14/10/2023
UPDATE FOR OUR LONG-TERM MISSING BOY - Chi
A change is in the air …
Thank you to those who've recently joined China's page and to those who have followed the journey for so long, continually sharing his story - this keeps him in the hearts and minds of those local to Martlesham and just beyond. These acts of kindness, faith and hope really do help the team to keep going – thank you.
We are hopeful for the next flurry of sightings that seem to occur with China. He hasn't been seen for approx one month – however, there are important changes coming up:
Change in CLOCKS – China will be used to people's activity (traffic, daily routines) being the same, in fact he relies on this to know when it's safe to move around, so this will be a sudden shift for him and may cause some change in HIS behaviour – please look out for him.
Change in WEATHER/SEASON – less ground cover, less food for him to hunt and harsher conditions may bring him even closer to houses and gardens.
Change in his HEALTH – he is getting older, how long can he continue to hunt for his dinner? China's breed (podenco) do tend to have long life spans and they are known for being resilient and robust dogs – sadly a change in his health and his ability to hunt may be our opportunity to get him safe. So we need to know this as soon as possible in order to help him. He would be seen scavenging more and more near to commercial or domestic bins or around fox feeding places.
- As always, please do send any video doorbell footage – even if its just a tail!
- If you feed the foxes, please do take a peek and/or please put the food out in range of any cameras you have.
- He'll know when bin day is so, if possible, please have your bins in view of your home cctv / doorbells. Please take an extra look around when you put the bins out.
- When out and about please scan hedge and tree lines.
- And, of course, please let us know ANY suspected sightings as soon as you can.
ALL information is appreciated – the expert team will be able to deconstruct your info and make the right choices about how to support China and – with all the hope and faith possible – finally get him safe, but we are aware that we may need to wait until he slows down and finds it harder to hunt.
🔸 For more images and videos of China please click on his Page.
Dear China – much as we don't want your bones to ache, please do visit some bins and fox feeders and give us our chance to get you back to safety. You're always in heart and mind and always missed sweetheart xx 💜