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originally posted by: Baddogma
Awww... sorry.
I once lost my dog after a car accident... she and I were in my car when some drunk guy plowed into my pristine 240-Z (still miss that stupid car) and my beloved doggie booked out a window in a panic... looked at me once as I yelled at her and then ran into the darkness of the night in total panic.
Cut to hours later, after police, etc (drunk guy fine, my back hurt, though) and my gf and I are driving around (with her car) looking for my beloved mutt.
A mile or two away, I 'go a little vacant' (as she put it) and the car drifted to a stop... I got out and walked towards a random house in the neighborhood and opened the fence gate and went to the back yard (two low fences) and there was our doggy... huddled into a corner, still terrified from the accident.
No explanation and I cannot even really describe the thought process when I stopped ... all autopilot... but I "knew" she was there.
Interestingly, the house itself was a basic copy of the house we lived in... with a low front fence and a slightly higher fence separating the front from back yards... and the layout, landscaping was very similar... I wondered if the dog picked that house to hide in because it was laid out the same way as "home."
Anyway, weird and no explanation... no barks as she was silent and hiding from fear... so...?
Good luck on finding kitty... it's likely she eating at another loving house, if its any comfort.
ETA huh, sorta like Bedlam's St Anthony thingy, without the chant... we were just driving around the city in the general direction she ran off in... but, before this incident, the dog had jumped the fence and followed my gf as she drove to work, across town, and we couldn't find her. 3 weeks (and much sadness) later we got a call from the Love family (always thought that name was fitting, considering) and they had lured her in with hotdogs and had her, 5 miles away. Great reunion.
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I am SO glad you and your dog were ok. That’s amazing about finding your dog. Glad there was a happy ending!!! I would have been so terrified and worried. My dog is my world. Drunk drivers are the worst. Really happy it ended on a good note.
originally posted by: elkabong57
I am sorry to hear you are going through this. My spiritual advice is just be open to anything that might connect you with your buddy. I hope that you two are reunited soon.
Practically, don't give up looking. We had a cat that went missing just before we moved about 20 miles to a new home. I kept looking and checking the lost and found ads, and after a month or so, someone found him and posted an ad. Turns out he was traveling a straight line from the old place to the new place. He made it about half-way but couldn't get across a river in his path. I have no idea how he knew where we were--he had never been to the new place. Another cat of ours vanished for about three weeks and then turned up on our deck one day, looking healthy and happy.
originally posted by: frugal
I to say it out loud... most of the cats in my area of SC have been eaten by packs of coyotes. People don't let their cats outside here. My dogs discovered a rabbit gut pile in my front yard. They are 15 lb each, so at night I use a dog leash to let them out front, or I stand there with them. Best of luck to you! You could adopt a rescue cat.
originally posted by: rukia
Is he declawed?
originally posted by: djz3ro
originally posted by: rukia
Is he declawed?
I hope not, that is so cruel, I don't understand how you can do that. It's a practice that's been outlawed here, thankfully.
I hope your kitty turns up, we've had 2 sons of our beloved Mama cat Trinity go walkabout. We haven't seen Bob in a couple of years but Ash comes into our garden most nights, we just can't get near him, we think he may have gone feral. I would assume yours isn't fixed, as most males who wander aren't, they seem to lose their wanderlust after that
I'm sure there's an old wiccan spell for finding a lost cat...