Lost dog in Ocotillo Wells, $10,000 reward. Please read

[Oracle 195]

Lost dog in Ocotillo Wells. Owner (not me) is offering $10,000 reward. I asked him for a google map with a pin drop, which I'll post later if received.

https://www.facebook.com/OcotilloWellsSVRA/photos/a.169098636510009.46001.168493473237192/1019215418164989/?type=3&theater

[dirt dame 559]

10,000....wow....must be a rich owner!

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Post updated to reflect a 1000 dollar reward. Someone fat fingered an extra zero in there apparently.

A Shiba Inu has been lost on the North end Of Ocotillo Wells SVRA near Tectonic Gorge

[Wierdrider 187]

Actually, they said they raised it to $10,000!

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Here are the last coordinates where we saw him last: 33.267090,-116.037684

[Dress4Less 162]

Hope the dog is OK...

[sdhydro 0]

The Facebook post has been updated and looks like the dog has been found and returned to the family. Good news

[Dan Diego 40]

10,000....wow....must be a rich owner!

Not necessarily a wealthy owner. Sometimes we care very deeply for our pets. Case in point:

A couple years back my dog had a problem, some severe swelling on her neck. Wife was out of state so I went to the vet alone. Initial prognosis was a bite (snake or spider). I was asked the cost limit. I fumbled but said, "None. There's no limit. Please proceed with whatever you can do." And I sat there and worried.

Turned out to be a weed sticker(?) that she'd swallowed had exited through her throat. Ugly but not too dangerous (or expensive). It still cost more than my first 3 cars combined! But I truly considered a $10k vet bill.

I sure hope the owner and dog are reunited.

[dirt dame 559]

10,000....wow....must be a rich owner!

Not necessarily a wealthy owner. Sometimes we care very deeply for our pets. Case in point:

A couple years back my dog had a problem, some severe swelling on her neck. Wife was out of state so I went to the vet alone. Initial prognosis was a bite (snake or spider). I was asked the cost limit. I fumbled but said, "None. There's no limit. Please proceed with whatever you can do." And I sat there and worried.

Turned out to be a weed sticker(?) that she'd swallowed had exited through her throat. Ugly but not too dangerous (or expensive). It still cost more than my first 3 cars combined! But I truly considered a $10k vet bill.

I sure hope the owner and dog are reunited.

You are more wealthy than I'll ever be. I love my cat, and she is the only family I have....but I can't afford to dump money on her if she disappears or gets sick. I just don't have it.

[Dan Diego 40]

But you'd sell your bike for a vet bill, right?

I guess that's the point I'm making, I'd give up a lot for my dog.

And I'm pleased to see he did get his dog back safely.

DirtDame You are more wealthy than I'll ever be. I love my cat, and she is the only family I have....but I can't afford to dump money on her if she disappears or gets sick. I just don't have it.

[KTMrad 508]

I'd go into debt to pay for a vet bill if I knew it would save my dog.

When I read that the guy raised the reward to $10,000, I thought, now there's someone who really cares about their pet !

I think many people, if they found his dog, would not even want the reward.

[Oracle 195]

Post updated to reflect a 1000 dollar reward. Someone fat fingered an extra zero in there apparently.

A Shiba Inu has been lost on the North end Of Ocotillo Wells SVRA near Tectonic Gor

It is, er was, $10,000. You didn't read far enough.

Before I even posted this thread I did a little internet research on the guy that posted the reward. I believe he has the means to pay up.

[350thumper 336]

I'm just glad those two hungry Hawks didn't get little Lex.

https://youtu.be/F_ZtiaYm1YY

[Dirtdiver 2]

I see my dogs as family also. In fact better than some of my family!

As a side note. One of my friends grew up on a farm in KS. In his family dogs were not pets they were just part of the animals. They would no more bring a dog into the house than a cow.

Maybe it was just a family thing but he led me to believe it was more of a farmer outlook towards animals.

I guess my point to this post is that I agree that human emotions towards dogs run the whole spectrum. There are probably some people that would sell their house for the health of their dog/cat. Maybe.

DD

[tntmo 887]

I grew up on a farm and have the same mentality as your friend. My wife thinks differently. Needless to say, we don't see eye to eye on the dogs and I have a difficult time understanding people who are willing to sacrifice so much for their animals....but that is their choice to make so it doesn't bother me much.

[Reximus 10]

Family means many different things, to different people. Maybe the dog owner was unable to conceive a child and hence the dogs were like children? I know some people that wouldn't cross into mexico to rescue a family member, whereas some of us on SDAR would go on a rescue mission, in a heartbeat, for a complete stranger (not family).