this thread couldn't have come at a better time for me. we went to campon thurs. we took are two dogs and left "merf" behind cuz he is old, cant see, cant hear and has arthritus in his spin. we've been giving him rimadil(something like that) and it has done wonders for him. anyway(i'm going to try to keep this as short as possible) camp is great, i'm in my unwind mode and starting to have a good time when the phone rings, its the sitter. she cant find merf. long story short, i jump in the my truck drive the 2.5 hours back home and start looking but it's dark and i figure he's got about a 4-5 hour headstart. i search for him on the quad till about midnight. no luck. up at crack looked some more, came home, made posters to put on telephone polls, hung them up around the area, went back out looking around. nothing. i keep looking out on the patio hoping that he'll be there like he always was.
merf was old and not all together with it. before i started giving him the meds for his arthritus i thought i was gonna have to put him down. that was in the winter. and all i wanted was for him to make it to enjoy some beautiful spring days. he did.
i found merf about 5.5 years ago he was not taken very good care of and i knew as soon as i saw him i wasn't going to find his owner. up until that point i was 5 for 5 on find ing dogs and finding their owners. we already had two dogs and took some serious arm twisting to be able to keep him and we did. he was merf though he was never like my other two that iraised from pups. our saying around here was " he marches to the beat of a different drummer" but man iloved him so much and i am just heart broken. i think he probobly got out cuz the sitter didn't shut the gate and probobly got 50 feet away from the house and got confused and just started to mosy like he did 5.5 years ago. but now it's been two days with no meds and the humane society is closed today

. figures.
i just can't explain how sad i am. merf wasn't long for this world, he wasn't suffering or anything yet but like i said i just wanted him to enjoy some beautiful spring days and all i can hope for is he wondered off to go find himself a big tree to lay under and go to his next life. i don't know what else to think. we didn't take him to camp with us just because we thought he would be more comfortable at home.
sorry for the sad story but i'm just so bummed and worried for my little friend. it's just so incredibly sad. thats all.
