Community searching for missing dog

[Taz]

Everyone in our community has been looking for this poor dog. I hope he's OK


Woman seeks help in finding dog that ran away from crash scene

By DAVID HARRISON

Donna Angevine loves animals so much she's asking people in Porters Lake to be on the lookout for a dog that doesn't even belong to her.

"If anybody sees him, they can call me day or night, 24/7," she said Monday.

"I'm not getting any sleep, anyway, I'm worrying so much."

Bandit, an adult male Rottweiler mix, went missing at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, after he and his owner, Bruce (she didn't want to give his surname) were involved in an accident on Highway 107 near Exit 19, Porters Lake.

"As they were helping him out of the car into the ambulance, apparently the dog wasn't hurt badly and it escaped out the window," Ms. Angevine said.

A further complication is that Bandit is believed to be covered in blood that was found on the air bag and in parts of the car where he was seated.

Ms. Angevine is worried that someone may see Bandit covered in blood and get the wrong idea.

"Since he's a Rottweiler and if he's got blood on him, what's immediately going to jump into someone's head is that he killed a dog or a cat or attacked somebody," she said.

Ms. Angevine is afraid someone might shoot the dog or have him taken to animal control to be put down, believing him to be vicious.

"He's not at all," she said. "He's the biggest teddy bear you've ever seen."

The family who owns Bandit are desperate to find out what happened to the dog. Ms. Angevine said Bruce was distraught and calling for Bandit while paramedics were loading him into the ambulance after the accident.

Not knowing the whereabouts of his dog has only made in harder for Bruce, who is having a hard enough time in the intensive care unit, recovering from undisclosed injuries.

"When (Bruce) does come around really good, the first thing he's asking for is Bandit," Ms. Angevine said.

"The man is a real, real animal lover, and if he hears (Bandit's) home it might help him to pull through."

Three-year-old Bandit is described as appearing to be a full-grown male Rottweiler, but he is not a purebred. He has a white star on his belly, a white-tipped tail and brindled legs and chin (Rottweilers' tend to be tan).

Ms. Angevine said Bandit was wearing a black harness when he escaped.

Anyone who might have seen the dog or might know what happened to him is asked to call Donna Angevine at 829-3460.

[Lil'Paws]

I hope Bruce pulls thru this. And I hope Bandit is found soon... It would be good therapy for him.. Let me know if you hear anything Taz.. I'll say a prayer for the both of them...

[Taz]

Thanks Lil'Paws. I know if I has in his shoes I would be devastated.

[luckydog]

I hope that Bandit is ok....I pray that owner and dog return to one another....

[Lil'Paws]

Taz, Have you heard anything .......

[Taz]

No, not yet