Re: Pictures: this moment
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:43 am
No rest for the wicked is the old saying. Whoa is me! After months of gathering parts and machine shop delays everything came together between Christmas and New Years. Thursday afternoon when arriving at my brother-in-laws shop to press fit bearings, Laura's, my niece, 2 dogs gave me an "intruder is here welcome". Only the dogs were at the shop so they cowered under a desk and barked. After locking up for a parts run and returning with an arm load of boxes it was expected that the same hound welcoming committee would still be under the desk. Picture keys in one hand, cradling boxes in the other arm, and holding the door ajar with a foot.
Mabel took one look at the open door, glanced at me, and hurled past the 1/4 open door. Once outside, Mabel looked back at me very briefly, then headed south, toward home, faster than I could run. 
That was Thursday about 2:30 pm. She crossed the street and disappeared over a grass covered embankment. My heart sank. Animal rescue told us that this breed of dog reverts to is wild nature after 24 hours, will stop responding to its owners, and become extremely skittish. It was 2 miles from home, in a high density industrial transitioning to high density residential area. Within an hour it was sighted about a mile from home. Mabel was not spotted again until 6 am Friday morning and again once in the afternoon. Animal Rescue set up traps at the shop Friday night without any luck. Saturday afternoon Laura, and others spotted Mable as close as a 1/2 mile from home before backtracking as far as a mile from home, mostly hanging is wooded parkland. Saturday afternoon more baited cages were set up.
At 4 pm this morning the camera in one of the cages signalled activity as Mabel entered.
She is back with Laura.
That was Thursday about 2:30 pm. She crossed the street and disappeared over a grass covered embankment. My heart sank. Animal rescue told us that this breed of dog reverts to is wild nature after 24 hours, will stop responding to its owners, and become extremely skittish. It was 2 miles from home, in a high density industrial transitioning to high density residential area. Within an hour it was sighted about a mile from home. Mabel was not spotted again until 6 am Friday morning and again once in the afternoon. Animal Rescue set up traps at the shop Friday night without any luck. Saturday afternoon Laura, and others spotted Mable as close as a 1/2 mile from home before backtracking as far as a mile from home, mostly hanging is wooded parkland. Saturday afternoon more baited cages were set up. 
