August 24, 2014

 

 

Ula is a 5 month Bermese Mountain Dog that was spooked while on a local walk and after spending two lonely nights out on the streets – I was tagged to see if we could help. How could we turn down trying to help a puppy so young and only an hours drive away, so off we went to the owners house to give Tiga a scent item.

Ula had lots of soft toys but her favourites were a monkey and a duck and so Tiga was given these and off we went. There had been a number of sightings which were kept secret from us, to see how Tiga responded.

Tiga quickly picked up the scent on a route where Ula had not been walked before and we were soon marching through the churchyard where we were told there had been a sighting. From here having gone in one entrance we left the churchyard through one of two other gateways and off down the road soon to be passing another sighting and then on to a small campsite, where Tiga spent alot of time going away from the campsite and back again on several occasions. It was here that we decided that if Ula wasn’t found today we would set up a ‘night watch’ as Tiga was clearly interested in both the campsite and the adjacent park.

From here we left the park through another entrance and generally followed Tiga as he took us around the local roads and closes and soon to be back at the churchyard where we also decided to set up another ‘night watch’. We arrived through a different gate and again passed through and back onto the streets and again going to another sighting. This time Tiga continued in a straight line for some distance which indicated that Ula had perhaps been frightened again and had bolted unfortunately in an area which was not good for lost puppies. However as we continued on to a main road and still following Tiga at times down the middle of the road we started to take a few turns which led us back along a road where we later leant about another sighting. At this point we had a call to say that Ula had just been found hiding under a car. “Although It was not Tiga that ultimately found her” it turned out that we were hardly ten minutes further back  along the road and heading back to where Tiga had taken us earlier .  As we hurried along to meet Ula Tiga continued to track to where she was found.

She was very frightened and shaking but after a short time back in her familiar surroundings and with her monkey and duck and her owners and a chewy bone, she soon settled and with only her sore paws to show for her adventures.

With the distance she had travelled on tarmac I am not surprised she had sore paws.

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