you found your dog.

I can't imagine why someone would do that.

[lavendersteph]

i think i would had to been hospitalized if i endured that my dogs our my babies anyhow i'm really glad u found her once i was sitting in my front porch then i notced a little jack terrier running loose i managed to get her imeadiatly i knew she was not from the neiborhood so i went to the next community and went door to door searching for a person who might know where this dog came from as i'm walking with her a convertable aproaches me and this comes shouting sugar my baby so i knew that her owner was frantically searching for her she thanked and it felt good i would expect another person to do that for me too we all love our doggies

[PasDeDeux]

Maybe they thought the car could still be too warm and were trying to be kind to your dog but then it got away. I really HATE/fear thinking someone would just do that for kicks or to be mean. No matter why they did it I am sorry you had to endure that and so pleased to see you got your dog back

[__zh]

<font color="#2E0854">Thank you all so much for the kind words. It was beyond awful. This dog has gone from being a pet to being trained as a service animal which makes the distinction quite different. Animals aren't humans but this was similar to having a child snatched. Total shock and then fearless anger at the idea someone would do this and how to find them!!</font>
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TanyaGrave said: That must have been so scary!!!! It's like losing a child! People should think before they act, they don't always know the trouble they cause!

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="#2E0854">no, and will probably never know who or why this was done.</font>
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hillbunnyb said: glad you got her back. people are in their own worlds. sorry you had to go through hell. breath breath breath, it's ok now.
shhheeesssh

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="#2E0854">we're totally amazed at the vigilance of the neighbourhood. businesses do watch out for each other in that metro city. good to know as that city is well known for not having the best crime record or law enforcement in the nation.</font>
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time0 said: I'm so glad you and your dog are back together again. It must have been awful for you. Lucky there was good people around to help you out.

Safe hugs for you! ((((((((zh)))))))))

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="#2E0854">luck. sheer blind luck is one of the only things that must have been going for us besides our total melt down of fear and panic. guess the ppl around us who helped saw the terror on our face and related in some small way. ty for the hugs. this really took more out of us than we expected or thought it would. been flat on our backs for days since this happened and have much nervousness about even being in a city one fifth the size of that large city. gotta have faith......faith will help.</font>
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kd said:
_zh (et.al.)

I'm so very sorry that happened. Just from past posting, I think I have an understanding of how very much your pet means to you.

I grateful for the happy ending, and those beautiful women, but can imagine the panic and absolute fear for that time.

I'm glad all is well.

KD

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"><font color="#2E0854"> yep, a service animal is a pet plus in many ways. one person was saying (yelling, in fact) to call the police. probably would if not for the assistance of folks on the street. this city's police dept. is rife with complaints. we weren't convinced they'd even consider our plight if we called. thank goodness for ppl going out of their way and their comfort zone to help a fellow human being and canine.</font>
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pamelasu said: I'm glad you got your dog back! That would have been scary to go out to find that your dog was missing like that. Hopefully it won't happen again.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="#2E0854"> still trying to figure out if this was fluke due to area parked in or if this is how things are now. in five years there hasn't been any altercations through the vehicle window w/ dog. perhaps if the dog was more protective of the car as traveling den space.... as that isn't the case we'll look into those grates one rolls the windows up on so that air flows through but hands and arms cannot get in or remove the grates. such a hassle but potentially necessary after last week's ordeal.</font>
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jennie said: __zh, I read strength in your post. You did good! You didn't give up hope because you kept looking. It must of been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. I'm so happy you found your dog.

I can't imagine why someone would do that.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"><font color="#2E0854"> wanted to collapse into puddle onto sidewalk and wail about wtf was up with this! but that wouldn't have helped other than a few moments of release for us. yeah it was difficult remaining "calm" enough to relate to other ppl just what happened and whether or not they had seen dog, person and dog, or anything even resembling dog. as for the rollercoaster? yeah just about threw up after about ten minutes with no dog. at that time of day in that city with the amount of traffic on a Friday there was not much hope flowing through our veins. as for the why would someone? guess below....</font>
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lavendersteph said: i think i would had to been hospitalized if i endured that my dogs our my babies anyhow i'm really glad u found her once i was sitting in my front porch then i notced a little jack terrier running loose i managed to get her imeadiatly i knew she was not from the neiborhood so i went to the next community and went door to door searching for a person who might know where this dog came from as i'm walking with her a convertable aproaches me and this comes shouting sugar my baby so i knew that her owner was frantically searching for her she thanked and it felt good i would expect another person to do that for me too we all love our doggies

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="#2E0854">bless you for being an animal hero! you know the scene of reunion and how it cannot be faked!! these ladies who had rescued our dog were angels. they left messages on three of the four numbers on the tags on the collar. they knew by the out of area tags that the owner must be in the city for business and to wait a while to see if owner shows.

we're so relieved that there are ppl like you lavendersteph who would take the time to find the owner of a lost animal. that is replenishing of our lost hope to know another person would do that for a stranger. bless you for sharing that and giving us more hope to carry. one can never have enough hope!</font>
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PasDeDeux said: Maybe they thought the car could still be too warm and were trying to be kind to your dog but then it got away. I really HATE/fear thinking someone would just do that for kicks or to be mean. No matter why they did it I am sorry you had to endure that and so pleased to see you got your dog back

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> <font color="#2E0854"> that is the only thing that makes sense is someone who thought they were doing a good deed but it went oh so wrong! when we say shade we're not saying a little patch of tree shade but full bldg shade that isn't going away at that time of day. dog always has a travel bowl of water in vehicle available.

brother was reminding us that this city isn't the best in the area and there are lots of freaky ppl who do crazy things for no reason. perhaps someone loopy just decided to reach in the window and open the door to set free the hound?

dunno and won't ever really know. just grateful to still have service dog at our side as we go out and about to run errands and drive hundreds of miles today.

thanks again all for the kindness......can't believe how much this has floored us. then again five years of a right hand dog and the idea of that suddenly being over? no thanks! dogs live forever, right? w00f!</font>

[jennie]

teary-eyed what an endearing post __zh

[gardenergirl]

I've experienced that panic-utter terror feeling of a missing dog. It's horrible. Excrutiating. I'm sorry you had to experience that, and I'm very glad you were reunited with your treasured pet.

...warm thoughts to you, your dog, and all those who assisted you both today...

gg

[wisewoman]

The adrenolin and the panic suffered during that lost time must have kicked your PTSD into overdrive. I am sorry for the person's ignorance and happy for the other people's thoughtful care. Not all humans are evil but we sure can act like it.

[lavendersteph]

awww zh u are such a sweetie god bless u and ur doggie i would always do that for anyone it's important to show generosity to others there is very little of that today in this world why not start to do it it pleases the heart and it shows others that there is hope out there loves and hugs stephy