Lama's Lost & Found Tale

Lama is a middle-aged Shih Tzu. Her family left for a holiday in Europe, having made arrangements for the dog to have a holiday of her own with friends. The designated dog-sitters, however, were away for the first couple of days, so Lama went to another friend's home for the August long weekend. As luck would have it, when Lama was put outside for a few minutes on Friday night she squeezed under the fence and disappeared!

Mass hysteria amongst all family friends ensued. We called the Burlington Humane Society and Animal Rescue and put up posters, registered on PetLynx and called the local veterinary clinics. It was a holiday weekend, so mostly we had to leave messages, no comfort in that! We waited....

Sunday morning someone phoned with the wonderful news that they had been followed home by a Shih Tzu and had gotten our number from Animal Rescue!!! With huge relief, we jumped in the car and went to pick her up. Incredibly, it wasn't Lama! Dejected, we were left wondering what to do next.
 

There was another phone message when we got home. It was from a neighbor who had seen the lost dog poster. He had found Lama on Saturday afternoon and called Animal Aid. He’d been told to take the dog to a local vet who helps out with rescues. We called... The vet was closed. Hoping it was Lama, we waited some more.
 

Tuesday, after cooling her heels at the vet for the long weekend, Lama got to come home. The vet called bright and early to say they had her safe. She was a little tired but very happy to see her friends and promises not to go on  walk-abouts in strange new neighborhoods ever again!!!

Thanks for providing such a wonderful service for our furry friends and their families. What a weekend, I need a nap.

Heather M.

Burlington, Ontario

Posted by Terri Perrin, Online Communications Editor