Lost Dog - Toronto, High Park - Pet forum for dogs cats and humans

vegan_girl · #1 December 20th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Penny. Lost Decmber 7th 2008 in High Park, Toronto.

35 lb spayed female, 11 months old. Dappled white coat with large apricot coloured patches. White spot on top of head. Large floppy ears, solid apricot colour.

Has been hit by a car, but kept running, may be injured. Was wearing a black jacket with reflective stripes.

PetLynx: AA55279 (lime green tag)
MicroChip: 982009105462418
City of Toronto: D08-111774

Desperately missed.

Frenchy · #2 December 20th, 2008, 09:34 PM

omg and it's so cold out there :sad: I hope someone picked her up to give her shelter until she can reunite with her owners.

JennieV · #3 December 20th, 2008, 10:48 PM

I hope you find her sooooooooooooon!

Stacer · #4 December 20th, 2008, 10:54 PM

That is horrible. I hope she's not hurt. Was she hit by a car in the park? Did she run into one of the natural areas?

I have co-workers who work in the park, but they're done for the season, otherwise I'd tell them to keep their eyes peeled for her. I do hope you find her soon and that she's injury free.

vegan_girl · #5 January 7th, 2009, 10:45 AM

We only had Penny for a month when she was lost in High Park on Sunday December 7th at 2pm. We know that she was hit by a car that night at 7pm On Bloor St. West at High Park Ave., but she kept running. We have not heard anything since that night. Penny is a Louisiana hurricane survivor and lived through both Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike, and has been a stray for most of her life. We hope someone has her in their home. We need to bring her home safely, the devastation that her loss has brought to our family is widespread and indescribable.

If she is still outside, she is likely hiding in a garage, backyard or anywhere warm somewhere in the area. We have gone well beyond the normal forms of trying to find Penny we've;

Searched for over 150 hours
Hand-delivered 2000 flyers
Contacted every Vet in Toronto
Contacted every Animal Shelter in Ontario
Checked and posted on every lost dog website, repeatedly
Got our story on 98.1fm
Hired a distribution company to deliver 15,000 flyers to our local area
Offered a $1000 reward for her safe return or I will cook for whomever finds her once a week for a year (I am classically trained from George Brown and have cooked for TV's Iron Chef Morimoto in a competition)

Penny has a microchip and was wearing brown and green collar when she was lost. She also has a Toronto license.
Microchip: 982009105462418
Toronto: D08-111774
PetLynx: AA55279

We know she is out there, but we need more help. We're running out of ideas, hope and money. We need to reach everyone in Toronto. Please pass an email on to everyone you know that may be of help, and even people who may know someone who could help. We will do anything to get her back. We refuse to give up. Penny needs to come home.

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In a continued effort to find Penny, we are now starting Posters for Penny - a City-Wide Search. We are asking all good samaratins of Toronto to help us bring Penny home safely.

We ask that each individual who is willing to help us puts up a minimum of ten posters. These posters most importantly need to reach every single park in the city. It is best if a poster is put on a large brightly coloured bristol board with the poster being protected in a plastic sheet. Places that should be postered are parks, pet stores, groomers, grocery stores and any other high-traffic areas. As the parks are being done, I would like to know, so I can keep track of which areas have been reached. Please pass this on to every person you know, even if you don't think that they could be helpful.

Thank-you so much for helping us, please email me so I can send you a copy of the poster.
Alana Cowl
vegan_girl88@hotmail.com

vegan_girl · #6 January 22nd, 2009, 08:48 PM

Penny has been seen a few times, most recently two days ago (the 20th) at Humberside and Indian Grove, right by Keele St.

amaya · #7 January 22nd, 2009, 10:17 PM

She was seen so recently? That is fantastic news! I have seen her photo circulating a few times now. Thinking of her and 'praying' vegan girl!

rainbow · #8 January 23rd, 2009, 03:16 AM

What a sad story :sad: ......my heart goes out to you.

I hope that you are reunited with Penny soon.

shirley1011 · #9 January 23rd, 2009, 07:10 AM

That is so encouraging...be sure to let animal control for that area know that she has been sighted so they can react if they get a call...
Praying you are reunited...stay positive

Chris21711 · #10 January 23rd, 2009, 10:57 AM

That is promising news that she has been sighted, do you have any more details at all?

that you get your little girl home soon.

Dog Dancer · #11 January 23rd, 2009, 02:55 PM

that the sweetie gets home soon. Please keep us posted.

shibadiva · #12 January 25th, 2009, 03:32 PM

I was in the Humberside/Indian Grove/Lithuania Park area today and checked the back lanes away from Keele Street. It was very quiet in the area, and there are many places that a shy dog could hide.

I did see a couple of posters for Penny, but wonder if a blitz on every corner would let residents know, if that's the area where she was last spotted.

Hard to believe that if someone has found her, with all her tags and if she still has her reflective coat, they wouldn't notify Animal Services.

chico2 · #13 January 25th, 2009, 04:02 PM

Poor Penny,poor you,It's strange nobody has picked her up ,if she was sighted,but maybe she runs..someone must have fed her,or she would not have survived this long.

We'll get some good news soon

shirley1011 · #14 January 25th, 2009, 05:57 PM

When he was sighted a few days ago did he still have on his black jacket?
I think a blitz on a weekend handing out cards to everyone who passes by would be an excellent idea.
Just get more eyes looking for Penney.
Poor Penney...come home

goldengal · #15 January 26th, 2009, 05:40 AM

Just now read this article in The Star on Penny. Hopefully, with the wide distribution the paper has, Penny will be found:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/577176

Pat

chico2 · #16 January 26th, 2009, 07:00 AM

I read it too and it's not tucked away on some secondary page,but on the front page of the"Greater Toronto"part of the paper

Hopefully we we'll read she is found soon

One point in her favor,she is a survivor,has probably been through worse,but it's so very cold:sad:

goldengal · #17 January 26th, 2009, 08:10 AM

Thanks Chico for telling us just where it is featured in the paper. When one reads the papers online, it is hard to see where an article is situated. Sounds like they have given it a good spot. Take care.

Pat

rainbow · #18 January 26th, 2009, 12:37 PM

for Penny.

Love4himies · #19 January 26th, 2009, 12:45 PM

that this article will finally bring Penny home

vegan_girl · #20 January 29th, 2009, 06:28 AM

There was another sighting last night. We went out right away to look, but still no luck. This time she was seen a little further north at Avon Ave and Feltham Ave, just West of Weston Road. There are a number of parks in the area, but I think she was closest to Harwood Park.

diandpat · #21 January 29th, 2009, 06:43 AM

Ahhhhhhhhh...you must be so frustrated

Poor poor pooch...let someone catch you so you can go home to warmth and loving, please

Continue to follow this story and praying for a happy ending soon!!!!

shibadiva · #22 January 29th, 2009, 09:45 AM

If it's Penny, she has travelled quite a long way from her January 20 sighting, but it would be a good sign! Even though we've had cold weather and snow, it may be that her early skills as a stray are helping her through this.

borderjack · #23 January 29th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Vegan Girl: I have been searching every day since I saw the toronto star article. Can you help me with some information about the sightings - ie, was she seen out in the open, or in back lanes/alleys? I'm trying to get a handle on how/where to look. I will head in the area of horwood park tomorrow night and on the weekend, and it would be a great help if I had some idea of Penny's patterns, like is she hiding and runs away when seen, or is she just at large in parks or behind garages, etc? Any specific tips on how/where to look would be much appreciated.
(p.s. you will find her)

shibadiva · #24 January 30th, 2009, 06:52 AM

Borderjack Another thing to consider is her trajectory on a map. From what I can see on her owner's site (findpenny.blogspot.com) and other forums, She was spotted earlier at Queen and Roncesvalles, in the residential area East of Parkside, Lakeshore and Park Lawn, and then:

Mid-December: Sunnyside and Indian Road area just east of High Park

January 20: Humberside and Indian Grove: Tuesday January 20th at 7:30pm. She was seen at Humberside and Indian Grove, wearing her collar but no jacket. This sighting was confirmed with the woman who saw her through photos I showed her and with a tracking dog who found the trail but could not follow it to an exact location.

January 28: Near Avon Avenue and Feltham Avenue (west of Weston Road), possibly around Harwood Park.

Yes, it would help if we knew more detail about the Harwood Park sighting. What makes me think it is a legitimate sighting is that there aren't that many dogs running around off-leash with no owner in sight. If the sightings are accurate, this girl is quite a traveller!

I would have guessed that she would prefer the quieter streets or alleys rather than main roads, although she has had to cross a few to get to where she is.

PS: take a leash or rope and some treats.

borderjack Check your private messages.

vegan_girl · #25 January 30th, 2009, 07:45 PM

The most recent sighting of Penny was Wednesday January 28th at 8:15pm. She was seen near Harwood Park at Avon Avenue, west of Weston Road. Tuesday January 20th at 7:30pm. We don't have any other information on this sighting.

We have also heard that a teenaged boy has been seen recently walking a dog that matches Penny's physical description as well as her habits while walking on leash exactly, they walk on St. Clair Avenue West. He walks between Winona Drive and Arlington Avenue and crosses at Arlington. He must live in the area. He is walking between 10am and 1pm.

shibadiva · #26 January 30th, 2009, 08:09 PM

Thanks for the update!

Interesting that the last two Penny sightings have been in the evening.

St. Clair and Arlington/Winona are quite distant from Harwood Park - they are between Dufferin and Bathurst. If he is consistently walking the dog at that time, it's worth checking out. It's beyond me why someone who found Penny would not turn her in, if she still has her collar and tags, or at least check her microchip. Maybe she has lost her collar and she has been found but no one is clueing in to the fact that she might be microchipped.

If she is with a family, I think more posters in that area, along Winona, St. Clair and Arlington, would get people's attention. Even if there were previous posters up in that area, people are taking them down by now.

chico2 · #27 January 31st, 2009, 08:34 AM

Vegangirl,if someone has her at least she's fed and warm,not everyone reads the paper or look at posters.
It's possible someone just kept her,it happens.
Hopefully this is a good lead