{"id":4011,"date":"2021-02-25T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:55:41","slug":"a-dog-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/a-dog-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dog Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Here\u2019s the next in the \u201cSunday Story\u201d series.&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s no political point here, it\u2019s just a story about folks who find lost dogs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lost Dogs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve read many of these \u201cOur America\u201d essays, you know dogs emerge as a reoccurring theme.  We\u2019ve currently got four rescues here at the house, and Jennifer (my wife) is deeply involved in an all-volunteer group called Lost Pet Recovery (LPR).  They\u2019re folks who spend most of their time trying to get lost dogs back to their families, and wandering dogs to safety.  It sounds simple \u2013 just catch the dog.  But there\u2019s so much more that goes into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the first thing you need to know about finding lost dogs, is it is NOT the same as finding lost children.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even though we think of our dogs as our children, they will not respond the same way as our kids lost in the woods might.&nbsp;&nbsp;When a child is lost in the woods, we gather all of our friends, we find someone to look from \u201cthe sky\u201d with a drone, we scour the countryside calling out for them.&nbsp;&nbsp;We assume (rightly so) that the child wants to be found.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s kind of a \u201cvillage goes after Frankenstein thing\u201d, think torches and crowds, but only in a good way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flight Mode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>But after a dog has been \u201cout\u201d for a couple of days, they are in flight mode.&nbsp;&nbsp;They are running, running from anything that generates fear.&nbsp;&nbsp;And everything, and particularly everybody generates fear \u2013 often times even \u201cMom and Dad\u201d and brothers and sisters.&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the coolest parts of rescuing dogs is the moment when the dog \u201cremembers\u201d who \u201cMom or Dad\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;is.&nbsp;&nbsp;We\u2019ve all seen the reunion videos of dogs welcoming their returning soldier home from a long tour.&nbsp;&nbsp;And that part is really cool, and it does happen even for the \u201crescued\u201d dog.&nbsp;&nbsp;But it doesn\u2019t usually happen when they are \u201cout\u201d running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a dog is out, there might be a short time when calling for them will help.&nbsp;&nbsp;But a dog also knows they might be \u201cin trouble\u201d for running \u2013 so even then it can\u2019t be \u201cFido get back here!\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s got to be calm, quiet, \u201c\u2026<em>hey Fido buddy, I\u2019ve got a cheeseburger for you \u2013 smell it?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>But when you gather all your human friends and send them out into the field to find your lost canine, it\u2019s more than likely that you are driving him or her even farther away, especially if they\u2019ve been \u201cout\u201d more than a day or so.&nbsp;&nbsp;They are scared, and all of those strange people yelling their name is going to make then even more scared.&nbsp;&nbsp;So they\u2019ll run, and they can outrun you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s when you need my friends:&nbsp;&nbsp;the folks at Lost Pet Recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Berne&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The area around Alum Creek Drive and Livingston Avenue is not considered the \u201cbest\u201d part of Columbus, Ohio.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s mostly industrial, and from time to time in the night you might hear \u201cshots fired\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;The area makes the evening news for shootings and robberies more than for the real efforts of the Southside Civic Association.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the owner of one of the companies in the area noticed that a Bernese Mountain Dog had taken up 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originated in Berne, Switzerland (my first mistake \u2013 I always thought they were Burmese from Burma, kind of a Himalayan thing \u2013 wrong) and the cold is what they were bred for.&nbsp;&nbsp;And while Berne had a \u201cplace\u201d it still was a cold, tough world out there, and everyone wanted Berne to be safe.&nbsp;&nbsp;In fact, Bob wanted to make Berne his own.&nbsp;&nbsp;The two even got to the point the Berne would take food from his hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;But when he\u2019d reach out, she\u2019d bolt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she kept coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trappers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first move was to put a camera and a \u201ctrap\u201d in the shed.&nbsp;&nbsp;The camera is a deer-cam, triggered by motion and transmits to Jenn\u2019s phone.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s got night vision as well, so whenever anything moved in the shed, Jenn was notified.&nbsp;&nbsp;And the trap \u2013 well it\u2019s six feet long by two and a half feet tall by two feet wide, with a spring door that closes if Berne steps on the trip plate.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jenn and Bob placed food leading into the trap, and of course, the \u201cmother-load\u201d of food at the back past the trip plate.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any self-respecting and hungry dog would walk right in and get the food \u2013 and get trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Berne was trap-wise.&nbsp;&nbsp;She knew to get all the food leading in, and to reach just far enough into the trap to take the scraps in the front.&nbsp;&nbsp;But no matter what was in the back, she wouldn\u2019t go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This went on for a week or more, with Berne almost literally waving at the camera as she went by.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jenn hung out down in the parking lots of the buildings off of Alum Creek Drive, and began to get a sense of the dog\u2019s pattern.&nbsp;&nbsp;She didn\u2019t go far, and she didn\u2019t cross the busy roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;There was a small wood, a little cemetery, and the big storage lots.&nbsp;&nbsp;She circled through her territory checking everything a few times a day.&nbsp;&nbsp;At nighttime usually she headed for the storage shed, ignored the trap, and bedded down in the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob had to leave town for a week \u2013 so Jenn set up an alternate site to feed Berne.\u00a0\u00a0And it was another week of trying different foods (from McDoubles to KFC Bowls and Chicken Strips) but Berne still waved at the camera, sniffed around the trap, and ate the teaser pieces along the edge.\u00a0\u00a0She even barked at the peanut-butter covered bone lashed to the back.\u00a0\u00a0She\u2019d eat everything around, but she wasn\u2019t going in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sleeping in a Truck<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, my wife was sleeping in a truck in an empty parking lot off Alum Creek Drive, night after night.&nbsp;&nbsp;LPR volunteers support each other. As one \u201ctrapper\u201d gets sleep in the truck, others, spread all over the state, are watching the cameras for her.&nbsp;&nbsp;When Berne approached, they\u2019d text or call.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jenn was far enough away from the trap that the sound of the phone wouldn\u2019t disturb the dog, but would wake her up.&nbsp;&nbsp;But instead of catching Berne, it was mostly to release the feral cats that lived in the area.&nbsp;&nbsp;And those cats weren\u2019t happy about the catch part \u2013 nor particularly grateful for release either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several trappers in LPR, and they often collaborate on how best to catch their dog.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe grilled (instead of KFC fried) food would work.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jenn and I took our portable gas grill out to the parking lot, set up a little table, and made Sunday evening dinner.&nbsp;&nbsp;We had our usual ribeye steak and green beans.&nbsp;&nbsp;But we cooked another steak (not the ribeye) and some sausage for Berne.&nbsp;&nbsp;We filled the small woods with the odor of steak and sausage, then placed her portion in the back of the trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We packed up and pulled off to eat our dinner in the truck, waiting for Berne to show.&nbsp;&nbsp;It didn\u2019t take long, we just finished our dinner when she came out of the woods and around the trap to the back.&nbsp;&nbsp;You could sense her frustration \u2013 steak and sausage, right there in front of her.&nbsp;&nbsp;And she voiced it, barking at the trap, sniffing around, but still refused to go in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel Trap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So after a second week, Jenn, Don \u201cthe boss\u201d of LPR, and Kim from Cincinnati got together to change the equation.&nbsp;&nbsp;The trap wasn\u2019t going to work.&nbsp;&nbsp;But there is a different kind of trap, a \u201cpanel\u201d trap.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s actually several sections of 6&#215;6 pieces of fencing, lashed together to make a room.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the front there\u2019s a door, with a really long rope on it.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s a simple concept:&nbsp;&nbsp;put the bait in the back, wait for the dog to go in, then pull the rope so the door slams shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s no automatic part of this panel trap.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s up to Jenn, parked about three hundred feet away, in the dark and cold of the now-February winter snow, to pull the rope and slam the door.&nbsp;&nbsp;And the only way she knows to pull the rope, is a grainy night-shot picture on an IPhone screen.&nbsp;&nbsp;And there\u2019s always a delay, of a few seconds \u2013 so while the picture might show the dog in the back, that\u2019s very recent history, not necessarily the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They left the door open for a couple of days, to see if Berne would get in the habit of going in.  And she did.  It was President\u2019s Day weekend, the weather forecast was looking bad \u2013 but it was time to \u201csave\u201d Berne.  Jenn was hiding in the truck on Monday evening.  She knew Berne usually came around 7 pm, so she turned the truck off at 6:30.  It was a damn cold night, but she didn\u2019t want anything to spook Berne away.  Kim came up from Cincinnati to surprise Jenn, and was in a different part of the complex, watching Berne heading towards the trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berne appeared and wandered into the trap.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kim could see it, but Jenn was waiting for the camera picture.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then Jenn got the text message from Kim:&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cGO-GO-GO\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;She pulled the rope, the door slammed shut.&nbsp;&nbsp;Berne was safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenn and Kim went to the trap, calling softly to Berne.&nbsp;&nbsp;She huddled in the corner, scared, but Kim went in and almost immediately Berne was leaning on her.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jenn joined them, and began to calm Berne down.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bob was going to take care of Berne, and quickly drove up to the trap.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don came too, and they put a \u201cslip-lead\u201d on Berne, and got her in Bob\u2019s truck.&nbsp;&nbsp;They then scanned Berne for a chip, and found that she had one.&nbsp;&nbsp;Berne went home with Bob \u2013 pictures from that evening showed a relaxed Berne sleeping at the foot of Bob\u2019s bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chip reads out a number, which links to the \u201cchip\u201d company. Although the chip wasn\u2019t registered, the company was still able to trace it back to the owner.  (<em>Hint:  register your dog\u2019s chip and keep it current.  It saves a lot of time locating the owner and getting your dog hom<\/em>e). They had an owner for Berne, and Jenn called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berne was lost from her home near Mansfield, almost sixty miles away, back in April.&nbsp;&nbsp;She\u2019d been \u201cout\u201d ten months, and her real name was Polly.&nbsp;&nbsp;She was a \u201cpure-bred\u201d Bernese Mountain Dog; originally purchased for breeding.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the owners had left the breeding business.&nbsp;&nbsp;They felt that the internet had made it too dangerous for the dogs, they couldn\u2019t \u201cvet\u201d the owners personally the way they wanted to.&nbsp;&nbsp;So they had Polly and her sister, and they were living on several acres when Polly slipped away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob and Berne, now Polly, were bonding, so it was hard to give her back.  But it turned out that the folks near Mansfield loved her too, and Jenn now talks with them on a regular basis.  Polly is back at home, happy and healthy with her sister, recovering from her adventure in the \u201cbig city\u201d.  And Jenn and LPR are on the lookout for a \u201crescue\u201d for Bob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s always another dog.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the five days around when Jenn trapped Berne, LPR recovered seven other dogs across Ohio.  Almost every night, there&#8217;s a LPR volunteer sleeping in a pickup truck, or staring at a computer screen, waiting on a dog to get safe.  The work goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Want to know more about LPR?&nbsp;&nbsp;Click here for the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lostpetrecovery\/\"><em>Facebook Page<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the next in the \u201cSunday Story\u201d series.&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s no political point here, it\u2019s just a story about folks who find lost dogs. Lost Dogs If you\u2019ve read many of these \u201cOur America\u201d essays, you know dogs emerge as a reoccurring theme. We\u2019ve currently got four rescues here at the house, and Jennifer (my wife) is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/a-dog-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Dog Story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Dog Story : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s the next &quot;Sunday Story&quot; series. 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