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I really hope that he comes home soon. I know how you're feeling as years ago an ex fiance took my special dog out into the country for a walk and lost him. I was out all night shouting until I could hardly speak. I walked for miles and miles (around 30 to be precise) and was in bits over it. All I could think about was that he was alone in the dark with all the strange noises and weird animals (not that they're that dangerous over here!) and that he must be terrified and wanting me.

Amazingly, just after I got home again at about 7 am the next day, my father went out in his car. He was driving along the road right where Billy had gone missing and Billy came trotting out of a side lane as calm as you like! My dad said that he just burst into tears when he saw Billy. We took him to the vet for a check up and she said that he was a bit sore so she reckoned he'd been grazed by a car and just curled up under a bush in shock - and that's why he didn't hear me even though I was shouting for him in that area for so long.

With fireworks going off, he's bound to be really nervous and on edge. He's probably just too frightened to move to come to you. And someone has suggested looking into every single possible place that he could be in your home. If he's frightened it is still possible that he's in the house or even under a hedge in your yard.

Fingers are crossed that you get him back really soon.