[Belle Noir]

Thank you, I live in the city, there are two main shelters, and then a smaller one. Just outside the city, as I am near the boarder to another county, there are several different shelters and rescues and I contacted them as well, even though WHERE exactly she was found, it would have been difficult for her to have come into the city from one of the outlier counties. But because dogs can travel, even little ones (I found a min pin almost 10 miles from where he was lost), just in case I notified those shelters too.
Nothing. It's so sad. It really doesn't look like anyone is looking for this girl, and then I started thinking about you guys here, and the dichotomy hit me. Because I know any one of us here would move heaven and hell to get our missing dog back.

I wish more people would microchip. I know that some people have reasons why they are against it. But in the case of peke I found in January, that allowed me to find her owner, even if it was only for him to tell me he doesn't want the dog. (That was an adventure, none of the numbers worked, I actually ended up going to his house and knocking on the door, and he had the nerve to tell me he didn't have a dog, and only changed his story when I told him the dog was microchipped and the chip was registered to him)
I wish Pokey were chipped, then the wondering would be over for ME. Then I could feel comfortable about letting her bond with my family. Where I am, you cannot claim ownership of a found animal until 90 days after reporting the dog found. This is in line with the property laws on the books and dogs are considered property. That puts the dog and family that found the dog on unsteady grounds. I understand the law, and the reason why, but I honestly wish at this point in time, they had permanent identification as a law. If the dog is not tattoed or microchipped, and the dog is fuond, you forfit your right to the dog after 30 days. Maybe even less. This may just be my frustration talking. I wasn't looking for another dog at this time.
It just baffles me and probably angers me a little too how someone is not looking for this dog. My friend tells me oh, I should call groomers, I should call vets to see if any of their clients are missing, and I'm like no. I cannot do more to find the owner of this dog than the owner is doing to find the dog. This is the 5th largest city in the US.. That is a lot of groomers and a lot of vets, and not everyone uses groomers or vets that are convenient to them. MY groomer, for example, isn't even in the city, being in one of the outlier counties. So I'm supposed to call every vet and every groomer in my city, and in all the counties to ask them if they have a missing older female yorkie client... So, 300 (roughly) phone calls? No, I'm not doing that. I have done everything I can do, and I just call all the shelters every other day to ask if anyone has called looking for Pokey. Nothing.
Maybe I'm wrong for feeling this way, I don't know.