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After a 2
day adventure on the island of Grosse Ile, Michigan, Oliver is home safe.
August 7, 2008
Ollie has gotten
right into the routine. He spends most of the day on the couch in the family
room, comes to the door to go for walks, and goes upstairs at night and into
the chair he sleeps in. That's a lot of progress. I think he's a little more
appreciative of what he was missing while he was out exploring.
He had been lost near the north end of the island, and that's where we were
concentrating our search efforts. But Tuesday, at 3:00a.m., he was spotted
near the airport (although it wasn't 'til 2:00p.m. that it was reported),
which is at the south end of the island, so we moved our search down there.
We decided to blanket that area with posters, and as we were getting
organized around 4:00p.m., a call came from the police.
He had been picked up by two separate men who were driving their cars on the
east road along the Detroit River. They had seen him walking north on the
road, pulled over and tried to pick him up. Of course, he was not getting
close to anyone! So, he turned into an enclosed yard, and when he saw that
he had no way to escape, jumped into the river. He got out about 50 yards,
soon realized that was a mistake, turned back and the guys, standing on the
end of a dock, fished him out of the water. They took him to the police
station, where he was recognized. The men said that he shouldn't go back to
where he came from, since he was obviously abused, but the desk officer
explained the situation.
Turns out we knew one of the guys.
We took him to the vet, where he checked out O.K., except he had lost a
couple pounds he didn't have to spare.
We want to thank all of you for your help in getting us through this
nightmare experience. It would have been so much harder without it.
Joe & Cathy & Fin & Tiny & OLLIE Sikora |
