Since the Friday, October 30th sightings put Izzie in the Newport area, we've been concentrating on that area as far as spreading the word. (No place and no person is actually safe from Izzie's flier or calling card, but Newport has been the focus.) We talked to people, handed out the card, posted the flier - in Newport, at Pandapas Pond, at the Appalachian Trail.
And a call came in Sunday evening, from a family member of someone we spoke with that passed the word on, that she was sighted around October 25th near Clover Hollow Road and Laurel Creek Spring Road. She appeared to be traveling alone.
So, this sighting puts Izzie in Newport five days ahead of when we had previously learned she was there. We are happy to have this information even though it came to us two full weeks after it occurred.
While we would REALLY be thrilled with live, hot sightings by people that see her NOW, we want to get any information, even outdated, about where she's been seen. If we are able to track some kind of pattern, it's possible for us to get ahead of her.
Right now, it seems that her travels aren't a pattern at all, but just one big wandering journey that started on August 1st and is continuing to this day. But we know that there haven't been enough sightings to really give us a pattern. We know only that there have been cases in the past, with other lost dogs, where the searchers had enough sighting information to determine a pattern, and they were able to put a humane trap in the dog's path -- putting an end to the search.
We'd love to do the same. So - calling all past sighters: if you feel that you have seen Izzie and can describe the date and location, it's not too late to make a call.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Another Similar Lost Dog
While still working off the Friday sightings of Izzie in Newport, and around spending a lot of time there, Karen is still checking other online sites daily, looking for any sign of Izzie. She just found the ad below for a similarly described lost dog, who happened to become lost under similar circumstances and in the general area. So, besides being on the lookout for Izzie, please also be on the lookout for Monty!
We think that as long as Monty is lost and running around, and the search for her is continuing, there could be sightings of her called in to Karen, and sightings of Izzie called in to Monty's searchers. So Karen has reached out to the Craigslist poster so they can manage sighting calls and any confusion that results from this coincidence. If we can help Monty find her way home, we'd really like to do that.
The Craigslist ad is at this URL, and a copy of it is also below:
http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/pet/1447156704.html
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blacksburg craigslist > community > pets
Please help LOST DOG (Dublin, Fairlawn, Bburg)
Date: 2009-11-01, 5:52PM EST
Reply to: comm-sqyw5-1447156704@craigslist.org
Please help us find this dog... she is a small/medium terrier mix, mostly black with white on her chest. She is very shy and ran away while we were watching her for a friend. Her name is Monty and her family would really like to have her back. She got out in the Dublin area but her home is in Blacksburg. She was running that direction (into Fairlawn). Any information would be extremely appreciated.
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1447156704
UPDATE: Karen was able to find out that this dog is no longer lost! This is great news, of course. The notice remains in some areas around town, so until all of these notices are removed, it's still possible for Monty's searchers to get some Izzie calls. They have agreed to pass on any sightings to Karen as soon as they come in.
We think that as long as Monty is lost and running around, and the search for her is continuing, there could be sightings of her called in to Karen, and sightings of Izzie called in to Monty's searchers. So Karen has reached out to the Craigslist poster so they can manage sighting calls and any confusion that results from this coincidence. If we can help Monty find her way home, we'd really like to do that.
The Craigslist ad is at this URL, and a copy of it is also below:
http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/pet/1447156704.html
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blacksburg craigslist > community > pets
Please help LOST DOG (Dublin, Fairlawn, Bburg)
Date: 2009-11-01, 5:52PM EST
Reply to: comm-sqyw5-1447156704@craigslist.org
Please help us find this dog... she is a small/medium terrier mix, mostly black with white on her chest. She is very shy and ran away while we were watching her for a friend. Her name is Monty and her family would really like to have her back. She got out in the Dublin area but her home is in Blacksburg. She was running that direction (into Fairlawn). Any information would be extremely appreciated.
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1447156704
UPDATE: Karen was able to find out that this dog is no longer lost! This is great news, of course. The notice remains in some areas around town, so until all of these notices are removed, it's still possible for Monty's searchers to get some Izzie calls. They have agreed to pass on any sightings to Karen as soon as they come in.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sighting Sun Nov 1st
A pair of sightings by one person was called in just moments ago, and they occurred around 10:30am and then around noon yesterday. (By the way, yesterday marked three months since Izzie went missing.) The area where the caller saw the dog is being investigated now. Thanks so much to the caller who stopped what she was doing when she saw the flier to call this in. (For that matter, thanks to everyone that has been doing this all along!)
If this is Izzie, then she was MUCH closer to home yesterday than she has ever been seen! The caller saw the flier while away from a computer, and she is going home now where she can sign on to see more photos of Izzie to compare them to the dog she saw.
The Friday sightings were among the strongest sightings since Izzie went missing, and for her to be there in Newport on Friday around 5 or later, and then be off Prices Fork in Blacksburg, between Heather and Hethwood, by 10:30 on Sunday, she'd have to do a straight shot. But all indications are that Izzie can do it. So we are hopeful!
Stay tuned! And by all means, call if you see Izzie!!!
UPDATE: After investigating this sighting, we are confident that the dog seen is another dog. There were others in the neighborhood that had seen the dog that the caller referred to, and they got closer looks -- close enough to see that the coat was different and that the dog is not Izzie. So, Karen is back in Newport today, continuing to search, call for Izzie, and spread the word.
If this is Izzie, then she was MUCH closer to home yesterday than she has ever been seen! The caller saw the flier while away from a computer, and she is going home now where she can sign on to see more photos of Izzie to compare them to the dog she saw.
The Friday sightings were among the strongest sightings since Izzie went missing, and for her to be there in Newport on Friday around 5 or later, and then be off Prices Fork in Blacksburg, between Heather and Hethwood, by 10:30 on Sunday, she'd have to do a straight shot. But all indications are that Izzie can do it. So we are hopeful!
Stay tuned! And by all means, call if you see Izzie!!!
UPDATE: After investigating this sighting, we are confident that the dog seen is another dog. There were others in the neighborhood that had seen the dog that the caller referred to, and they got closer looks -- close enough to see that the coat was different and that the dog is not Izzie. So, Karen is back in Newport today, continuing to search, call for Izzie, and spread the word.
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