Pet Service - Community Service We are a volunteer-run organization helping lost DOGS find their way home. To help families reunite with their beloved DOGS.
23/04/2025
❤️❤️WINNIE MISSED EASTER BUT SHE’S HOME NOW!! ❤️❤️
On Good Friday , April 18, after a 3 hour drive from her foster Mom’s near Listowel, Winnie was ready to begin her new life. Unfortunately, something spooked her at exactly the wrong moment and she was through her new Mom’s hands and on the run. She first headed to Marsh Hill Rd where she checked out the horses then crossed back north to John and Sara’s where she went onto their front porch. Because she was in unfamiliar territory as soon as someone opened the door she booked it back north towards “home.”
As is usual for a dog that is not familiar with the area they are lost in, she stuck close by. She was being seen across the street in the fields and woods consistently. Her foster Mom and breeder drove the 3 hours from Listowel, the next day, to see if a bonded dog and the familiarity of the foster Mom would lure her in. Unfortunately, this did not happen as she was never seen while they were here.
She was then seen at Emily and Aaron’s, the next-door neighbors’, at the end of their driveway so they put out a peanut butter sandwich as they were told that Winnie LOVES peanut butter. She came back 2 mornings in a row for those sandwiches so we put cameras up and set the trap as a pattern had emerged. The owner then sat for a 15 hour trap watch but Winnie didn’t show herself.
A call was taken that she was being seen on a Marsh Hill Rd property that she had already visited so a couple of volunteers went to investigate and were met by Winnie coming out of John and Sara’s garage. She came up to their vehicle to check them out then wandered away. After further investigation we found out she was wandering around in their garage so we chose to put up cameras and start a feeding station just outside the back door and in the garage. Pawprints were found surrounding the entire area so it was apparent that she was here frequently. There were also muddy paw marks on the back door of the garage as she seemed to be asking to be let in. We asked the foster Mom if there was a word that Winnie was used to for feeding time so we could say that when we put the food down. We did this once and she went to the food within a minute. We then chose to grab the trap as well so if she was going to eat here she might as well get used to the trap at the same time. We put a bowl of food outside of the trap and then one in the back. Everything was set up and she moved closer to the garage so we actually set the trap and waited for her to go inside. And we waited, and we waited, and we waited. What the heck? We know you’re smart but give us a break little lady. You just had a small taste of some good food.
Since she wasn’t coming, we decided to leave the food as it was and zip tie the trap open and head home. Sure enough we got a camera trigger half way home that she had gone in the trap, which wasn’t set, par for the trappers course.
It was then set up with the owner for a trap watch the next day in the early afternoon as we had watched Winnie hang out all night in the garage so we figured she would be tired and not venture out until the afternoon. We were right.
So, this afternoon a volunteer and the owner set the trap and hung out together while they waited. It didn’t take long before Winnie came sauntering down the hillside to the garage. She paced back and forth beside the trap a few times then went in for brunch. A couple fast turns and a slight nervous growl and she settled right down.
💞💞A huge thank you to John, Sara and their kids for allowing us to invade their space. They allowed the back door to be left open and the trap set inside their garage. They left her alone as instructed and we could not have done this without their help.
💞💞Thank you to Emily and Aaron for allowing the trap to initially be set on your property. To the peanut butter sandwich maker, we salute you. That was the first good food she had gotten in a couple days !!!
💞💞The neighbourhood should give themselves a huge pat on the collective back as they left Winnie alone and called in sightings as requested. This allowed us to do what we do and it kept Winnie in the area.
💞💞Thank you, Shelley, for trusting us to help you help Winnie.
💞💞And as always, thank you to our volunteers for giving your time to help bring Winnie home.
