You guys are truly the most caring group of people!! I haven't read all of the posts yet because I wanted to quickly let you know that our precious Harley Kincaid is home! He is safe and sound and has been washed three times now (
) and has had many treats, had dinner, drank a ton of water and has been promised an all raw diet from this day on.
He so loves raw and we have been not letting him have it because he eats more of it then the little guys. Well, no more of that kind of treatment!!! No way, he offically can have anything and everything that sweet heart desires!
After I posted, we went driving for one hour....we stopped at a vet clinic that is close to us and she happened to still be opened. One of the techs was in the parking lot and was calling people for us while I sat and cried.
We then drove to our police station but they were not there (we live in a smaller town so they were just out patroling). We finally came home because our children had not eaten and because we wanted to start making some phone calls. We called a 24 hour emergency clinic, left our info, called the police station and left our info as well as the animal control in the city that we live outside of. I got the kiddos settled with dinner and my husband headed back out to drive some more....both of feeling hopeless at this point...like a needle in a haystack. Once my husband left, I stood on our garage step, with the door up. I just stood there crying and trying to come to terms with never seeing my baby boy. Just about that time, I hear a dog not too far away barking. I'm thinkin' maybe, just maybe, that dog is barking because Harley is in his yard. So, I walk out into my driveway and about that time I see this dark shadow running across one of our neighborhood streets. Here I am, no shoes, no socks, no coat and crying...I take off running down the street yelling his name. That shadow is now no where to be found until finally I call his name super loudly and from a distance, I see his adorable face look up at me. I am still running, he is frozen, like in shock, then you can tell it hits him at the same time that it truly hits me....WE FOUND EACH OTHER...WE REALLY DID!!!!!!! Harley then takes off running faster than I have ever seen him move and he literally lept into my arms. I am blawing as I am running back to our house, trying to keep my knees from crumbling because I feel like I am going to pass out...Harley was scratching the heck out of me because he just wants to get home as soon as possible. Once we get inside I literally fell against the wall because my knees just couldn't hold me any longer. He had to have three baths because he reeks of cow poop.
He had all sort of twigs and leaves stuck in his coat, but he is happily sleeping on the bed next to me right now.
Love to you all!!!! Thank you for sharing our happy ending with us! I am beyond thrilled, relived, thankful.....(for whatever reason, though, I still can't make myself stop trembling...I'm sure it's still my nerves).
Tam