Bicoastal, these are great ideas. I just hope someone sees her somewhere. Putting food on a piece of cardboard with flour sprinkled on top is just such a good idea. We will put out cameras if we get any sightings.
I thought about creating a muddy area so we could see tracks but none of our food drop offs have been disturbed. No critters have taken any of the food. The food is just laying on the ground.
The ants are enjoying the buttered bread slices I put out along our back fence trail where we walk our dogs. Abby loves buttered bread and will sit and watch you carefully as you eat a slice of bread.
Stinky roast beef slices have been placed along with kibble behind our horse fencing and down in the wilderness area at the end of our road.
That area is truly where we thought she might have gone. It’s quiet and has water. And it’s not far from our property. But I don’t think she’s back there. I think that she would have picked up that food.
We have been busy today. Our local radio station will be providing Abby’s information now to a large audience. This station reaches out all the way to Charlotte and Hendersonville.
We stopped at our local newspaper and set up two ads. One in the lost and found classifieds with a picture in color. Free for ten days. We set up a second, larger one in the newspaper’s body that will run for two weeks.
DH stopped by the transportation center for our nearby elementary school and they will send the lost dog flyer to someone at the school who works with the bus drivers.
We now have a dozen laminated flyers so will get them out as soon as we can. It’s raining now but I will hit our rail trail with these laminated flyers at the entrances. One is there already but it is paper and will be gone with the rain we are expecting today and tomorrow.
I need to send out more flyers to several more vet offices who I talked with via phone. And the Animal Control office in our county north of us.
Oh, I heard back from Michelle who operates EPIC Pet Recovery. She and a colleague have been sick all last week. She asked me to send her information on what we have been doing so she got my epistle (email) with information.
With all the rain we had last Saturday and what’s headed our way soon, I don’t think a tracking dog would be able to pick up scent around our area unless we had a sighting.
I hope to hear from someone from that Facebook group who has the high tech drones. That could be helpful.
DH just called and left a message for someone in our area who works with drones.
Thank you, CoTHers, for all your replies. I do so appreciate your ideas and stories. They choke me up but that’s ok.
