Every Dog Matters

08/23/2022

08/13/2022

Ran from Pendleton Pens on July 7th. Still lost.
Please share.

08/02/2022

Please keep sharing. Last sighting was three weeks ago. Let's not give up hope. Stay vigiliant.

07/26/2022

Please please please share and if you see Loki, call the number on the flyer. No sightings in quite some time, but where he was last seen is very rural and not a lot of traffic. We need sightings to set up feeding stations and cameras.

07/25/2022

Violet has been safely trapped and is back home with her family!! Full of ticks after 12 days lost not far from her home!!! Yay!!!!

07/25/2022

Safely trapped and back home!!!!
Violet has been lost for the past 12 days, very close to her home in Anderson, near the Anderson Mobile Home Park (back of park), Loose Funeral Home and the back part of South Main Villages. She was recently sighted and foot stations were set up by neighbors. The owner, Victoria, contacted us yesterday for help to set a trap. We are working with her and the neighbors on this case.
PLEASE, if you see Violet, do NOT chase her. She is very scared and will NOT come to you. Call 278-7515. Flyers with this information are going up today, as well.

07/17/2022

Please share and tag your friends in Pendleton/Lapel, IN area.

07/10/2022

Update/Wed 7/13: Loki is staying close to the kennnel that he escaped. He was sighted yesterday morning but he has not returned to the feeding area we had originally established so we spent some time gathering more information and reassessing the area today. We do have food and a camera just outside the kennel, and will work with a neighbor to set up a feeding station and camera, close to where Loki has been sighted twice. We need any sightings called to (765) 623-6100. In the area of 800 W and 700 S. Pendleton.
Monday 7/11 7:30am Update: No sightings. No Loki on our cameras. Feeding station has been replenished. Owners of kennel will circulate more flyers in 2 mile radius, talk with neighbors to see if they have any action of their camera systems, and we continue to ask that any sightings are called or text to (765) 623-6100. Please do NOT go out and search for Loki. He is scared and we want him to stay put. We just need reported sightings.
Sunday 7/10 4:30pm Update: Thanks to all who are sharing.
Our group went out to the location near the last sighting, which was last night around 6:30pm. Because there was only one sighting at that site, we set up a food/water station with our cameras to watch and see if Loki is coming to the area. We have not yet set the kennel trap as we are not positive it is in that area. Please continue to text or call sightings to 623-6100. And please do not go to the area to search. Drones can scare a dog off running, as well.
We are in communication with the kennel owner where Loki escaped. A feeding and water station has been set up. He is not eating yet but is close by and has not gone far from the location. Very scared. Text sightings or call to 765-623-6100. Do not chase.

05/08/2022

Most dogs don’t like to be pet on their head by strangers. Instead, if you want to say hello and you’ve asked their guardian, say hello verbally and allow the dog to choose if they want to be pet. If they come closer for a sniff, leave your hand at your side. Allow them to sniff and initiate a pet, then pet their side behind their shoulders and stop. If they want more, they’ll let you know. Consent is important for dogs, too.

05/04/2022

Update! Pixie is contained and back with her mama. Picture in comments!!!❤️❤️🥰

Muncie ARF volunteers contacted us to help guide them through locating and containing Pixie. She became lost in the Muncie area on April 27th, with her first and only sighting on May 3rd. Her sighting was about 1 mile from home, so she’s sticking in the same general area for the last week. That’s good news. Her sighting was in the Cunningham subdivision-State Rd 32 and N Gray St/N Ellis St. Please be on the lookout and report sightings ASAP. Phone numbers are in the original post. In the meantime, volunteers will work on generating more sightings in this area and obtaining permission to set up a feeding station.

UPDATE: Pixie was spotted yesterday 5/3, in the Cunningham Addition She is very scared and will run if approached. DO NOT CHASE but please call ARF at 765-744-8239 or 765-702-6032 if you see her!!!
PLEASE continue to share that Pixie is STILL LOST and her family is sick with worry about her! If you have seen her or possibly picked her up, PLEASE call her mom Shera at 765-702-6756 or ARF at 765-282-2733. Pixie is an ARF dog and we too are very worried about her!!!
PLEASE SHARE: Pixie is lost and needs our help to get home to her heartbroken family! She has been missing since Thursday from the Centennial Avenue area. She was adopted from ARF in December and is microchipped! Please call her mom, Shera, at 765-702-6756 with any information on her whereabouts.

04/29/2022

Dee Dee is safe! Flyers for the win!!!

From Nikki, Muncie ARF:

“Someone saw our flyer, had it in their house, and saw her laying in their field when they went to spray. They had their wife call, we went there, they drove us out there, and she was so tired she barely ran. Someone caught her leash once but she pulled away, but we circled her and she crawled under our car, someone grabbed the leash, and she just laid down, so I reached under the car and grabbed her scruff and collar and she let me scoop her up.”

Little Dee Dee was exhausted and gave up. Grateful for the teamwork to bring her home. ❤️❤️❤️

How grateful we are for such a great collaboration with Amanda Sharp Ambassadors Every Dog Matters and Muncie ARF for working hard behind the scenes for the past week and our mutual commitment to locating and capturing sweet Dee Dee this afternoon!!!! Dee Dee had recently been adopted by a lady in Middletown over 2 weeks ago and she got loose the very next morning. Dee Dee is now safe and sound, uninjured!!!

04/27/2022

PLEASE SHARE!

HAVE YOU SEEN A
LOST SMALL BLACK DOG
MOST LIKELY DRAGGING A PINK LEASH MOST LIKELY NEAR 700W/700S IN MIDDLETOWN?

Follow these steps if you see her:
Take a picture if possible
Note the exact address or closest intersection
Email the picture and/or address or intersection to [email protected] or text 765-7448239

Want to help even if you haven’t seen her? You can still help!
If you have ring doorbells, or outdoor cameras, please check your footage frequently and notify us if you see a small black dog most likely dragging a pink leash
Let us know if we can set a feeding station up, and eventually a live trap, if your home is within the perimeter of the area she is staying in (she is staying around 700W/800W and 700S Middletown/Daleville near Howell Farm
Keep an eye out for her, report any sightings, with as much information about location as possible, pictures are a plus.

If you have, please do not chase or try to catch her- she is a flight risk and we do not want to scare her more.

04/26/2022

Friday April 29-Dee Dee is safe! Woohoo!!!!

Wednesday 9:20 am update: We are working to gather intel and planning to set up feeding station, traps and surveillance today. No sightings of Dee Dee since Sunday. If anyone sees her, please call us.
Monday 9:30pm update about Dee Dee, the sweet girl who has been missing since April 14th. Her owner, Vicki Williams Bixler had just adopted her, and she ran off with her leash attached. She has been sighted numerous times since and seems to be staying around the area of Howell Farms.
Ambassadors for God's Creatures Amanda and Muncie ARF have been collaborating since Sunday morning, when Dee Dee's most recent sighting (Friday, 4/22) was near Howell Farms. Amanda and Nikki, along with some others did some searching all day Sunday (thank you, ladies....just amazing) and they did spot Dee Dee, and watched her from a distance. She is very scared and is not going to come to anyone. She is in complete fear-mode.
Arf has set traps and they are being monitored. With the rain today, Dee Dee was not sighted and was more than likely hunkered down somewhere.
Posters and flyers are up and circulated. Sightings can be called into (765) 623-5011 (Ambassadors), and/or (765) 215-3026 (Arf). We ask that no one go to the area to search for Dee Dee. She is being fed near and in the trap. We don't want her to get spooked and leave the area, nor do we want more people in the area than is necessary. Currently, she has been staying in that area.
You can also follow our progress on Every Dog Matters as well as Ambassadors for God's Creatures. Thanks to the team and the work that is being put into this case. Let's pray we are able to capture Dee Dee.

04/24/2022

Friday April 29-Dee Dee is safe!!! Yay!!!!

Update 7:20 pm. The dog is in the sighted location in Middletown and the team has set traps, and will be monitoring closely. We ask that no one go out and try to find or contain her, please. We will continue to update this page. Let's pray she is good and hungry, and goes into the trap tonight.
Update 3:40pm-Amanda Sharp has spotted Dee Dee and she is running scared. Nikki Kirby from ARF is on her way with traps, bait and blankets. Lisa, the adoption coordinator is also there in the area of the sighting. Please do not come by to look or search. We have a plan to contain the dog and it is currently being implemented. Stay tuned and pray she is contained. 10 days running is a long time.
Update 2pm: Owner of dog and search party making up flyers and posters. Dog, as far as we know is still in the Howell Farm area near 700 W. We need any residents to report sightings to 623-5011 or 684-7008. She may have gotten leash caught on something and may be immobile. If anyone is out in that area, please search with caution and if you see her please let us know. Arf also involved in search.
Update noon: Amanda still out searching and talking to residents. Nikki from ARF and volunteers going out to last sighting area.flyers and posters being made
Update at 9:05pm Amanda is out in the area searching.
Friends, we have become aware of a small female, long haired black dog, about 15 lbs., with a pink leash still attached, who ran from her new owner on April 14th. We don't have all our information yet but we have calls out to the owner. The dog was recently adopted from Muncie ARF and the dog's chip is registered to them. No photos were taken of the dog by the new owner so we have a message out to Nikki/Arf to get a photo.
The dog ran from her home in Middletown on 4/14 and was last seen on 4/23 in the evening near Howell Farms on W 700, Delaware County. We need sightings and we need this post shared.

04/01/2022

03/28/2022

In early March, we were contacted about a dog frequenting a neighborhood in Lebanon, Indiana. A volunteer from the Humane Society For Boone County reached out and told us a dog had been roaming the neighborhood for a few months. We learned the dog had an angel, Tracy Fitzsimmons Reed, consistently feeding her, so that's where we started.

After talking with Tracy, we learned she was a witness to this dog's "dumping". I know. I know. Don't jump to conclusions, just yet. There's a lesson in this story.

No sooner than we were notified about the dog, a couple days of ugly storms moved into the area, taking down a tree at Tracy's house. This change in the environment spooked the dog, and it took some time for her to return and get a daily eating routine going again. Once Tracy got her consistently eating in the same location, we were able to set up the kennel trap over the weekend to start the trapping process.

About 30 minutes after setting up the trap, the dog came by to check it out. She only leaned her head through the door to snag some bacon, and we never heard from her again until that night, after dark. By that time, we had disengaged the trap, but we kept it open for her to go in and check it out and hopefully get comfortable, with the intent to trap her the next day.

The next morning, Kate, the volunteer with the Humane Society brought some cooked ground beef. We brought her bacon, high-value treats, and a sausage McMuffin. Surely, there was something that would tempt her to go in during the daylight and to the back of the trap. We set the trap and 30 minutes later she was safe inside the trap.

Christy, from the humane society, met me back at the trap to get her set up in a warm space at the humane society. Christy checked her for a microchip and BOOM! She is chipped. Christy contacted the owner and left a message. We waited. All we could think about was her being dumped, but we were hopeful her story was going to have the ending we don't see often enough.

The owner called Christy and was in disbelief. She said her dog got out of the fence a few months ago (in Sheridan, Indiana) and they thought she may have been hit by a car, since she never returned. She, Justice, had escaped previously, but she always returned in the past.

Christy met the owner at the humane society, yesterday. The owner came with a new collar, leash, and crate. This is the ending we don't see enough. A lost dog going back home to a family desperately missing their dog.

There's lots of lessons in this story and others like it. One lesson in particular - don't assume it was the owner who dumped the dog. In this case, we don't know who it was that dropped her off in that Lebanon neighborhood.

As always, it takes a village to help these dogs get home or at least off the streets and somewhere safe. Thank you to Kate and Chrisy from the Humane Society. Thank you to Tracy for feeding Justice and committing to getting her safe and off the streets. Thank you to the community for posting sightings.

If possible, we work beyond Madison County where we call home base. Of course, to do this, it requires lots of volunteer hours and comes with expenses. Right now, our biggest expense is the cost of gas for traveling to the trapping area. Over the weekend, we logged approximately 120 miles within 24 hours for this case. If you would feel inclined to help us help dogs on the streets, please smash that donate button. Every Dog Matters is a service under Ambassadors for God's Creatures.

03/13/2022

Amanda, a local vet tech and animal welfare advocate in New Castle, contacted us for assistance with getting this beautiful girl safe. She was hanging around Big B Waste Services in New Castle, Indiana for more than a week. She kept sitting in the same spot. She showed behavior consistent with a dog that had been dropped off on a country road. 😓

We were able to secure a trap for Amanda from another local animal welfare advocate, Heather. We guided Amanda through the trapping process throughout today. And just shortly ago, Amanda reported in that the pup was in the trap. ❤️

Amanda has lined up a local foster home, and she’ll take the necessary steps of reporting the dog as found to ensure an owner has the opportunity to reclaim their dog during the mandatory county stray hold.

Great job, Amanda! Thank you, Heather, for allowing the use of your trap. ❤️

02/10/2022

2/9/2022
Avon/Danville/Brownsburg Hendricks County

We were contacted by a family who lost their dog, Lilly, after being adopted a few days before.

Lilly went missing in rural Hendricks County right before the snow storm hit the area. The family posted on social media and talked to all of their neighbors. The neighbors kept an eye out and reported several sightings of her in about a 1 square mile. Even the mailman came out driving around to see if he could spot Lilly. It certainly takes a huge dog loving community to get lost dogs home.

Lilly was seen hanging around a barn in the area, and the owners received permission to set up a camera and feeding station. Later that day, she came back to the feeding station, so the next day, we set up the kennel trap. It’s the perfect size to fit a Great Dane.

After 3 days of attending the feeding station and working through a few trap malfunctions, Lilly was contained last night.

Her family is over the moon happy and Lilly was extremely relieved to see her family.

Thank you to our donors that have made it possible to allow us to do work in areas of Indiana that do not have the equipment needed to help these scared, lost dogs.

Thank you to Lilly’s family for donating a new battery for our kennel trap system. And most of all, thank you for offering to volunteer your help should another dog encounter this same situation in your area. Lilly’s owners know the heartbreak and worry a family goes through trying to get their scared, lost dog back home.

Welcome home, Lilly. Stay safe and warm! ❤️

02/05/2022

We are still searching for a perfect, forever home for Max!!! Please let us know if interested in this sweet, special needs boy!!

01/30/2022

Generally, we don’t recommend offering a reward. when owners offer rewards, scammers will contact the owners stating they have their dog and want the owner to transfer money to them, Without showing them a picture of their dog. Unfortunately, the scammers prey on peoples emotions and sometimes owners will actually transfer the money. 

If a dog has sightings, it’s usually not a good idea to offer a reward. if you offer a reward, you run the risk of people coming out and searching for your dog and trying to catch your dog and further pushing your dog out of the area.

However, there have been no sightings of the dog in this story. So offering a reward is usually a last resort in hopes that somebody who may have their dog will see the story and return the dog.

The family has implemented some great marketing strategies to make everybody aware of their missing dog. Kudos to the family!

A Georgia family is eager to be reunited with their family dog, offering thousands of dollars in cash and even a 2016 Corvette Stingray.

01/25/2022

Anderson, IN

We were contacted by Copper’s owner. Please help keep an eye out for Copper. Last known sighting is Main Street and 38th in Anderson, Indiana. Please contact the number on the flyer, if you have any information on Copper.

01/18/2022

Every dog matters...

We were tagged on a local lost/found pet page in Seymour, Indiana regarding a dog that had been out on the streets for nearly 18 months. This dog was originally running with two other dogs that were reported as being "dumped", and those two dogs were caught right away by animal control.

Local animal control and local animal welfare advocates worked tirelessly to contain the third dog. Despite best efforts, this dog could not be lured into a regular trap. At one time, he was lured into a fenced backyard, but he just jumped the fence with those long, lanky legs of his.

His name is Curtis, that's the name Heather Chase gave him. She has been Curtis' biggest advocate in the community. She went out looking for him on every sighting on social media. He was never hard to find. He walked the streets with leisure, but still, he proved himself "uncatchable."

We connected with Heather, animal control, and the local humane society, asking to work as partners to get Curtis safe. We have the equipment to help these hard-to-catch dogs, but it takes a coordinated effort to bring the safety of a dog to fruition. Because Curtis is big and strong and we didn't know how he would react on a leash, we requested animal control to be present to remove him from the trap. The humane society handles intake for stray dogs in Seymour, so that was the place Curtis needed to go, once he was trapped.

We worked closely with Heather to figure out where Curtis was hanging out. That's one piece of the puzzle we didn't know. Curtis ran the entire town of Seymour, so we had to narrow down the area, before we could take down any equipment to help get him safe. Also, we needed to get him eating at a feeding station in the same general area.

After about a week of tracking his sightings, getting permissions to be on personal property, and maintaining a feeding station, it was time to get a trap ready. We took the trap down to Seymour and set it up, but we kept it disengaged, so we could work within the open hours of animal control and the humane society. Within 30 minutes of setting up, Curtis went into the trap. At this point, we knew he would be safe the next morning when we engaged the trap.

Fast forward to the following morning...Curtis was up and moving by the time daylight broke and the trap was engaged. He made some other normal rounds for food, but he showed up at the trap within about an hour. He calmly walked in, started eating his food, and the door shut behind him. He was a free spirit for so long, and he wasn't happy about being contained. Heather was there to keep him calm, along with a local dog trainer that was eager to assist. And, of course, local animal control officer, James, was on the scene. After Curtis settled down, they were all able to transfer him from the kennel trap to a crate and transport him to the humane society.

Curtis has had about a week now to settle in and to know what it's like to NOT have to sleep in the bitter cold next to a tree or on somebody's porch for protection against the cold winter wind. He is reported as adapting well at the humane society. We are hopeful he will be able to find a loving, furever home when he's given the "all clear" for adoption.

(H.E.A.R.T) Helping Every Animal Receive Treatment has offered to make a donation for medical treatment, if he has any medical issues (i.e. heartworms, tick borne diseases, etc.).

We'd like to thank everybody for working together for Curtis. It truly takes a village of caring people.

Thank you to the Seymour community, Humane Society of Jackson County, Seymour animal control, and Heather for your commitment to Curtis.

Note: Although Seymour is not in our general area of operation, we assess each case and determine if we have the resources to assist. Our hope is to help the Seymour community ascertain the needed equipment for future dogs like Curtis. More resources is always better for these scared dogs.

Every Dog Matters

01/16/2022

We are so grateful to each and every volunteer, staff, customer, organization and community partner, who helped Ambassadors achieve this incredible year end spay/neuter number; as well as our organizations success with helping low-income families spay and neuter their pets, from September 2017 through December 2021. Thank you all so much for being a part of Ambassadors. Our hearts are full.

01/09/2022

12/31/2021

Unfortunately fireworks are part of the New Years Celebration, please bring your pets inside to keep them safe from bolting.

12/30/2021

Update!

If you would like to support more of our work and honor Goose’s legacy, please follow this link. 🥰

https://www.facebook.com/100406478958431/posts/249083204090757/?d=n
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We are very pleased to share our new logo for Every Dog Matters. After tracking Goose for three weeks, and then receiving the news he had been hit by a car 300 miles from where we first received sightings, we were all filled with a deep sense of grief.
It was as though we had lost one of our own. Several of us talked about how we could honor Goose. He mattered.
We never got to pet him or give him kisses, but we loved him. His journey of 300 miles seemed beyond belief and we all prayed for his safety, that his ending would be a happy one. But for reasons we don't understand, it was not meant to be.
In honor of Gooses' life, we dedicate this new logo to him and to every future dog that is lost, confused and scared. We may not be able to save them all and every story may not have a happy ending, but because of Goose and the legacy he left behind, our belief that Every Dog Matters has been strengthed, and we will always go to great lengths to contain them and secure their safety.
Thank you, Goose. We love you, sweet boy.

12/27/2021

Remember flyers are the number one way to get your lost pets home!

12/25/2021

Update 12/25: The dog escaped late last night. Home owners will continue to keep food, water, and shelter for him. He's been around for a while, so hopefully, he didn't go far. After Christmas, we will set a trap.

Friends, we were contacted this week about this sweet boy. The lady we spoke to said he comes regularly to their home for food but is very skittish and runs off quickly. Today, they were able to contain him in their fenced-in yard and have been feeding him by hand as he warms up to them. This dog has a collar and is quite young, with very white teeth, maybe a year old. Someone must be missing this sweet boy. Found 6689 N 210 W Anderson.
We are assisting the couple with getting this boy into the shelter, but due to the holiday, it may be a couple of days. At that time, he will be checked for a microchip. Until that time, they will keep him safe at their home. In the meantime, does anyone recognize him?? Please message us if you know him or know who he belongs to

12/24/2021

Goose is home. ❤️

Goose received a private cremation in the Chicago area. Thank you Genny Kowalski for saying a prayer over Goose and attending his side in this final phase.

Thank you to Dawn Voss, Sue Stevens Longtin, and Angela Notter List for participating in Goose’s transport back to Logan in Greenfield, Indiana.

Logan fed Goose during the several months he was hanging out in Greenfield at his employer’s place of business. When Goose disappeared and sightings were reported, Logan drove to the sightings. Our first sighting came in down in North Vernon. Logan jumped in the car and drove down searching for him. He got a hotel room, spent the night, and got up and started searching for him some more. When Goose showed up in every town between North Vernon and Rensselaer, Logan was right there looking. No more looking, Logan. Goose is home.

Along the journey, Goose’s team received countless social media comments, texts and private messages of encouragement and support. One of those comments was posted, today, and we wanted to share it with you.

“Goose passed through my town and I saw him for about 20 seconds. In that 20 seconds, he entered my heart forever! He had a look of determination on his sweet face and I can't help but think that he was successful in his mission! This world has become so hateful and negative, maybe his mission WAS to make it as far as possible and spread love to as many people as he could this holiday season! Good boy Goose!! You touched so many hearts without even stopping to meet people. You knew the further you made it, the more people you touched! You are amazing and I will always think of you when driving down the road where I saw that determination to spread love and joy to so many!! RIP sweet boy!! I hope you are up there living the life you deserved here!”

Thank you all for the kind donations to cover the expenses and your support and encouragement throughout Goose’s journey.

Godspeed, Goose. ❤️

12/23/2021

GPS collar deal at Petsmart. Requires a subscription. Extra layer of security if your pup gets away from you.

12/23/2021

Tuesday morning we were contacted about a shepherd running in a field in Anderson near 400 and Rangeline Rd (200). The dog had been there for about a week. If you know the area, interstate 69 is the backdrop.

Molly Gunason went out and looked for the dog, talked to the neighbors, and she learned one of the neighbors was feeding the dog. They also reported the dog would come up to their house to eat, but wouldn’t eat until the people were inside. After eating, the dog would head to the back of the field to sleep.

The kind neighbors allowed Molly to set up a trap and last night at 8pm, he entered the trap, safe and sound.

Molly went out, picked up the dog with assistance from the neighbor, and took him home for safe keeping overnight at her home. Much to our surprise, he isn’t a shepherd. He’s about 40-50 pounds. Maybe a sharpei mix, and handsome as can be. He was calm, cool, and collected, and laid down to go sleepie on his pink blankie. ❤️

This morning, he will travel to Madison County Humane Society, where he has already been accepted with open arms. He will be checked for a microchip, and as always, we hope he has a chip and a family looking for him.❤️

Thank you to the community for contacting us to assist with getting this boy out of the cold temperatures and into a safe, warm place. ❤️

12/20/2021

We want to give a special thanks to Ambassadors for God's Creatures Board of Director's Every Dog Matters Committee Chair/Consultant, Angela Notter List for the tireless, often sleepless nights she has endured over the past month, as she tracked every sighting of Goose since he was in Greenfield, Indiana. Angie diligently communicated with animal control officers, local animal welfare groups, law enforcement, volunteers, social media supports and the public, coordinating "boots on the ground" efforts at each and every sighting of Goose, during his near one month journey, which covered well over 300 miles.
Angie remained committed to helping capture Goose and kept his post sightings and updates in social media on a daily basis, making sure the public was informed every step of the way.
Angie is the face of Every Dog Matters and she is our hero today. She championed Gooses' cause and although his ending is not what we had hoped for, we now know he is in a better place, where Every Dog Matters and is loved eternally. Thank you, Angie for your love and concern for Goose.
Any donation made to Every Dog Matters goes directly to the expenses involved in having Goose cremated and then returned to Indiana, as well as future trainings with Angie on lost dog recovery and humane trapping, and the equipment/supplies to continue our program and get every lost dog home. Thank you so much.

12/20/2021

We didn’t receive the miracle we were hoping for. 💔 Post has been updated.

Update!

If you would like to support more of our work and honor Goose’s legacy, please follow this link. 🥰

https://www.facebook.com/100406478958431/posts/249083204090757/?d=n
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Update: Sunday, December 19. It is with deep sorrow we must inform you…we received another deceased dog notification and we have positively identified this dog as being Goose. 💔 Our Illinois colleagues went out, took pictures, and we were able to make the identification. He was scanned for a microchip-no microchip. The volunteers gathered him from the interstate and are taking him for a private cremation and will have him delivered back to us in Indiana. If you feel it in your heart to donate, we have added a donation button. We are completely devastated, but thankful for the partnership, support, and love from all of our volunteers from Indiana and Illinois. Godspeed Goose❤️🐾🐾 You are loved.

Update: Sunday, December 19. The last 24 hours have been quite a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Thank you for your patience on an update. We went all day Saturday without a sighting. It's very concerning for us, since he's now in a very populated area. Later in the evening last night, we became aware of a posting on a local Chicago lost/found pet page of a dog that was deceased in the concrete median between the interstate and the ramp. The description of the deceased dog fit Goose's description and was directly north of his last sighting. The Chicago area volunteers went out and tried to find the body several hours later (because we were notified late) and couldn't find the body as they were doing several drive-bys of the area. The Illinois volunteers and our volunteers worked relentlessly through the night making phone calls and sending facebook messages to police departments, shelters, local community pages to see if there was any other information anybody had about the deceased dog.

Our Illinois colleagues went out this morning and made contact with a nearby toll area and they confirmed there was a dog removed by the Illinois Department of Transportation yesterday. They looked at the picture of Goose and felt it was Goose. They contacted the Illinois Department of Transportation and they brought the dog's body out to the toll area for the Illinois volunteer to confirm if the dog was indeed Goose.

After viewing the dog's body, it was determined it was NOT Goose. The Illinois volunteer did a microchip scan and found a microchip. Because of Goose and the Illinois volunteer, this deceased dog was reunited with her family. Please say a prayer for this family. We know their hearts are hurting.

I want to take a moment and recognize the members of the Illinois volunteers, Without them and the Chicago community, we would not be as far as we are in the state of Illinois with Goose. Without them, we would not know where our work needs to be focused next. Without them, a family of a deceased dog would've never received the closure they deserve. - Genny Kowalski, Sue Stevens Longtin, and Dawn Voss.

I would also like to thank Logan Kendall, Nikki York-Walters, and Heather Hamilton, our Indiana Goose Team. Their hearts and souls are poured into the effort of locating Goose, no matter what it takes.

Thank you to the community, EVERYWHERE, that keeps Goose and all of the volunteers in their prayers.

We will keep you updated as we receive new information. Thank you.

Update: Saturday, December 18. Since we are so close to Chicago now, we got Goose registered in Pet Harbor system as a lost dog. The shelters use this system to post incoming strays. We'll receive emails for any stray dogs coming in that match his description, and they also have a photo of him in their system. We'll also monitor their system daily ourselves on incoming strays.

Update: Saturday, December 18. Wisconsin volunteers and trappers are on alert and beginning preparation, if Goose enters Wisconsin.

Update: Saturday, December 18. We reached out to ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and WGN Chicago about Goose and the ask for sightings. We're hoping they will pick up his story to help us get more sightings around the Chicago vicinity.

Update: Friday, December 17. We are collaborating with Illinois lost dog recovery experts. They are helping us with social media and are our feet on the ground. We continue to try to keep track of Goose. We need to know where he is when he finally decides to stop his journey. Once he stops, we will be able to set up a trapping effort. Please keep sharing. Let your followers know that he is in the Chicago suburbs and have them alert others of the same. Thank you for continuing to follow and support Goose’s journey. ❤️

Update: Friday, December 17. Goose was last sighted about 15 minutes southeast of Joliet, Illinois, heading north toward Franfort.

Update: Friday December 17. We received multiple calls of Goose on the interstate 57. We contacted State police and animal control to assist him with getting off interstate. He got off safely and continued his trek north.

Update: Thursday December 16. Goose was seen heading west into Manteno.

Update: Thursday December 16. Goose passed through the town of Momence. A Good Samaritan was able to feed him a couple of peanut butter sandwiches.

Update: Thursday, December 16. goose crossed over into Illinois earlier today. Please keep a lookout for him.

Update: Thursday December 16, 8:00am. Still in Enos. Newton County Animal Control went out but could not find goose. They were out there within 15 to 20 minutes of the sighting. They set up several feeding stations along the road he was traveling on. Please keep an eye out in Newton County. We are hoping that he stays put but we just don’t know what goose is going to do next.

Update: Wednesday December 15, 4:00pm heading north on 41, crossing 14. Enos.

Update: Wednesday December 15, 8:30am heading west on 114, west of 65.

Update: Tuesday December 14, 11:00pm. Goose was in middle of road close to 65 at one of the Rensselaer exits. A Good Samaritan was able to get him out of the road and into grassy area. Spoke with Animal Control Officer today. Keeping him updated on developments. If Gooss decides to settle in area, we will bring up technology advanced trapping equipment and work with animal control to contain. A strong partnership is needed with them, since we are over 2 hours away from the last sighting. We have two sets of volunteers that have driven up to Rensselaer to search today. Please continue to watch fir Goose and contact 317-809-4939 with sightings.

Update: Tuesday December 14, 9:00am. Goose sighting Rensselaer, Indiana. Animal control Has offered their assistance if we can get a fresh sighting.

Update: Saturday December 11, 4:30pm. Goose stopped at a kind man’s house 3 miles south of Grissom. He got fed and was allowed to rest next to this kind person’s home for a few hours. Despite his efforts, Goose would not let him contain him in his garage. Goose headed back east going toward Marion. We are hopeful that he Will find a place where he feels safe and is getting plenty of food and water. We have contacts in the area that are ready to deploy cameras at feeding stations, if we can get him to stop and get fed and rest in an area consistently without being spooked. It is very important not to approach Goose. He is very scared and does not trust humans right now. He may eat out of your hand, but that’s as close as he is going to allow you to get. It’s important for him to feel like he can trust you and that you won’t try to grab him. If you can feed and water him without the temptation to grab him, that is the best thing to do. That will keep him in the area and allow us to bring trapping equipment and our cameras. Thank you all for your continued support and your sightings! We cannot do this without all of you!

Update: Saturday December 11 possible sighting running in median by Grissom Air Force Base on 31. Waiting to confirm, but fits our predictions based on path of travel and mode.

Update: sighting on highway 22 heading into Marion on Wednesday December 8.
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Original post:
Have you seen me? Two weeks ago I was in Greenfield and had been there for several months. Ambassadors for God’s Creatures partnered with Greenfield- Hancock Animal Management to safely contain me with the kennel trap, but I disappeared from the area on Thanksgiving, before they could come out with the trap.

6 days later I turned up in North Vernon, Indiana. Nobody knows how I got there, but it’s speculated that somebody may have transported me from Greenfield to North Vernon.

5 days after arriving in North Vernon, I showed up in Sulphur Springs, Indiana.

Today, I have made appearances on social media in Middletown, Alexandria, and Summitville. As of today I have traveled over 100 miles from North Vernon Indiana to My most recent sighting in Summitville.

There are volunteers out driving around looking for me. If you see me, don’t approach me, I’m very scared. Please text Angie at 317-809-4939 to report sightings of me.

These volunteers speculate I’m trying to get back to Greenfield and I’m lost. Please share this post to help the volunteers keep track of me, so they can hopefully catch up to me.