August 11, 2013
Nettie was a very timid black Labrador Retriever who was out on a family picnic in the Forest of Dean and was spooked by the picnic basket as the contents clattered and she ran off but unfortunately her lead had caught around the basket handle and she trailed not only the lead but the picnic basket behind her which made her more frightened and then just ran.
After 7 days Nettie was still missing and we had a call to see if we could help which of course we did. We travelled down and decided to camp in the area for as long as it took to find her. We were taken to where the picnic was and Tiga picked up scent and took us on routes around the forest but did not confirm the possible sightings which was not surprising because again we met so many black labs with red collars off lead!
Tiga clearly indicated that Nettie was not in the Forest but did take us to a camp site not far away. It was here that we spoke to all the campers and put posters up. Several campers reported seeing Nettie and one lady even said she had gate crashed their BBQ thinking she was from another caravan. It was clear that we had to start postering in a larger area which the owners and volunteers did. The next morning there was a call from a lorry driver that had seen Nettie running up and down a busy road early in the morning, he stopped to find a poster at a road side cafe in order to call the owners. With bad reception in the area we eventually got the message and were there very quickly as we had only just left that area following up another call to find the good news that Nettie had followed a lady walking her dog along a track from the road and allowed herself to be caught near to where the lady lived.
On this occasion although Tiga did not track and find Nettie he did a great job of telling us where she was not and in particular that she was not in the Forest where she was thought to be and where there had been possible sightings he confirmed these were not Nettie and these were also later to be confirmed as another black lab.
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