O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
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O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
Was doing rounds this afternoon at the various water treatment plants that my company operates and had the door open on one of the plants as i was moving chemicals into the building. Well in walks a hound.
Beautiful female with a GPS collar but no other tags. This is in the middle of a subdivision. She was clearly lost, confused and cold. Opened the door to my truck and she hopped right in, sat long enough for me to take a quick pic and than laid down on the front passenger seat. I turned the seat heater on to medium and she was pretty quickly nodding off.
I figured there was a good chance her GPS battery was dead due to the cold so posted a pic on a local community facebook group saying where i found her. Within 6 minutes someone recognized her and 45 minutes later her owner picked her up and confirmed the GPS was dead. He was very grateful - they had been running coyotes at sunrise and lost her at some point during the hunt. The hound:
Strange how that works - this is the fourth lost hound i have rescued in the last 5 years. Every time was able to track the owner down through Facebook etc. Only had to overnight one once before the owner was located. No idea how long this girl wandered around the subdivision but she seemed to trust me instinctively. Needless to say i am a dog person and currently have 2 Walkers. I may be cynical about most things but a good dog is worth more than most people i know and hope if my dogs ever needed help someone would return the favor.
Beautiful female with a GPS collar but no other tags. This is in the middle of a subdivision. She was clearly lost, confused and cold. Opened the door to my truck and she hopped right in, sat long enough for me to take a quick pic and than laid down on the front passenger seat. I turned the seat heater on to medium and she was pretty quickly nodding off.
I figured there was a good chance her GPS battery was dead due to the cold so posted a pic on a local community facebook group saying where i found her. Within 6 minutes someone recognized her and 45 minutes later her owner picked her up and confirmed the GPS was dead. He was very grateful - they had been running coyotes at sunrise and lost her at some point during the hunt. The hound:
Strange how that works - this is the fourth lost hound i have rescued in the last 5 years. Every time was able to track the owner down through Facebook etc. Only had to overnight one once before the owner was located. No idea how long this girl wandered around the subdivision but she seemed to trust me instinctively. Needless to say i am a dog person and currently have 2 Walkers. I may be cynical about most things but a good dog is worth more than most people i know and hope if my dogs ever needed help someone would return the favor.
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Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
How lucky he was to find you!!
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You’re a good man for helping her out!
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X2, from this lifetime dog lover.
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Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
Good for you. I know you would not have considered doing anything but seeing to it that she was safe and comfortable. I love all hunting dogs (as much or more than human hunting buddies) and they seem to feel the same way about hunting humans.
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I will go out of my way to help a dog also.
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Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
A simple metal dog tag with a phone number would make things much easier when the technology fails kind of fool hardy not to have one on every dog.
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I have my dog's names and my phone # embroidered on each of their collars.gerald strine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:36 amA simple metal dog tag with a phone number would make things much easier when the technology fails kind of fool hardy not to have one on every dog.
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Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
Great option , hopefully you will not need it but great information to have on the dog if needed.grouse wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:52 amI have my dog's names and my phone # embroidered on each of their collars.gerald strine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:36 amA simple metal dog tag with a phone number would make things much easier when the technology fails kind of fool hardy not to have one on every dog.
Hunt eat sleep repeat.
Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
Your right, and so simplegrouse wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:52 amI have my dog's names and my phone # embroidered on each of their collars.gerald strine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:36 amA simple metal dog tag with a phone number would make things much easier when the technology fails kind of fool hardy not to have one on every dog.
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vixenmaster custom string
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see ya in the woods
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Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
Yepgrouse wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:52 amI have my dog's names and my phone # embroidered on each of their collars.gerald strine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:36 amA simple metal dog tag with a phone number would make things much easier when the technology fails kind of fool hardy not to have one on every dog.
2010 equinox,
known as doe bow
vixenmaster custom string
swacker bhs, 2/1/4" cut 120 grn.
xx75 Easton 2219,s
firebolt arrows
S5 pads
if it ain't broke don't fix it
be safe in all you do
see ya in the woods
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known as doe bow
vixenmaster custom string
swacker bhs, 2/1/4" cut 120 grn.
xx75 Easton 2219,s
firebolt arrows
S5 pads
if it ain't broke don't fix it
be safe in all you do
see ya in the woods
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Re: O/T the power of social media - sometimes a good thing
×2Species8472 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:48 am
... I may be cynical about most things but a good dog is worth more than most people i know ...
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Awesome! Really great of you to do that!
Karma has a way of smiling on the right folks.
Dog People (such as you are) rank right up there.
And with this most excellent action, I predict a massive buck in your near future!!
Cheers,
Nog - The Dog Father
Karma has a way of smiling on the right folks.
Dog People (such as you are) rank right up there.
And with this most excellent action, I predict a massive buck in your near future!!
Cheers,
Nog - The Dog Father
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