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Hi guys
My friends have been walking the West Highland Way. At around 10.00am on Sunday morning they were walking from Kinlochleven to Fort William when their border terrier, Davey ran off. He is still missing.
If anyone is out and about in the area, please look out for him.
If anyone knows anyone in the area, please let them know.
Many thanks
Dair
Heatbraking Chap...
Ive put it out on twitter for ya...
Thanks, Teetosugars.
What's your Twitter name and I'll RT.
@Inverdair
How on earth did he get away?
Shouldn't it have been on a lead?
Up on my Facebook. HTH
Shouldn't it have been on a lead?
No, but under proper control
nevis range put somthing up on facebook about a lost border terrier on sunday
i take it this is the same dog?
Shouldn't it have been on a lead [i]or[/i] under proper control?
Shouldn't it have been on a lead or under proper control?
Come on, guys. That really is not helpful. For what it's worth, he is well behaved and well trained and had walked for seven days without incident. For some reason (unknown to his DISTRAUGHT owners) he darted off and got himself lost. That could have happened outside his own home. It just so happens it happened on the WHW, which has caused a problem.
Thanks to those who have posted on FB and otherwise expressed support.
Had they backed it up?
would you make such jokes about a missing child?
No, as my child would have been on a lead.
I can only imagine how they feel. I hope they find him soon.
Dair - Member
> Shouldn't it have been on a lead or under proper control?
Come on, guys. That really is not helpful. For what it's worth, he is well behaved and well trained and had walked for seven days without incident. For some reason (unknown to his DISTRAUGHT owners) he darted off and got himself lost. That could have happened outside his own home. It just so happens it happened on the WHW, which has caused a problem.
While it may not be helpful to the currently anguished owners, it may be helpful to anyone else going out-and-about with their dog. This incident merely helps to illustrate that previous behaviour isn't helpful when considering what "under control" means with a dog.
Lots of Maddy McCann jokes have already appeared on STW.davidrussell - Member
would you make such jokes about a missing child?
would you make such jokes about a missing child?
No, but... that would be a child. Would you make similar comparisons about a canoe?
davidrussell - Member
would you make such jokes about a missing child?
Lots of Maddy McCann jokes have already appeared on STW.
true, and no one yet has called the owners neglectful or accused them of disposing of the dogs themselves, or found their behaviour beyond comprehension.
No, but... that would be a child. Would you make similar comparisons about a canoe?
you appear to suggest a dog is just a possession to be lost like any other lifestyle accessory. An inanimate object and a living creature are entirely different so its hardly a comparison.
The OP said the owners were distraught and i can understand why they would be.
Try posting up on [url= http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/ ]walkhighlands.co.uk[/url] as well. A lot of people use that site.
An [s]inanimate object[/s] dog and a living [s]creature[/s]person are entirely different so its hardly a comparison.
I hadn't realised you had such compassion for living creatures.
OP - hope the owners find him safe and well.
hope he turns up safe 🙂
"This incident merely helps to illustrate that previous behaviour isn't helpful when considering what "under control" means with a dog."
Can't argue with that! Although I won't mention it to my friends just yet...
Thanks to everyone for their helpful tips.
(CharlieMungus - bleak. Sounds like you need a little bit of love in your life, and a lot less bitterness.)
Teetosugars - I think your profile is private. Could you accept my follow request?
Cheers
I feel sorry for the owners, and hope they find their dog.
The implication that dog equals child above is laughable though.
very sad, first thought is it wouldnt have got lost, dogs are pretty smart at finding their way. Most likely gone down a hole and got stuck. Dogs can often spend long periods to earth before coming out again. I would suggest they leave a coat of the owners or something similar in a quiet spot near to where they last saw him and keep fingers crossed whilst checking the lost dog pages.
The implication that dog equals child above is laughable though
Its not if you have a dog but dont have children, it only becomes laughable when you actually do have children if that makes sense.
anagallis_arvensis - good tip about the coat. I'll recommend that.
Cheers!
As a dog owner I really feel for your friends - to the negative posters - just dont post - it just isnt helpful - and yes to some people a dog IS their child
I honestly like my dogs a lot better than some of my friends.... even some of my relatives !!
Hope they find him
paul
needs checking early in the morning
CharlieMungus - bleak. Sounds like you need a little bit of love in your life, and a lot less bitterness
Bitterness? I'm not bitter, just indifferent about a lost dog. I've also plenty of love in my life, but thanks for the offer.
While it may not be helpful to the currently anguished owners, it may be helpful to anyone else going out-and-about with their dog. This incident merely helps to illustrate that previous behaviour isn't helpful when considering what "under control" means with a dog.
You think that being insensitive and negative is being helpful? Thanks for your advice, I shall be taking the dog out later and letting her off the lead.
Hope the dog turns up safe and sound.
[url= http://www.bike-eu.com/news/2662/accell-group-batavus-awarded-for-anti-theft-chip.html ]Next time perhaps the owners could fit one of these.[/url] HTH. 😉
hope the dog turns up safe and well..
id hate to loose one of mine..
are dogs not allowed off the lead or something..? whos saying it wasnt on the lead and slipped its collar or ran off with the lead still fastened to it...
I hope the wee fella turns up.
Its hard to explain to others the connection you feel with your animals.
🙂
Davski - dogs are allowed to be off the lead but must be under control at all times. Glenmores point simply is that a dog that runs off is not under control thus shuld have been on a lead.
I hope its found tho
dogs are allowed to be off the lead but must be under control at all times
👿 cant be bothered 😆
your wrong though 😉
I really hope your friends dogs turns up safe and well. Plenty people will be looking with such a sizeable reward.
Unfortunately this thread has shown just how many complete @rseh@les are now on here..........take no notice Dair.
AA - nope - in Scotland where the WHW is it is very clear - dogs under control at all times but don't have to be on a lead. No doubt at all. Where there are livestock dogs have to be under close control
Is there a market for doggie "trackers"?
Would dog owners pay to have a pet "tracked"?
Just sensing a business idea here, and sorry to hijack a thread. Or is there an obvious problem?
got to say i'm fairly familiar with the whw at this point . the mamore road is mostly over open fells so i cant see how if under control even observation a dog could run off and be unseen?
Is there a market for doggie "trackers"?Would dog owners pay to have a pet "tracked"?
Just sensing a business idea here, and sorry to hijack a thread. Or is there an obvious problem?
I think you?ll find I already have [url=http://]the idea[/url], but feel free to offer me a commission if you want to take it on. 😉
davidrussell - Memberwould you make such jokes about a missing child?
Well purely coincidentally, I found a little dog on the west highland way at the weekend and I was keeping him in the cellar, but the little bugger keeps biting Maddy.
Joking aside I hope he's found, no dogs aren't children but why does that matter?
Davey has been located, but he is seriously spooked and won't go to anyone. Unfortunately, the owner is no longer in the area, but a dog warden is going to try and trap him.
Thanks for all the well wishes.
COME ON DAVEY!!!
Good news that he's been found.
One of mine ran off last year, and we didn't get her back for 5 days. It took several months before she was entirely back to normal.
Nice one. Hope the dog warden is successful ........I'm sure with a bit of patience they will be 8)
Great news.
Glad to hear it. Must be a relief for the owners.
keep us updated, we're rooting for you little fella
The weather seems to be both a help and a hinderance. On the one hand, it is hampering search parties, but, on the other hand, it is more likely to drive Davey to shelter. And hopefully towards the traps set by the dog warden.
His owners are starting to lose hope that he can be brought in safely. They reckon the only way he'll be caught is if he's shot.
What a nightmare.
could the owners not go back and get him if it's known pretty much where he is?
He;s more likely to come to them if called than anyone else?
Davey has been located, but he is seriously spooked and won't go to anyone. Unfortunately, the owner is no longer in the area, but a dog warden is going to try and trap him
But the owners are on their way up there now, right?
[b]They reckon the only way he'll be caught is if he's shot.[/b]
WTF?
So the choices are catch him or kill him?
A friend lost a Jack Russell up in the hills near us, no sign of her for 28 days, she was only a scratty little thing when she got back and very nervous for a while. She ended up being found, rooting in someone's bin.
Sounds like he'll be fine, hope the weather picks up
They reckon the only way he'll be caught is if he's shot.
WTF?
So the choices are catch him or kill him?
Eeejit, they shoot him with a harpoon so they can pull him in! It doesn't kill them much.
Unfortunately, the owners have had to go back to work, but one of the owner's dad, who is very well known to the dog, is still in the area.
The dog warden is recommending that nobody, including the owner, tries shouting for him, because this will just increase his state of alarm. He is unlikely to go to anyone until he feels a bit more secure. Ironically, the recent attempts to catch him may have made the situation worse. I think it is now a case of being patient.
Unfortunately, the owners have had to go back to work, but one of the owner's dad, who is very well known to the dog, is still in the area
No disrespect to your friends, but if it were my dog, and he'd been located, I'd have taken time off work to go and get him. Odd. 😕
quite agree with bullheart. if it were my dog, id never have left! work can stick it up their arse. but then thats just me.
edit: but i really hope this ends well. poor little fella.
I sort of think I'd be on my way too. 😐 As much for my own sanity as to save a load of people who could be helping others some time.
Eeejit, they shoot him with a harpoon so they can pull him in! It doesn't kill them much.
charlie that`s made my day 😛 😆
No disrespect to your friends, but if it were my dog, and he'd been located, I'd have taken time off work to go and get him. Odd.
They had. A whole week. Unfortunately, they both do heavilly regulated shift work. More time off would have meant P45. I think that would just have made a bad situation worse!
Thats good news that he's been located, can they not feed him drugged meat like in Ferris Beuler's Day Off??
I seem to remember that didn't work out too well for Ed Rooney!
They had. A whole week. Unfortunately, they both do heavilly regulated shift work. More time off would have meant P45. I think that would just have made a bad situation worse
Anyone else still thinking this is the same as losing a child?
They want to re-word the 'lost ad' then to only being payable if he was returned [b]alive and well[/b]His owners are starting to lose hope that he can be brought in safely. They reckon the only way he'll be caught is if he's shot.
I'm amazed that shooting him is even being considered - it's a small domestic dog FFS not the Beast of Bodmin on steroids 🙄
[i]I seem to remember that didn't work out too well for Ed Rooney![/i]
Worked out okay for Alberto contador though.
[i]Anyone else still thinking this is the same as losing a child?[/i]
No I wouldn't think so.
Hope the wee dug comes home.
I'm assuming they plan on shooting him with a tranquilizer dart, but I may be wrong!
"Anyone else still thinking this is the same as losing a child?"
Perhaps not from the perspective of an employer considering grounds for compassionate leave, no.
I'm assuming they plan on shooting him with a tranquilizer dart,
That's insane! Those things travel pretty fast and would hit with some impact. Couldn't they just a get a darts team from the local pub or something, to throw the darts at him. Maybe get Wolfie down there, the darts player obviously, not Citizen Smith.
**** work - I'd phone in sick and go and get the thing if it means that much to them
thats just me though
It's hungry and miserable and they want to knock it down with a dart.
Haha, they've given that some thought!
I TOLD you, drugged meat is the way forward!
The net is closing in. Your number's up, Davey!
Did they get the wee fella!?
Hope so.
We were biking up in glencoe in 1989 and a dog appeared at our rough camp. dunno how long it had been out there but I was firked, had a collar on though. When we packed up to leave it was still there so it was paper rock scissors for who carried it. Got out the kings house and rang the number. Had been in there for a month, dropped it off on the way home. Bottle of good malt and case of beer for our trouble from a weeping owner (man). Nice.
A fox trap would help - just catches it in a box. Hope they get Davey back fine
Any update? Rooting for the owners.
Bottle of good malt and case of beer for our trouble from a weeping owner (man). Nice
and you would get the same from me. Before my Son was born 3 years ago, the dogs were everything to us..They still are but the perspective has shifted.
There is no need to get offended by the apparent "heartless" responses. I have a good mate who cannot [i]comprehend[/i] the whole love for animals thing. To him they are food or they do a job - nothing else . If you dont feel it you dont feel it I guess. Cruelty is different, but indeifference is normal, innit?
Well!? Hoped to come in from work to a happy ending!
Any news?