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CoCos_Mom · 11-08-2012, 08:22 AM

Hey, can you give us a complete description of Bengi - even the collar he was wearing. I'm trying to prepare some info to send out to peeps in the Orlando area.

yorkietalkjilly · 11-08-2012, 08:25 AM

Ellie81, I know you are exhausted, wrung out and overwrought with missing Bengi, your young family missing him, caring for those kids and perhaps a job, other family things going on, holidays approaching and searching for a lost dog! I lost a little poodle years ago who ran away the moment we brought her home and set her down in the front yard to potty as she was already starting to "go" in the car. She didn't potty, she dashed off down the block and we spent weeks looking for her every spare moment we weren't in school or working. My son and I did nothing else but work to find that dog for weeks and weeks. He missed sports practices and games and I stopped shopping, cooking, we lived on take-out. It is exhausting and so frustrating. We went literally house to house calling her name, walked down alleys for miles calling her, calling under garage doors, calling through house doors and windows, looking into yards occasionally, being run out, printed posters, hung them repeatedly up everywhere we could, replaced them often, sent letter/pictures to newspapes, ran ads and haunted parks, woods, mall parking lots, Animal Shelters, city limits areas and the few rescue org's. there were then. We never found Red Robin but once we stopped looking, we had learned a lot, knew we'd done all there was to do and had gone as far as possible trying to locate her. And it made us both much more cautious in so many ways.

You live and learn and life doesn't always work out but knowing you gave it all you could is something in the end. Plus, you very well could find her as she knows your voice, knows you so well, that if you are in her vicinity, she will come running whereas Robin didn't know us at all. With the internet, all the rescue org's., pet-friendly TV, etc., you very well may get Bengi back one day, even if someone outright stole him. So try to bear up and hang in there. Everyone here understands much of what you are going through. We'll help all that we can. And we're praying hard. Try to keep your chin up.

ellie81 · 11-08-2012, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by CoCos_Mom

Hey, can you give us a complete description of Bengi - even the collar he was wearing. I'm trying to prepare some info to send out to peeps in the Orlando area.

He is a 6 1/2 lb male yorkie; he is neutered. He is 6 years old but you cannot tell he is that old, he's looked the same for years. His hair texture was mixed, a little cottony but not too much. You can see pics of his coloring on the pictures here and facebook. His hair lenght was a little grown puppy cut; but his bangs around the forehead were a little long at the time he got lost.

ellie81 · 11-08-2012, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Ellie81, I know you are exhausted, wrung out and overwrought with missing Bengi, your young family missing him, caring for those kids and perhaps a job, other family things going on, holidays approaching and searching for a lost dog! I lost a little poodle years ago who ran away the moment we brought her home and set her down in the front yard to potty as she was already starting to "go" in the car. She didn't potty, she dashed off down the block and we spent weeks looking for her every spare moment we weren't in school or working. My son and I did nothing else but work to find that dog for weeks and weeks. He missed sports practices and games and I stopped shopping, cooking, we lived on take-out. It is exhausting and so frustrating. We went literally house to house calling her name, walked down alleys for miles calling her, calling under garage doors, calling through house doors and windows, looking into yards occasionally, being run out, printed posters, hung them repeatedly up everywhere we could, replaced them often, sent letter/pictures to newspapes, ran ads and haunted parks, woods, mall parking lots, Animal Shelters, city limits areas and the few rescue org's. there were then. We never found Red Robin but once we stopped looking, we had learned a lot, knew we'd done all there was to do and had gone as far as possible trying to locate her. And it made us both much more cautious in so many ways.

You live and learn and life doesn't always work out but knowing you gave it all you could is something in the end. Plus, you very well could find her as she knows your voice, knows you so well, that if you are in her vicinity, she will come running whereas Robin didn't know us at all. With the internet, all the rescue org's., pet-friendly TV, etc., you very well may get Bengi back one day, even if someone outright stole him. So try to bear up and hang in there. Everyone here understands much of what you are going through. We'll help all that we can. And we're praying hard. Try to keep your chin up.

Thank you Jeannie for your words

I can see you understand what we are going thru. It's the kind of situation you wish you could turn back time so much...

yorkietalkjilly · 11-08-2012, 09:21 AM

We learned to train a dog to respond to a silent alarm. I use a Dazer II to call Tibbe when we're outside. It is a high sonic sound humans can't hear but dogs do and some bark but mostly they stop barking and listen, try to figure it out or run away. Tibbe is trained to run to me when he hears it and usually barks as he's coming out of excitement. He would hear that if he were being held inside someone's house and try to get to me if he could if I sounded that silently while I stood on the porch. If he were to bark or scream out as he does when very excited, I think I would know his sound. If he were out in a backyard and heard it, he would run to the fence and bark, scream, claw on the fence. He's been encouraged to do all that when he hears the Dazer II go off with lots of praise and good treats.

We learned to get an I.D. tag for the new dog and put it on the dog as soon as you get to the puppy/dog's seller's home/shelter/rescue, before you get in your car to bring them home. Much later, we learned to take the dog in for a microchip as soon as physically possible.

We learned most older people were not very helpful, disinterested, a little distrustful or scared of us knocking on their doors or wanting to talk to them, look in their back yards, etc., so we learned to try to bring a younger neighborhood little girl with us or stand way back after we rang the doorbell, talk softly, leave our flyer and leave quickly if they weren't chatty. There was one exception who helped us a lot all she could.

We learned to use all the young people you can in your search. Kids in the area know everything that is going on in the neighborhood, good if it's a residential area the dog is lost in or there is one somewhere near the area of disappearance. When Scotty followed me out the door one night as I got something from the car in the middle of the night and I thought he was still in bed under the covers the whole time until morning, I went straight to kids out walking to school as soon as I missed him and panicked. One directed me to a kid on the next block who said he'd seen a little dog that morning. I went to that block, saw some kids and they said, oh, that little dog is under that car there and he won't come out! It was little Scotty!

We learned Boy and Girl Scouts will help you look, as will little league teams if you offer a nice reward of some kind, $$$ or a pizza party.

We learned you can cover a lot of ground in apartment houses, getting a 9 - 12 year old girl or boy to show you around within the complex and accompany you and be your advocate thereafter after slipping them a $20.00.

If there is a dog freak in the area with dog decals on their car, dog decorations about the yard or lots of indicators this is a true doglover, that person and usually his family will look for you and help a lot with his organizations.

Garbage collectors and postal workers help look, given a poster and some candy or cupcakes. Back in that day, the family who delivered newspapers helped look.

Local churches were helpful to tell their congregations or print a blurb in their Sunday newsletter besides having the posters. Local businesses were often a willing helper in allowing posters, brochures.

Those are just some of the things we learned in searching for Robin besides those things the Lost Dog brochures and directives at the vet clinics, in books and such told you to do. We didn't have the internet, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, when Robin was lost so we had limited ways to try to find what all to do to search.

Much of what we learned in talking with people, reading all we could, etc., helped keep subsequent dogs safe from getting lost in the first place and we learned a lot we didn't know from the searching. Robin sure helped me find Scotty ASAP so all our work back then helped. I'll bet before long, you will be a walking though very tired encyclopedia on how to keep a dog safe but find it if it's lost. Maybe you can do a pamphlet or small book when you are finished searching. I would like to read it!

CouversMom · 11-08-2012, 09:22 AM

This thread just breaks my heart... Knowing I'm so far away that I cannot help. I wish I could be out there walking the streets with you. Someone has Bengi and hopefully he will come home soon!

ellie81 · 11-08-2012, 11:37 AM

Like you all know, anybody could have Bengi at this point, and a lot of Floridians go to Orlando at this time of the year.
PetHarbor.com: Animal Shelter adopt a pet; dogs, cats, puppies, kittens! Humane Society, SPCA. Lost & Found. pet:BRVD.A592944

I called but the lady wasn't too helpful. They don't know his age, but she said he's about 6 pounds. I asked her to take more picture of him for me, and she said she's going to request that, but she cannot take them with her phone and send those to me

GuinnessStout · 11-08-2012, 11:44 AM

By looking at the yorkie in Orlando that was listed today, do you get any type of feeling that the dog in the picture could be Bengi?? Any at all? Because I am getting odd replies like the man really has no clue at all of info on this pup... I guess he might be around 5... he could be around 5lbs... I asked if he was papered and he responded with well I guess I could try to get his shot records and he has completely ignored my question about name. He is just looking for the highest bidder.

CoCos_Mom · 11-08-2012, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ellie81

He is a 6 1/2 lb male yorkie; he is neutered. He is 6 years old but you cannot tell he is that old, he's looked the same for years. His hair texture was mixed, a little cottony but not too much. You can see pics of his coloring on the pictures here and facebook. His hair lenght was a little grown puppy cut; but his bangs around the forehead were a little long at the time he got lost.

What color collar does/did he have on?

ellie81 · 11-08-2012, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

By looking at the yorkie in Orlando that was listed today, do you get any type of feeling that the dog in the picture could be Bengi?? Any at all? Because I am getting odd replies like the man really has no clue at all of info on this pup... I guess he might be around 5... he could be around 5lbs... I asked if he was papered and he responded with well I guess I could try to get his shot records and he has completely ignored my question about name. He is just looking for the highest bidder.

I emailed him saying I'm offering a reward for my yorkie, but he said he's had him for a few years. He sounds like the kind of person who doesn't care much for his dog, but I don't think he is lying; still, I remind him I'm offering $1000 to the person who brings my yorkie back.
I don't think it's him by the picture anyway.
This one, on the other hand, looks a lot like him; I'm trying to get more info, but he's like 50 miles away from Orlando
www.PetHarbor.com pet:BRVD.A592944

_Chrissy_ · 11-08-2012, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ellie81

I emailed him saying I'm offering a reward for my yorkie, but he said he's had him for a few years. He sounds like the kind of person who doesn't care much for his dog, but I don't think he is lying; still, I remind him I'm offering $1000 to the person who brings my yorkie back.
I don't think it's him by the picture anyway.
This one, on the other hand, looks a lot like him; I'm trying to get more info, but he's like 50 miles away from Orlando
www.PetHarbor.com pet:BRVD.A592944

Have u heard anything from them yet?
That sure looks a lot like him!!!!
50 miles is not a big deal in FL

marlenemaria · 11-08-2012, 12:27 PM

OMG it does look like him!

Especially compared with the picture of you holding him!

What can we do ????

Mistymillar · 11-08-2012, 12:27 PM

I so hope this is him, I have been following your agony and have always had a really good feeling that one time I log in there will be good news. I know you will get him back, just hope this is him..

marlenemaria · 11-08-2012, 12:29 PM

Distance doesnt really matter -someone may have found him and figured they would drive home and then notify/place shelter.

_Chrissy_ · 11-08-2012, 12:31 PM

Only thing I notice different is PetHarbor dog has black near nose bridge and nose. Did Benji have that?

11-08-2012, 08:25 AM	#377
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	Ellie81, I know you are exhausted, wrung out and overwrought with missing Bengi, your young family missing him, caring for those kids and perhaps a job, other family things going on, holidays approaching and searching for a lost dog! I lost a little poodle years ago who ran away the moment we brought her home and set her down in the front yard to potty as she was already starting to "go" in the car. She didn't potty, she dashed off down the block and we spent weeks looking for her every spare moment we weren't in school or working. My son and I did nothing else but work to find that dog for weeks and weeks. He missed sports practices and games and I stopped shopping, cooking, we lived on take-out. It is exhausting and so frustrating. We went literally house to house calling her name, walked down alleys for miles calling her, calling under garage doors, calling through house doors and windows, looking into yards occasionally, being run out, printed posters, hung them repeatedly up everywhere we could, replaced them often, sent letter/pictures to newspapes, ran ads and haunted parks, woods, mall parking lots, Animal Shelters, city limits areas and the few rescue org's. there were then. We never found Red Robin but once we stopped looking, we had learned a lot, knew we'd done all there was to do and had gone as far as possible trying to locate her. And it made us both much more cautious in so many ways. You live and learn and life doesn't always work out but knowing you gave it all you could is something in the end. Plus, you very well could find her as she knows your voice, knows you so well, that if you are in her vicinity, she will come running whereas Robin didn't know us at all. With the internet, all the rescue org's., pet-friendly TV, etc., you very well may get Bengi back one day, even if someone outright stole him. So try to bear up and hang in there. Everyone here understands much of what you are going through. We'll help all that we can. And we're praying hard. Try to keep your chin up. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

11-08-2012, 09:21 AM	#380
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	We learned to train a dog to respond to a silent alarm. I use a Dazer II to call Tibbe when we're outside. It is a high sonic sound humans can't hear but dogs do and some bark but mostly they stop barking and listen, try to figure it out or run away. Tibbe is trained to run to me when he hears it and usually barks as he's coming out of excitement. He would hear that if he were being held inside someone's house and try to get to me if he could if I sounded that silently while I stood on the porch. If he were to bark or scream out as he does when very excited, I think I would know his sound. If he were out in a backyard and heard it, he would run to the fence and bark, scream, claw on the fence. He's been encouraged to do all that when he hears the Dazer II go off with lots of praise and good treats. We learned to get an I.D. tag for the new dog and put it on the dog as soon as you get to the puppy/dog's seller's home/shelter/rescue, before you get in your car to bring them home. Much later, we learned to take the dog in for a microchip as soon as physically possible. We learned most older people were not very helpful, disinterested, a little distrustful or scared of us knocking on their doors or wanting to talk to them, look in their back yards, etc., so we learned to try to bring a younger neighborhood little girl with us or stand way back after we rang the doorbell, talk softly, leave our flyer and leave quickly if they weren't chatty. There was one exception who helped us a lot all she could. We learned to use all the young people you can in your search. Kids in the area know everything that is going on in the neighborhood, good if it's a residential area the dog is lost in or there is one somewhere near the area of disappearance. When Scotty followed me out the door one night as I got something from the car in the middle of the night and I thought he was still in bed under the covers the whole time until morning, I went straight to kids out walking to school as soon as I missed him and panicked. One directed me to a kid on the next block who said he'd seen a little dog that morning. I went to that block, saw some kids and they said, oh, that little dog is under that car there and he won't come out! It was little Scotty! We learned Boy and Girl Scouts will help you look, as will little league teams if you offer a nice reward of some kind, $$$ or a pizza party. We learned you can cover a lot of ground in apartment houses, getting a 9 - 12 year old girl or boy to show you around within the complex and accompany you and be your advocate thereafter after slipping them a $20.00. If there is a dog freak in the area with dog decals on their car, dog decorations about the yard or lots of indicators this is a true doglover, that person and usually his family will look for you and help a lot with his organizations. Garbage collectors and postal workers help look, given a poster and some candy or cupcakes. Back in that day, the family who delivered newspapers helped look. Local churches were helpful to tell their congregations or print a blurb in their Sunday newsletter besides having the posters. Local businesses were often a willing helper in allowing posters, brochures. Those are just some of the things we learned in searching for Robin besides those things the Lost Dog brochures and directives at the vet clinics, in books and such told you to do. We didn't have the internet, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, when Robin was lost so we had limited ways to try to find what all to do to search. Much of what we learned in talking with people, reading all we could, etc., helped keep subsequent dogs safe from getting lost in the first place and we learned a lot we didn't know from the searching. Robin sure helped me find Scotty ASAP so all our work back then helped. I'll bet before long, you will be a walking though very tired encyclopedia on how to keep a dog safe but find it if it's lost. Maybe you can do a pamphlet or small book when you are finished searching. I would like to read it! __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

11-08-2012, 09:22 AM	#381
CouversMom and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 14,732	This thread just breaks my heart... Knowing I'm so far away that I cannot help. I wish I could be out there walking the streets with you. Someone has Bengi and hopefully he will come home soon! __________________ Michelle- mommy to Couver and Khloe Mae! http://yorkiehavenrescue.com/

11-08-2012, 11:37 AM	#382
ellie81 Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 5,314 Blog Entries: 1	Like you all know, anybody could have Bengi at this point, and a lot of Floridians go to Orlando at this time of the year. PetHarbor.com: Animal Shelter adopt a pet; dogs, cats, puppies, kittens! Humane Society, SPCA. Lost & Found. pet:BRVD.A592944 I called but the lady wasn't too helpful. They don't know his age, but she said he's about 6 pounds. I asked her to take more picture of him for me, and she said she's going to request that, but she cannot take them with her phone and send those to me __________________ Ellie and Bengi Bengi Is Home!!! - http://youtu.be/8OKv35pk5Pk

11-08-2012, 11:44 AM	#383
GuinnessStout Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Land of Oz Posts: 4,289	By looking at the yorkie in Orlando that was listed today, do you get any type of feeling that the dog in the picture could be Bengi?? Any at all? Because I am getting odd replies like the man really has no clue at all of info on this pup... I guess he might be around 5... he could be around 5lbs... I asked if he was papered and he responded with well I guess I could try to get his shot records and he has completely ignored my question about name. He is just looking for the highest bidder. __________________ Alisha mommy to Guinness Stout 7 & Stella Artois 5 & Teagan 4 Guinness & Stella proud Teapot Club Members

11-08-2012, 08:22 AM	#376
CoCos_Mom Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sandy Springs, GA, USA Posts: 176	Hey, can you give us a complete description of Bengi - even the collar he was wearing. I'm trying to prepare some info to send out to peeps in the Orlando area.

11-08-2012, 12:27 PM	#387
marlenemaria YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: miami, florida USA Posts: 475	OMG it does look like him! Especially compared with the picture of you holding him! What can we do ???? __________________ Happily owned by my lil lils

11-08-2012, 12:27 PM	#388
Mistymillar Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Belfast Northern Ireland Posts: 1,129 Blog Entries: 1	I so hope this is him, I have been following your agony and have always had a really good feeling that one time I log in there will be good news. I know you will get him back, just hope this is him..

11-08-2012, 12:29 PM	#389
marlenemaria YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: miami, florida USA Posts: 475	Distance doesnt really matter -someone may have found him and figured they would drive home and then notify/place shelter. __________________ Happily owned by my lil lils

11-08-2012, 12:31 PM	#390
_Chrissy_ Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,561	Only thing I notice different is PetHarbor dog has black near nose bridge and nose. Did Benji have that? __________________ Max (the Morkie) & Mickey (the Yorkie)