Have any of you had a pet go missing for whatever reason?
By Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129443)
Israel
May 25, 2018 2:24am CST
When my cat where I lived before would go outside in the morning at first I was not sure if she would come back to me. There were times she would stay out for hours and I would go looking for her but she finally came home.
One after while my dog and I were going up the stairs I decided to trust her and take her leash off so she could go the rest of the way up freely. Instead she turned back down and went outside. I looked all over for her and could not find her and thought she left me. After two hours there was a knock on the door. Apparently she followed this dog that was coming to visit our neighbor that lived upstairs and the neighbor knew she was mine so brought her back to me.
There are some that have not found their pets but years later I heard some found their way home. Have any of you experienced anything like this and have a happy ending?
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@just4him (306113)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 May 18
Except for my last dog, Pip, I've had dogs who got away from me. Sheba was a dog who saw the door open and she was out and gone for several hours, but always came home. Rascal was a dog who waited to find out if you remembered he was outside. He always stuck around home, until he noticed you didn't have your attention on him and he would take a walk. There were a couple times I had to bail him out of the humane center because I couldn't find him, but someone else did and took him to the humane center.
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
26 May 18
Yes, several of our dogs escaped through the door and took off. We were lucky to find them visiting their doggy friends down the street. All of our cats have been house cats. Doodles is a house cat who enjoys going for walks around the property. He ran away once while I was planting flowers. It was so frightening, since we looked all over and had neighbors looking for him. He returned 2+ hours later panting and hot.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
28 Jun 18
We had one cat that went missing and we never found her again though we searched and searched. The whole family was saddened by the loss.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
28 Jun 18
@Hannihar Yes, it was! We always hope that we would find her or that she found her way home but it never happened. 
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
28 Jun 18
@1hopefulman
I am sorry Felix.It is very hard to lose a furry one.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
25 May 18
When I was little, we had a dog that went missing .. after three years he appeared out of nowhere .. and was jumping up and down and running around while we're all shocked wondering where he's been all these years ...He looked healthy and obviously some people looked after him well ...If only dogs could talk I'm sure he would have told us about his three years adventure in some far away land .. lol ..the silly dog!..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
26 May 18
@Hannihar No, we were still living in the same house .. and in those days, chip on pets were not heard of .. even now over there in the province in the Philippines , pets aren't chipped .. so if they go missing or if taken by others , they can't be traced..
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
25 May 18
@epiffanie
Did you move so it was hard for him to find you? Did he have a chip? That was so great that he came back. I would have been shocked too. If animals could talk you find out what happened to him and how he got back to you.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
27 May 18
@epiffanie
That is very sad. I never put chips in my pets. The most Sophie got to was the roof infront of our building and that was because she can climb down to the porch below us and go over to the roof but cannot climb up again.
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
25 May 18
Yes, we had. A cat long time back.
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@aninditasen (15732)
• Raurkela, India
26 May 18
@Hannihar It did come back and then again let us to be a free cat in the greenery.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
27 May 18
@aninditasen
I am sorry it did not come back. I am sorry I did not understand what you mant by "let us be a free cat in the greenery" mean.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
6 Jun 18
We have y puppies, and three of them went missing. Two have returned home, one is still missing, I hope he finds his way back.
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@popciclecold (35084)
• United States
7 Jun 18
@Hannihar Yeah. we are too we lost hope today that he will come back. Thank you.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
7 Jun 18
@popciclecold
I am sorry and you never know he may return. Animals are smart.
@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
7 Jun 18
@popciclecold
I take it the two went together and the other went alone or did they all three go together and the other was not looking when they returned and the 3rd one got lost? That is a shame. I am sorry.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 May 18
when i was much younger, many years back, we had a cat that escaped us many times and even had to threaten some neighbors trying to keep him from us once. when we moved he was missing and learned later that a friend had moved in there and was treating him well. i guess he didn't want to stay away from that particular house.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 May 18
@Hannihar yes they seem to not do well with change. i was grateful for that friend loving animals
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
29 May 18
@bunnybon7
If they go from place to place and not knowing how long they will be there no they have a hard time. I keep trying to tell my Sophie that she has a forever home with me but I am not sure if she understands that.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
28 May 18
@bunnybon7
That happens bonnie. They are very familiar with certain surroundings and keep going back to them. Good thing that a friend moved there and took care of him.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
28 May 18
our dogs are free but withing the confines of our yard. they are not roaming around the streets. they are a good catch for those dognappers.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
28 May 18
@Hannihar yes, we don't let them loose in the streets.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
28 May 18
@ridingbet
I am glad that they know to stay away from those nasty dog catchers.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
25 May 18
That sounds so stressful. It hasn't happened to me other than maybe when I was a kid, but then the adults took care of it
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
27 May 18
@FayeHazel
Yes Faye it is very stressful because I look all over the apartment first and then outside and if still not found either wait or look outside again or look up and down the stairs.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
30 May 18
@FayeHazel
Yes, it is good that it ended well.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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25 May 18
My sister's cat went missing when she was staying with my parents. The cat actually fell thru the window screen which was not securely fastened. Fortunately, we found Bubba at our next door neighbors. My cat went out the front door a couple of times when my Dad opened the door. No one realized it until we went looking and found her under a bush in our front yard. Luckily, I never had a pet run away.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
27 May 18
@dgobucks226
DB, I am so glad you found them. That was horrible that the cat fell through the window. Sophie, the cat I have now, once I found her way down the stairs on the way down to the storage area. She was curled up there. I guess when there are too many people here it gets to be too much for her.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
27 May 18
@dgobucks226
I don't blame her. I wish I could join her but then it would not be here very own place to go to.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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27 May 18
@Hannihar Very true. My cat used to escape upstairs from company. Even cats enjoy their peace and quiet.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
25 May 18
Hi Hanni. I have never experienced anything like that as our dogs before where on a tight leash or stayed inside the house. But I am glad that your cat followed your neighbor's dog. 
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
25 May 18
@mlgen1037
Louise actually it w as my dog that followed a person with a dog that was going to visit our neighbor. She got into all kinds of things and threw up a lot. I do not mind cleaning up after my animals. It is hard for me to clean after people.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
27 May 18
@mlgen1037
She was gone 2 hours and in that 2 hours she must have ate a lot of garbage so when she was returned she threw up.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
25 May 18
@Hannihar Oh. It was your dog your threw up, Hanni?
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
31 May 18
It's interesting to know some pets are still able to go home. I have not experienced that before. We had a Labrador a few years ago, sometimes when we opened the gate, she would just run outside. We quickly went out and searched for her, as we were afraid she might be knocked down by cars. We were kinda protective. 
My kids did bring home some stray kittens, and after some time, the kittens just left without coming back. We let the kittens stay in the front yard, but not in the house.
My kids did bring home some stray kittens, and after some time, the kittens just left without coming back. We let the kittens stay in the front yard, but not in the house.1 person likes this
@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
31 May 18
@kaka135
When I was a kid my mother said she was allergic to animals so the ones we had lived in the basement or the garage and they ran away. I had a lab-husky in the 90's here and one day I was walking my dog and I took off her leash. She were on the stairs going up to our apartment and she took off and went down and out the building. She was gone two hours.
@suni51 (3429)
• India
27 May 18
No I have never experienced that but found some of the missing ones in my place. Luckily they all were from my neighboring areas so their owners managed to find them. Or I informed them if I saw anyone looking for their missing ones. I have a large garden in three sides of my house so it happens time and again.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
25 May 18
I live on the sixth floor, and I never dare to let my cat out, because I'm afraid it can't come back.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
25 May 18
@Hannihar We have no elevator, no security door, just stairs. If I lived on the first floor, I might let her run out. Because I live on the sixth floor, there are many units in this building. I was always afraid that she could not find her way home, so I never tried.
@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
25 May 18
@caopaopao
That makes sense and I really understand.
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@Hannihar (129443)
• Israel
25 May 18
@caopaopao
Do you have an elevator or security door? I can understand why you do not want to let the cat out.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
25 May 18
Never had a happy ending. My cat ran away when I was five and never had a chance to make it back and then my dog who was living with my dad at the time got lose and no one cared to look for him and I have no idea what happened to him.
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