Sightings, Finally!

Miss Aggie's family received two calls this morning from people who may have seen her. (it seems that she does respond some to Miss Aggie or even to Missy, but we still caution against calling out to her if you see her.)

The first sighting was described this way:

"I got a call from a man this morning who said he saw a black lab on Sterling Road. He said she looked like she weighed more than 50 pounds though. He said a woman was trying to coax her away from the road. He said he went back to his house to get his phone and by the time he came back both the woman and the dog were gone."

If you talk to someone that may have been that woman, please ask her to call the sighting number - even if she was coaxing her own dog (so the sighting could be ruled out, if that is the case).

Here is the report of the second sighting:

"After I sent this, another person called me and told me that he saw a dog on Sterling Road this morning. There is a church on the road right before Elden street and he said the dog was in a neighborhood right across from there. We immediately drove over there but didn't see her. The street coming off Sterling Road is called Travellers Pl."

This area was fliered yesterday. And we know that the word is being spread through Craigslist and Facebook - thanks to all for that, and keep circulating the message, please!

This afternoon, Sam & Salsa will be out trailing Aggie's scent, and we'll post what we learn from it.

UPDATE 5PM: Well phooey, the second sighting was another dog, which was learned when the right people were found at home. The dog seen was their dog. And in the case of the first sighting, we have still not heard anything more on the woman seen coaxing a dark coated dog. So as far as sightings, we are nowhere yet. Results of the track run by Salsa will be posted as soon as it comes in from Sam.

Aggie is lost!

Aggie was just adopted to a family in Herndon, and scared at the changes going on around her, she escaped within ten minutes of arriving at her new home (off Herndon Parkway, between Sterling Rd & Crestview Dr). Please help find her by spreading the word to everyone you know in the area. Pass around this blog address by email, social media, and we'd be happy to have you flier once we get the flier available for download on this blog.


Here's Aggie at the shelter from which Mutt Love Rescue pulled her

Can you tell from the picture how timid Aggie is? If you see her, please don't make eye contact or call out to her. She does not answer to "Aggie" anyway, at this time. Most important, call or text to report your sighting of her: 805-345-8854, which is the family's cell phone. You can also call 1-877-MUT-AWOL (688-2967), the AWOL Dogs phone number.

Aggie is a young black lab & chow mix, female, about 55 lbs. She is microchipped, thankfully, and also thankfully, she left with two red collars - a martingale collar with rabies, microchip & Mutt Love tags and one with white bones imprinted on it. Hopefully they will stay on her till she is found and secured. She escaped a little after 5pm on Saturday (Feb 19th), and we think that she is still not far from where she escaped.

Click to view larger map of where Aggie went missing

UPDATE SUNDAY 8PM:  Lots of fliering today -- thanks to all who helped out! Sometime on Sunday, a missing pet tracking dog will be coming in to trail Aggie's scent. This will be Sam & Salsa of Pure Gold Pet Trackers. (For those already familiar with Salsa the golden retriever and her recent cancer diagnosis, she is doing well enough to do some tracking, as it helps her heal since she loves working so much!) During the track, Aggie's foster mom, to whom she did bond during their six weeks together, will be laying a scent trail to try to draw to her new home.  Watch for results of that track tomorrow, and by all means, keep those fingers and paws crossed!