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10/03/2025

Welcome Home Milo.

Milo had just arrived in Boonton, New Jersey after a three day transport when he got spooked, pulled out of his collar and ran.

Family and neighbors banded together to try and capture him, but he proved to be too fast and kept running away. There were a few sightings all over town and the next town over. He even came back to his own house a couple times but, being so scared, would run away each time, crossing over the main road, almost getting hit.

Often there are times when you realize what a small world we live in...... this was one of those times for me. I had literally just gotten home from the hospital after spending the morning having hand surgery when I had received the message from Milo's family asking for help. I soon realized I actually went to high school and graduated with his new owner some 30+ years ago. After a quick reunion, we got to work.

With only one good hand, I needed the owners help to set the trap and get it baited. We waited for a few hours with a fox coming every so often trying to pick up every scrap he could find. Finally just after midnight, Milo showed up and made quick work of entering the trap and being caught so he could get back home for some much needed rest.

Milo is settling in nicely into his new home. His family loves him so much already. Thank you so much to the entire community for all the help and support when Milo was missing ❤️

UPDATE 12:15AM: CAPTURED AND SAFE!!! Story to follow....LOST - Boonton/Mountain LakesArea of Boulevard, West Main, F***y...
08/03/2025

UPDATE 12:15AM: CAPTURED AND SAFE!!! Story to follow....

LOST - Boonton/Mountain Lakes

Area of Boulevard, West Main, F***y Road, Powerville Rd, Mountain Lake........and all surrounding neighborhoods. He has been seen in a few backyards.

He is only 35 pounds and just got to New Jersey today (3/7) when he managed to escape his new owner. He is extremely scared of everything in his surroundings, people, cars, noises........ Please do not approach him, call out to him, or pursue him in any manner. This has caused him to run quite a distance from his home and is causing him to run across main roads several times, almost being hit by cars.

He was last seen in the Mountain Lakes area, possibly as far as Mountain Lake beach area according to sightings.

We currently have a trap set ..... please ignore him if you see him and call the number listed immediately. Thank you!!

23/02/2025

Welcome Home Mika!

Back on Sunday, February 9th, when most people were gearing up for Super Bowl parties, Karl experienced one of the worst things that could happen...... his new rescue, Mika, ran out the front door, in Mt. Arlington, NJ when someone was walking in.

They were unable to get him and soon had reports he was running further from home and then ultimately into the Berkshire Wildlife Management Area. A densely wooded area with abundant wildlife such as Coyote, Bear, and Bobcat.

We set a feeding station up in the woods where some footprints, that were believed to be Mikas, were found. Two days had gone by....but no Mika.

Late afternoon, Wednesday, frantic calls were coming in that Mika was running up and down busy Interstate Route 80. It was confirmed by a photograph that thankfully, Mika had made it safely across and was in the woods on the opposite side.

By early Thursday morning, the Roxbury Police were calling Karl because Mika was now sitting on the side of Rt. 46 in Roxbury, about 5 miles from where he was seen last on Wednesday afternoon. They tried to apprehend him but he ran much too fast and disappeared around the corner. USAR Drone Team came out and checked the entire mountain where it was thought Mika ran into. Only a few deer were seen, no Mika.

For another day and a 1/2, we hiked and hung more posters in the new area.

Saturday brought a snow and ice storm to the area which increased our concern for his safety. Mika didn't seem to mind the bad weather as he ran for hours between town houses, developments and through shopping malls. Calls were coming in from the parking lot of Shoprite and Home Depot that Mika was running around. Every time we got there, it seemed we were just one step behind. We followed footprints through neighborhoods but still could not find him.
We found a location that it seemed he had been to a few times so we set a trap and waited. Again, he never showed.

Surprisingly, days later, and another five or so miles away, another frantic call came in stating Mika was now running around Rt. 10 in Randolph.

With a few more sightings coming in, USAR Drone Team was brought in again. Mika just seemed to disappear, despite staying out 5 hours searching with the drone.

Based on talking with people in the neighborhood, we found a location to set a feeding station and pretty quickly, Mika was there eating the food. A trap was set. For a third time, Mika pulled a no show. Another sighting let us know that he was still in the area.

A second feeding station was set at a house on the other side of the neighborhood. Mika kept walking past it, but not stopping.

Down the road in the Randolph Industrial Center, we received several calls about him being in the woods. A trap was quickly brought over and set up. An hour passed and a car was leaving the Industrial Center and stopped halfway out the driveway. It turns out Mika was headed to the trap when the car went by and caused him to run back into the woods. Within about fifteen minutes, Mika was now showing back up at our second feeding station. The trap was quickly moved up to that location. Once again, we sat all night in a snow storm waiting for him to come back and he never did.

Finally, friday morning around 9:30am, all the bad weather had passed and the sun was shining. Mika showed up at the trap. He circled around to the back and smelled the food. He went right to the front opening, entered it and successfully stepped on the trigger plate, closing the door. Mika's 12 day adventure was over!!

After securing him in the car, i decided to follow his footprints in the newly fallen snow from the night before and found that he had been hungering down inside a home that was under construction. He entered through the basement and then had free run of the entire house. This fully explained all behavior for the days we had been looking for him in Randolph. He had been doing things a little differently than most lost dogs and we had to know why. Well we had our answer, during the night time, Mika would go into the construction house when the workers left for the day. Just before the workers arrived in the morning, he would leave there and go to the woods in the Industrial Park where it was nice and quiet. Mika is a very smart dog!!

I want to give the ultimate thank you to the homeowner on High Street in randolph for allowing us the use of his property to set the trap that caught Mika. He was extremely generous with his property and his time as he walked the neighborhood often, looking for him. Another big thank you to Sue, the Roxbury Animal Control Officer. She was the one who reached out to me for help locating Mika. She put me in touch with Karl, Mika's owner and kept in touch with me every day. She provided us with helpful information that we may not have gotten had she not been there for us. She was able to secure us permission to check properties that we would never have been allowed on. Thank you to Gianna, the Hopatcong Animal Control Officer. It just so happened. She was up on Rt. 80 when Mika was crossing. She provided needed information to us. She was also out other times looking for him when there were sightings in her areas. Thank you to Christina and Sonny from Randolph Animal Control. Besides being in touch every day, offering any help that we might need and being available overnight hours if we needed, they were available to respond immediately when Mika was trapped. They sat with him at the trap and secured the area until Mika's owner and myself could arrive soon after. I am very thankful to have friends like this ❤️

I'd also like to thank my sister Tina and Tara for coming out and hiking in the ice and snow with me when needed. Tara lives in Roxbury, where Mika was running. She kept a constant grill with food going all night long in the cold weather in hopes of luring Mika there to capture him in her yard.

The many posters we had between Mt. Arlington, Roxbury and Randolph did not get hung by themselves. We had an amazing group to help us do this task. Denise, Carol and Rocky, thank you so much for going out all hours and in all weather, to make sure the posters were hung. Thank you to Heidi and Don Culbertson for printing all the high quality posters.

Without posters, it is very hard to get sightings. Which, of course, is key to identifying where a lost dog might be. Your time and generosity is greatly appreciated ❤️

And I have to say thank you to all the families in Mt. Arlington, Roxbury and Randolph that took the time to call in when they saw him crossing the highway or in the woods in their backyard. Thank you to those that allowed us to set up cameras on your properties. This definitely cannot be done alone. There were literally hundreds of people out there looking, and reporting his whereabouts.

Mika's owner Karl was amazing. He was there every day and every night! He never gave up! He fought through cold, hunger and tiredness. I am thankful to have been paired with him during this search.

We truly appreciate everything that everyone brought to the table.

Welcome Home Mika!

21/02/2025

MIKA IS SAFE!! There's going to be a lot of people to thank for this one!!

Mika has been on the run since february ninth, super bowl sunday. Over ten miles away and he finally gave up for a big bowl of smelly sausage, ham and mcdonald's cheeseburgers!

His story and capture video will follow. After we all get a little bit of sleep 😴

Roxbury NJ -  UPDATE 2/18: SPOTTED IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE TEN AND MILLBROOK AVE, RANDOLPH.Please do not chase or call ...
15/02/2025

Roxbury NJ - UPDATE 2/18: SPOTTED IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE TEN AND MILLBROOK AVE, RANDOLPH.

Please do not chase or call out to him.

PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER LISTED WITH ANY SIGHTINGS!!! Sadly, sightings are being posted on facebook and no one can possibly keep up with all of the comments on all of the shares out there.

We missed out on extremely important sightings from this morning!! PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER LISTED IF SEEN.

This dog is bordering rt. 46, route 10, and rt. 80. He has already almost been hit several times.

He will run if he is being pursued or if you call out to him. Please ignore him. Call the number listed immediately so the owner can get out there with his other dog

He was spotted in the areas of commerce boulevard, Main street, north hillside, south hillside and willow walk area , Giancarlos, walmart this afternoon.



He is moving quickly all over, if you live in the Roxbury area, please keep an eye on security cameras.

Thank you!! ❤️

URGENT!  PLEASE READ. MISSING and TERRIFIED!  Roxbury, Mt. Arlington, Succasunna,  Ledgewood,  Kenvil, Flanders areas - ...
13/02/2025

URGENT! PLEASE READ. MISSING and TERRIFIED! Roxbury, Mt. Arlington, Succasunna, Ledgewood, Kenvil, Flanders areas - he is just running SCARED and has covered alot of ground in the past 24 hours.

Please, if seen, do not follow, call out to or attempt to grab this dog.

Please do not drive around areas of sightings.

Please do not post sightings on facebook. Call the number listed immediately.

We need him to feel safe in an area and stop running. Right now he is terrified of cars, people, animals, noises...... you name it. EVERYTHING is making him run.

Thank you everyone!

Lost in Mt. Arlington, NJ Area of Bertrand Island/Oneida Ave/Howard Blvd/Berkshire Valley Wildlife PreservePlease call t...
12/02/2025

Lost in Mt. Arlington, NJ
Area of Bertrand Island/Oneida Ave/Howard Blvd/Berkshire Valley Wildlife Preserve

Please call the number listed immediately if seen. Please do not chase as he is very scared.

OWNER FOUND!FOUND IN ANDOVER!  Freezing cold! Does anyone recognize this black lab?? Currently with Newton Animal Contro...
25/01/2025

OWNER FOUND!

FOUND IN ANDOVER! Freezing cold! Does anyone recognize this black lab?? Currently with Newton Animal Control.

17/01/2025

Welcome Home Pebbles ❤️🎉

On January 13th, 2025 in Hillsborough New Jersey, a ten month old little fluffy dog named Pebbles escaped out a garage door that was accidentally left open. Recognizing her freedom, she just started running.

She found herself in a little development, full of amazing families, only about a half a mile away.

Her family posted all over social media and a few calls of sightings started to come in. With an idea of where she may be hanging out, we set a trap loaded with Mcdonald's double cheeseburgers. We placed one of her blankets next to the trap in hopes she would find a familiar smell.

Just after midnight, January 16th, a fox showed up and started eating the cheeseburgers. We were worried the fox was going to go into the trap but all we could do was sit, watch and wait. Apparently, someone else was watching as well and decided to come scare Mr. Fox away from her bounty.

Pebbles was a little nervous about the trap, so she just sat there, staring at it, pondering what to do. She went and laid down on her blanket while trying to make the decision of whether she was going in for the big bowl of burgers or not.

The smell of the liquid smoke and burgers finally got too much for her......... she circled the trap a couple times and walked in, triggering the door to close and lock. Pebbles was safe at last and headed home.

A huge thank you to Chris and Laura for allowing us to use their property to trap Pebbles. It was a pleasure meeting you!

We would also like to extend our thanks to everyone in the community who kept an eye out for her, called in sightings, came out looking, shared her information or offered support. I know the family is very grateful.

All that's left to say is........
Welcome Home Pebbles 🎉❤️🐾

08/01/2025

FOUND! DO YOU RECOGNIZE?

We received a call about a small dog running through the woods for a few days in an apartment complex in Flanders, NJ.

It is unsure whether the dog is lost or has been abandoned. Efforts on social media have failed to produce an owner. With these freezing temperatures, it was imperative to try and capture the dog quickly. We immediately headed out and set up traps in the locations the little dog was seen in.

Overnight, he/she visited one of the traps but was very weary of it.. thankfully, after a couple of visits, you can see the comfort level was rising.

This morning, around 10 am, he/she found our second trap. The dog was a little weary of this one and circled it a few times. He would walk away, but then would realize the food was there and would always come back. Finally with a surge of courage, he/she surged to the back of the trap, closing the door. There was immediate relief in the dog's face.

This freezing, starved, scared dog is headed to the vet to be checked for a microchip and to be looked over.

Now we ask for everyone's help.... If you recognize this little pup, please let us know. He/she will be held for the mandatory stray hold and if not claimed..... will be up for adoption.

Huge thank you to the apartment complex and residents for all the help with this little dog. You saved his/her life ❤️🐾

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