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When he comes home keep him away from the pups .You don't know what he has gotten into and he could spread it to the pups . Give him a good disinfecting bath . Even then keep the pups away from him .

Definitely put up posters where drivers will see them.    Also, if you have a mailbox that is on the edge of the road, tie his leash, and an article of your clothing to the mailbox pole; it helps the dog find its way back.

any word yet?

JLB82,
You'll get him back.  Does he have tags on?
Don't beat yourself up. 
A friend of mine lost his GSD mix and he was gone for about a week when I spotted him, got him and returned him to my friend only to have him take off again about a week later.  He was gone for 9 months when my friend got a call from someone in FL (we live in MA)  Mickey had old tags on his collar which led them to reach my friend.  My friend drove on down to FL to pick him up.  Happy ending.
Don't give up hope.  Wishing you the best!
Jen

Two Moons,
I forgot to ask you in my post, how would you punish him after he came back to you?
Jen

by Two Moons on 06 May 2009 - 16:05

Think positive and when he does come home there should be a punishment, nothing severe but he should know he's done something wrong.

Yes, that's right, punish the dog when he comes home, because he'll certainly understand that the punishment is really for his having run away to begin with.  {To be read in a tone of voice DRIPPING with sarcasm}

The window of opportunity for correcting the escape behavior closed less than 60 seconds after the dog went over the fence. It's too late to "punish" the dog for this incident.  A correction for the escape behavior can now only be made if the dog is 'set up' to try it again a second time while the owner is ready and waiting to pounce the minute he tries to scale the fence (after he comes home, of course).

Wishing the best of luck to the OP in their efforts to bring Keizer back home. 

Lots of good advice above! Mostly don't give up! I lost one of mine in the mountains of Montana many moons ago. She was gone for 9 days and found about 60 miles as the crow flies from where she went missing. I had reward flyers on every post and tree, walked and knocked on every door, visited shelters 150 miles from home, called numerous residents in areas she was sighted etc.. The good news short, we found each other. Make a pest of yourself, make people feel your pain. Then when they see a dog that could be yours they will try to help. My heart goes out to you. Just don't give up!

If the dog returns give a firm scolding and act not happy at all, but I would not punish too harshly.  I would be maing posters for in store windows, calling all shelters, police, anyplace a dog might be turned into.  Ask neighbors, walk far as you can and call, it might be scared to death and laying under a porch etc.  I would be wearing myself out hunting and calling on phone for peoples help in finding him.  chances are the dog may return, but I sure would be doing something to find it so not too much time passes.  I am so sorry for you, it is terrible when dogs run off and make one so fearful.  Bless Your Heart and do not give up hunt, walk, call loudly for him, make signs, posters.

I hope he comes home soon.  You have gotten some excellent suggestions here.  Twice over the years I had two different Bitches get loose.  I found both of them in neighbors houses.  One was a child who tried to keep the dog.  The second and most recent was b a neighbor who was holding the dog so it wouldn't be hit by a car.   Go door to door  all of your neighbors you never know. 


Two Moons,
I forgot to ask you in my post, how would you punish him after he came back to you?
Jen


Hexe is absolutely right.   You never ever never punish a dog for returning to you!  

What would the dog learn by that?   If I return to my handler or home I get punished that's what the dog learns.  So why would the dog have a fast recall or rush home?

Best of luck.  Please keep us posted.

Jim

Correcting a dog for coming home would only serve to reinforce that you are unhappy with the fact that they came back. This would not help your situation, and the dog would not understand that it was punished for doing something (possibly days!)after happened. Compare this to a dog biting someone, and then a week later, you correct him, when there is no person around who he has bitten. All you will do is negatively reinforce something else (whatever the dog comes up with in it's own mind as to what it perceives the "problem" he was corrected for to be), and may encourage him to leave.

If and when he comes back home, welcome him home with open arms, give him much praise, play his favorite game, then feed and water him. I would also segregate him from any other dogs you have for at least two weeks to make sure he hasn't picked something up. A brucellosis test might not be a bad idea as well.

All of the above suggestions are good ones. I don't know where you live, but many animal control offices have traps you can set to catch live animals without injury (it simply shuts the animal into the cage; I've only seen this for cats, but know they have larger ones) by utilizing really smelly food. You may catch something other than your dog, but it's worth a try. You might think about doing that, in case he comes home while you are sleeping and decides to leave again. If you have no other dogs outside, leave the gate he went over open so that he can go back inside. Go to pet food markets (and grocery markets) in your area and post his photo with a reward; if someone picked him up during the storm, they have to get his food somewhere and might see your flyer.

Of course these are all just my opinions, and you are welcome to take it or leave any of it as you see fit.    I wish you speedy recovery of your Keizer, and my best wishes and thoughts go out to you. Please let us know how things turn out, as I'm sure we're all nervously waiting with you and hoping for a happy ending.