[orlnurse]

Originally Posted by Cookie2

Sorry it took so long for me to post about karen's phone call!
She didnt call me by 3pm she was still working. She called me around 5. We spoke for a long time. She asked me what happened that day. What I was doing and what was the "window of oppertunity" that someone could take Cookie. Well the window was about 15 min. The gates were closed when I went out there. These are reasons why she feels he was NOT stolen

THis person did not care that there were 3 cars in our driveway.

They knew that I could not see on that side of the house.

They were calm and careful enough to open and put back the Expen gates just like I put them.

They would have let all the dogs out and taken the one they wanted.


She feels that Cookie saw something that interested him near the hole in the fence and went through it.

Answer: (Cookie LOVES to chase lizards, stare at lizards, bark at lizards)

She asked if the neighbor behind us has any holes in their gate

Answer: I am positive they do. Because I see big gaps on their fence when I see their gate through the front of their house.

She asked if their dogs were outside.
Answer: They were not outside

She asked what did I do in the first 24 hrs that he was missing.
Answer: Knocked door to door, left flyers, drove around all the blocks around us,taped flyers to everyone's mailbox around here. Called the AVID chip the same day.

She told me by 24 hrs the dog is usually much further than the search area that most dog owners look through.
She also said that a POSTER CAMPAIGN has been the #1 way of getting dogs back. She said flyers are not seen enough and are too small.
She does aerial mapping from your house and traces areas that dogs like to travel. So she does like a google earth mapping. She tells you where to put the Posters. They are 11X17 laminated and I saw samples on her website.
She charges $95 per hour to do the mapping and tracing the roads that dogs most likely travel. She said this would eb 2.5 - 3hrs.
The laminated poster price is not included. She told me Office max, staples ... charges about $3.19 for a laminated 11X17 poster. She recommends at least 40 of these.

I toldher how far does she think Cookie could get with his luxating pattella? I told her his size and his personality. She told me that dogs that have an illness and run off because they are frightened that there symptoms are not an issue at all and their dog instincts take over. She told me not to be mistaken about Cookie , he is a terrier. She just told me of a Yorkie who escaped and was roaming for a few months! She did the aerial mapping for the yorkie owner and told her what streets to put the laminated posters.
The dog had to be trapped but they got him! He was scared and kept running. They set up a trap with catfood inside of it and only then did they trap him.
She was adament about doinga poster campaign. She gave me a link to her site with posters are there of missing dogs so I can get an idea of what type of poster to make.She said with flyers that are 8X11 people dont go up to the flyer and see it.And even with newspaper stories or TV , soon its "out of sight , out of mind"

Right now I am up in the air as to what else to do.She told me to make the reward bigger and worry about that when they call me and confirm it is Cookie.She said she told a woman to raise her reward to $1,000 and she ended up getting a call. She stayed on the phone with her and heard the lady scream with happiness because it was her dog. She told them at that point she had not more money to spend but she wanted to barter for something for that amount. Well she is a hairdresser and ended up doing their daughter's hair and bridesmaids hairs for that reward money.

Gen

Gen,
She is able to do this from her location without coming to PSL? Are you considering doing this?