Sheldray Shetland Sheepdogs

Thursday 29th October will be a day i shall never forget.  I took Flowie and Rocky to my friends to be looked after while i moved house on the 30th.  Unfortunately within 3 hours of me leaving the dogs with Jackie, Rocky had slipped his collar and run off into very rural open countryside.  By the time i had driven to where he was last seen it was already dark, and after 3 hours of fruitless searching and calling, i made a very tough decision to return home, as i was  moving house the following day.  That night was dreadful, not knowing if Rocky was dead or alive, or even where he was. 

While all this was going on, an army of sheltie friends and well wishers had printed off posters, Dog Lost were advertising him as missing, radio appeals for information had been made, and i had received countless calls and texts from people offering help and support to find him.

On the morning of Friday 30th, having loaded up the removals van and arrived at my new house, i had a phone call to say Rocky had been sighted!  I dropped everything and raced over the area where he had been seen, leaving my family to unload the lorries/cars!!!    By the time i had arrived, Rocky had been caught, but his captor had been badly bitten by him in the process!!   Rocky was extremely dirty, covered in thorns and thistles, and very frightened but pleased to see me!  I brought him back to the new house, which was obviously very confusing for him, and for a couple of days he was very distant with me, and even a bit nippy!   

Happily, he has now settled down, is very loving and happy to be home, and is eating everything i put in front of him (previously he had been very fussy!!)

A big thank you to everyone who helped, sent their best wishes/kind words and prayers for his safe return, i cant thank all those people enough.