~ Please Help Find Joey ~

Sunday, April 11, 2010

A message from Joey's owner...

Prior to Feb 18th, life was good, I had it all. I'd just gotten my new puppy Nemo in January, everything was great, Nemo and Joey became instant playmates, I had two beautiful Eskies and a Samoyed.

And then, on Feb 18th we had a painter here. I left my house at 1:30 pm for work. I told the painter not to open the gate because of the dogs. Well, he opened the gate!! First my Samoyed went out, Joey followed her.

A neighbor saw it happen, and went after Joey in an effort to grab him and bring him back but unfortunately this just made him run. He was last seen running into a residential neighborhood.

To this day, he is still gone! Vanished. We have done everything, we placed a huge ad in the Sunday paper, Craiglist, Petfinder, Facebook, Twitter, a Blog (complete with maps of the areas where he was last seen) we made about 400 posters, we've checked every shelter ( including the dead animal list) I've contacted ERU and Heartbandits.

The coordinator from our dog park sent out over 1500 emails. I also signed up with PetAmberAlert. com which I would not recommend based on my experience...they charged me about $70, created a flier and told me to make copies (which clearly we had already done ourselves). Even worse, THEIR flier contained incorrect information (they said FEMALE instead of MALE) and then they couldn't be reached despite several attempts to contact them to correct it!

We were getting a lot of calls from people who've seen him or thought the dog they saw was him, but he never let anyone near enough to him to catch him - - and that does sound like Joey. One of the dogs we received so many calls on is an Eskie named Casper who leaves his yard and cruises the park across the street from his home.

So, I believe some one has him. I am so heartbroken and completely devastated, I cannot accept that he is gone forever. I cry every single day. He was the best, most well behaved dog I've ever known I have to keep the faith that somehow, someway, someday Joey will be home.

http://helpfindjoey.blogspot.com/ & http://twitter.com/helpfindjoey

If you have any information about Joey - Please contact:

Phone: 626-272-3158 or
email: help_find_joey@yahoo.com

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Lastest update from Dale kelly's Facebook page:

Ken went last night and I went today, nothing. Today I got this email from the woman who runs our dog park association, I'm wondering if the person was walking him to be seen ( if it was him) but Joey loves to lift his leg on every tree he sees :

" Just today I saw a dog matching this description and looking very much like the photo being walked westbound on Route 66 in Glendora near the Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Store about 2:00pm. I know it was a male because he was lifting his leg on every tree as he was walked. I had not read this email as of yet so I had no reason to be suspicious. If I see the dog again I will ask questions. It could be another dog who looks like Joey. I will get back to you. D"

So... I went to Baskin Robbins and other nearby businesses to put up posters. This area sounds more of a possibility then Walnut does. But then again....you never know.

Possible sighting of Joey - someone walking dog near Baskin Robbins - 856 East Rt. 66, Glendora, CA 91740

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Possible sighting of Joey - someone walking dog near Baskin Robbins - 856 East Rt. 66, Glendora, CA 91740

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Possible sighting of Joey - someone walking dog near Baskin Robbins - 856 East Rt. 66, Glendora, CA 91740

Please click on image for detail. The Baskin Robbins marked 'A' is the one I believe

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Latest update from Dale Kelly's Facebook status:

Got a message from someone who saw our posters. Joey was seen on Sunday in the city of Walnut on Grand Ave heading towards Mt San Antonio College - he ran into a track of homes. This could be good! I'm going there tomorrow