My beloved old Brittany Spaniel Finnegan wandered off last Thursday afternoon and may not be with us any more.
I do not know how old he was - I got him full-grown from the shelter. He was an excellent dog - great in the field and loved to go riding in the truck with me - always curled up on the passenger seat.
In the last four years, he had gone completely blind and deaf - his eyes were milky from the cataracts. We started calling him pinball and he adapted very well - he already knew the layout of the farm and would go from building to building without problem. His nose still worked great and he would be a pest at dinner always snuffling up for treats - our other dogs would have the grace to wait patiently for their table scraps.
Lulu and I looked pretty thoroughly yesterday and Thursday and there was no sign of him at the farm, he was not lying in a ditch after being struck by a car and there is no word from our neighbors.
There is a cougar active in the area and some recent logging efforts have dislodged at least one bear.
My only hope is that if the lil' bastard is really gone that it was swift and painless.
So so sorry Dave ..... Gunner ,my old running dog ,did the same thing .He just went outside and didn't come back. Ellen Gayling found his collar and some fur under a tree down at the farm 6 months later . I was so glad to at least know where he was . I planted daffodils by the stump. so hard to loose a old friend . Lots of love, Dave