PetLynx Brings Molly Home!

Molly, a 12-year-old Labrador X, and our golden retriever puppy went missing last December shortly after we moved to Edmonton, Alberta.

The dogs somehow escaped from their fenced yard at about 6:00 a.m. and the search for them began shortly after. The puppy was picked up by the City of Edmonton Animal Services about 90 minutes later... and was back home before noon. But there was no sign of Molly! Animal Services told us about PetLynx, so we posted Molly's lost report there and checked regularly for possible matches.

I checked the dog pound just about every day and, as the days wore on, began to think we had lost her for good. Molly is a house pet, and the morning she went missing was the start of the coldest days of the year. The fact we moved to an area where it was possible she could have been hit by a car had me really worried!

Molly had been gone for seven days when we received a phone call from someone who found her information posted on PetLynx. Molly had been wandering around an alley and she appeared to be injured but she would not go very close them so they could check her. The kind-hearted citizens managed to bribe her to come into their yard. She immediately ran under their deck and hid in an area where they could not reach her. There she stayed for several days.

We went to the home and my son called her name. She came running from out under the deck, with her tail wagging like nothing had happen. She did not display any signs of being outside for the past week. The injury the family had noticed had since healed, and we were so very happy to find her. 

Molly is my son’s dog and we had brought her home when he was only 6-years-old. The day we found her was only four days before his 17^th birthday. He said it was the best present he could have gotten this year.

I believe that without our lost report being on PetLynx we might never have gotten our beloved Molly back. Thanks for all you help.

Pat G.

Edmonton, AB

Posted by Terri Perrin, Online communications Editor