My little Dachshund ran away.

Oh what a sweetie!  Candles lit!  Go home to you mommy right now Isabelle!  Its not nice to worry her.

I hope you find your sweetie soon !
 
One thing came to mind, make sure that when your looking for her
try to look under cars & in bushes.
Our doxie-chi mix, Coco had been a stray for 3 weeks and that
was where she'd hang out. Short dogs can hide under cars.
~ Good Luck & we hope you find her.

why hasn't someone invented a pet microchip that can be tracked by satellite? I'm sure the technology exists. Lost dog GPS systems.

There is a company that has a GPS transmitter dog-collar thing.  I saw it advertised in either Dog Fancy or the Bark...

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There is a company that has a GPS transmitter dog-collar thing. I saw it advertised in either Dog Fancy or the Bark...

I'm going to have to look into that, I've always thought that would be a good thing for Sofia. Sorry, don't want to hijack the thread.

I'm sooooo sorry Isabelle ran away and I am praying that you find her or she comes home!

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One thing came to mind, make sure that when your looking for her
try to look under cars & in bushes.
Our doxie-chi mix, Coco had been a stray for 3 weeks and that
was where she'd hang out. Short dogs can hide under cars.

I am glad to hear that you got your little one back after 3 weeks.  Isabelle will have been gone 3 weeks tomorrow.  I know these 3 weeks have felt like forever, but then again it's only been 3 weeks.

So, I was driving around last night hoping to spot Isabelle and I suddenly just decided that I am searching WAY to far away from home.  I think what happened is that I started getting calls about sightings in different neighborhoods and I have actually neglected my own neighborhood more then I should have.

Here is a small story.  The neighbors up the street from me had a Dachshund that used to dig out of their yard.  He would always return home after a short amount of time.  One day the people were moving out when the dog ran off.  They never looked for him, they just moved.  Eventually he came home, but there was no one there.  I took him in and he pretty much became the best dog I ever had.  He never did try to dig out of my yard.  But, when I took him in, he was covered in cactus needles, which tells me he was exploring in the wooded areas that join up to my neighborhood.

It never occurred to me until last night that Isabelle might have done the same thing.  People often dump trash in that area and she may well have found the mother load of stuff to eat.  Or perhaps she hasn't gotten tired of exploring yet.  Anyway, I think that I started getting calls from the other direction and that just led me away from a very obvious search area.  I am kind of kicking myself now…  I suppose that the first sign should have been when the people called me about a black and tan Rottweiler and not a black and tan Dachshund…  I think that over the next few days I am going to focus extra on these wooded areas.

We thinking of little Isabelle and wish her a speedy return home.  Good luck - we're keeping our fingars & paws crossed for you!

I hope you find Isabelle!! I can't even say I know how it would be like. But im sure it is like going thr hell! I could not think how I would feel if I lost one of my dogs.I know I would not know what too do I would be lost. So I feel for ya!! But hopefully you will find her. And don't give up some times it takes a few for them too show up. Just keep on a looking GOOD LUCK!!  Lets us know if you hear anything about her...

I hope she comes home soon, I would be a nervous wreck too.
Interesting idea, about the gps collar: like 'onstar' for dogs.   Jules

Breakes my heart to hear about your sweet dog. She is so cute. We have 5 doxies and I can not even imagine not to have them.
We lost our cat once. We had gotten him at age 10 and kept him indoors( he had lived his entire life outside thou and when the owner died, he first lived with our friends for a year and then came to us). One day my daughter had cracked the window and he got out and for two weeks we were devestated. We looked for him and thought he had died somewhere. One day on the way to church we looked over to the street where he used to live and we saw something under a pick-up truck so we pulled into the driveway of that house and my daughter called his name and he came right away. Someone must have fed him because he looked really good. This house was right next to were his elderly owner had lived 3 years prior. Smokey is 15 years old now and we make sure he won't go on one of those adventures again.
I really really hope you find your little girl. It's sad to know that she is out there.
Any chance someone may have taken her in and is keeping her for themselves??? I wonder if you could check with the vets offices and find out if anyone has a new dachshund in the area. Of course that is a long shot and they mostlikely would not give you any info anyway...

Thank you everyone for your support.
 
I have pretty much wrapped up all the loose ends I had in regards to sightings.  What I mean is that someone would call about seeing her and I would get there and she would be gone.  Well I got a call last night and one early this morning, I was able to see both dogs and they were both males.  AARRRGH, so frustrating!!!
 
At first I didn#%92t think there was any chance that she would go up to some one and let them take her.  Maybe being afraid of thunder and discovering the world is a really big place compared to her back yard, she eagerly went up to some one.  I just don#%92t know.  All I can say is that it would be hard NOT to have noticed all of the signs and flyers.  Of course there is always the possibility of some one not WANTING to notice.  I just wonder why some one would want a strange dog they don#%92t know over a reward.  It may be a matter of how much they think their child needs a dog versus how much money they can get.
 

All,
 
    I have started putting note cards on the doors in my neighborhood.  I have also talked with people who were outside at the time I walked up.  It is quite obvious that there are LOTS of people that haven#%92t seen my signs.  One person actually asked me if I had put up signs.  Uh yeah, the big yellow ones that are all over the place...
 
    Anyway I talked to a person one street over from mine.  He didn#%92t know where I lived, but he said that he saw a dog like that standing in a drive way one street over on Sunday.  He pointed to the 3rd house up on the street and said, right about there.  I was like, NO WAY, that is where I live.  This is sooo frustrating.  I can#%92t imagine that she would still be wondering around and not have just come back in thru her little doggy door.
 
    Please keep your candles lit for Isabelle, and keep thinking happy thoughts for her.  Hopefully she will come home soon.
 

Your post gave me chills. Wow, so close and still nothing. When I saw that you had posted again I was so hopefull that you had found her...
I won't give up hope thou and keep praying she'll come back.
Don't give up!!!!

I keep checking this post everyday, sometimes several times a day.. hoping and wishing that I'll see a message from you about how Isabelle has returned. I my hopes and wishes are with you.

Oh, I hope she comes back soon!!  I'll light that candle the minute I get home...