FOUND!
JUNE 7, 8:30 AM
MARYLAND HEIGHTS/BRIDGETON AREA
RUDY -- SMALL TRI MALE
LAST SEEN NEAR SMILEY AND TERRY ROAD IN BRIDGETON/MARYLAND HEIGHTS AREA.
SHY/AFRAID OF PEOPLE -- IF SIGHTED PLEASE CONTACE SHELTIE RESCUE AT 314-862-7838 or 314-322-3907
LEAVE DETAILED MESSAGE IF SIGHTED: EXACT ADDRESS, HEADING EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OF PERSON SPOTTING HIM SO WE CAN CHECK OUT THE LEAD IMMEDIATELY! WE WILL CHECK OUT EVERY SINGLE LEAD OF A SMALL, LONG-HAIRED BLACK DOG WITH WHITE CHEST AND WHITE TIP ON TAIL!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CHASE OR TRY TO CATCH HIM-- HE IS AFRAID OF PEOPLE -- WE DO NOT WANT TO MAKE HIM RUN IF HE IS STILL IN THE AREA. WE HAVE A LIVE TRAP AS SOON AS WE CAN NARROW DOWN HIS HIDING PLACE.
UPDATES WILL BE POSTED TO THIS PAGE AS WE HAVE THEM.
What you can do to help Sheltie Rescue's search for Rudy:
Spread the word! Put a notice on your workplace or church bulletin board -- someone you work with or know may live in the area. This will help us out tremendously. Getting the word out is the important thing to do at this point!!!! Once we get a sighting and a definite area, THEN our trained volunteers in Sheltie Search and Rescue can place the live trap.
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Rudy's owner brought him over to re-home him on 6/7. Rudy panicked, backed out of his buckle collar and bolted. The owner was left holding his leash with collar attached which held his I.D. tags. She called for him, but he was in panic mode and did not respond to her.
If anyone reading this now, walks their Sheltie on a buckle collar -- please change your ways or one day we may be looking for your Sheltie! Shelties easily slip buckle collars if startled or frightened -- the thick neck fur keeps a buckle collar from fitting properly. The best walking collar for a Sheltie is half nylon and half chain. It doesn't choke the dog, but slips quickly to keep the dog from backing out of it. You can see a picture of this collar on our website under Collar Recommendations. All PetsMarts carry them. If you think your Sheltie will never bolt -- think again -- Rudy did and was gone in a heartbeat.
06/10/05 Friday: Maryland Heights/Bridgeton areas have been flooded with posters and color pictures of Rudy. We have interviewed many, many people in the area he was last seen when he bolted on 6/07. Properties have 3-5 acre lots, no fences, horses, stables, sheds, out buildings along with thick brush, tall grass, and woods -- literally hundreds of places a small, black dog can hide out. He is an area where people let their dogs run loose -- he has access to food and water in that area. It is actually the best and safest place for a Sheltie to hide -- not a high traffic area either. Many signs destroyed in storm, more put up. Many signs deliberately torn down -- more put up. Contacted in person and given picture and phone number. Animal Control, Humane Society at Maryland Heights and Macklind, mailmen covering Bridgeton/Maryland Heights area, construction/public workers in the area, vets, animal emergency, Bridgeton/Maryland Heights police. Even churches will post on the bulletin boards. In short -- just about everyone! WE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON RUDY!!!! PLEASE PRAY THAT WE FIND RUDY!
06/11/05 Saturday: My sister and I went out this morning re-checking signs and talking to people when we spotted any. It was disheartening to find many of our signs had been torn down deliberately -- especially off the the telephone poles on Smiley going South which was the last place he was spotted. We even put some around church entrances to catch the morning church people in the area. I did find out who the property owner was in the area we hope Rudy has gone for safety. He has no problem letting us search any time we are out there, and is OK with us putting out a live trap if Rudy is spotted in the area. When we ran out of signs, we came back to my house and started making more. My sister ran to Office Depot to buy page protectors for the next batch of signs to protect them from the rain. It has been raining too hard for us to go back out until later today to replace damaged/missing signs. ~Janice
06/12/05 Sunday: More signs posted at Phillips 66 on Dorsett, around Hardees and Taco Bell. Also the Quick Trip at Dorseet and Fee Roads. Two leads investigated: one in morning was a cat, one in afternoon was a Border Collie. All signs that were missing were replaced.
06/14/05 Tuesday: I think this has been just about the worst day of my life in the 9 years I've been volunteering with Sheltie Rescue. I thought puppymill dogs were just about the worst I'd seen, but seeing this little tri today definitely was heartbreaking. The only way it could have topped that was if the tri Sheltie I found at Animal Control was dead. I got a call at 8:50am from a woman who happened to be at Seven Hills Animal Control looking for her cat and saw them unloading a truck of strays. There was a tiny tri Sheltie in the group. Trish followed to see where they put the dog, then called me -- he was in sick and injured dogs -- not a good sign. Bless her heart for caring and stopping to call when she saw our flyer posted at Animal Control! Even though I was exhausted from literally working 3-4 hours for the past 7 days on the Rudy search, I went to check it out. The Sheltie may or may not be Rudy -- Only his owner will be able to tell us and she won't be back in town until Wednesday night. Normally, Animal Control does not release strays until 7 days after they are picked up -- longer if they know the owner through a microchip or tags -- 2 letters of notification are sent which can take up to a month. With a lot of tap dancing and them knowing Sheltie Rescue and trusting us, the little tri male was released to us. I raced him to our vet. He is very ill -- diarrhea and infested with maggots. It is a smell I will NEVER forget. He was found in the Overland area on Woodson Road. Our vet said I barely got him in time -- in 7 more days he would have been dead for sure -- eaten alive by maggots. They bathed him in flea/tick shampoo which helps kill maggots, and pulled out maggots one-by-one -- gross, but it had to be done. I sat on the floor in the hall and sobbed for this little Sheltie. He was given an antibiotic shot and put in one of my crates at the vet's office for quarantine. The little dog will need to stay there for several days for medical care and to check for any eggs that have hatched. I ran to Petco and bought him a high quality canned dog food for the vet to feed while he is there. They drew blood for a full panel to see if there are any infections or problems with kidneys, pancreas, etc., and heartworms. He was snuggled in a towel the vet had wrapped him in for warmth and snoozing. I'm now waiting for the former owner to go to our vet's office to identify him. I need closure at this point -- I need to know if it is Rudy or not. If not we will keep searching. If it is, I will be the happiest person in St. Louis and so will the rest of the Sheltie Rescue volunteers! If it is not Rudy, then another Sheltie has been saved because someone who cared called us! We also received two more calls today. One woman saw our flyer at Branneky Hardware at Fee Fee Road and St. Charles Rock Road, and called to say she saw a tri Sheltie running down the side of Lindbergh heading South towards Page on Thursday. A man called who had rescued the tri and called animal control for pickup -- animal control told him he was released to Sheltie Rescue and they gave him my phone number. He wanted to know how the little dog was doing. Aren't dog lovers just about the best people in the world! We have also received donations toward the Rudy Rescue and greatly appreciate it! The donations will help pay for his extensive medical care along with a live trap (which we desperately needed anyway), color cartridge ink, sheet protectors, and card stock. As soon as I know if this is Rudy or not, I will post it immediately on our Home Page. The former owner won't be back in town until Wednesday evening and will probably not get to our vet until Thursday. I'm taking another foster Sheltie for a vet appointment Wednesday morning, and will check to see how Rudy is doing and take pictures to post on this page. Please say a little prayer for the little tri tonight that he gets well soon! ~Janice
Have you hugged your Sheltie today?
06/15/05 Wednesday: I headed up to the vet to see the little tri dog and get pictures. The pictures below are very graphic -- if you have a weak tummy, DON'T LOOK! The little guy is one sick boy right now. He has an extremely high white cell count, teeth/gum infections, no thyroid production to speak of, and kidney counts for bun and creatin where way off. This could signal kidney disease, but the vet won't know until he is hooked up to an IV to flush his kidneys out and get the mouth infection under control -- all his health problems may or may not be causing the kidney problems. He will be on fluids for a couple of days and his blood rechecked. One bit of good news -- he was heartworm negative! He had tried to eat, but threw it all back up. We are all on pins and needles waiting for the former owner's confirmation if this is Rudy or not. I noticed some signs were missing today when I was out checking -- I will replace them tomorrow. Until we know there isn't another little tri boy lost out there, we search. The little tri will be at the vet for the next 5 days -- his vet bill will be high. If anyone would like to contribute to the Rudy Rescue Fund you can send a donation made out to Sheltie Rescue and send to our P.O. Box 1791, Maryland Heights MO 63043. Even if this isn't Rudy, the poor little guy deserves a chance after all he has been through.
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