Lost Black Lab near Schooner Bayou, Pecan Island
 

Good luck and don't give up my buddy lost his lab 2 weeks ago and found it this Saturday...a 3 mile track between where they were hunting and where she was found...

I'll repost on the book with a face

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I've been there and wish you the best.

Is the dog chipped? Maybe post his id # as well.

I know Bret and he has atleast $15,000 in training alone tied up in that dog. It's doubtful the dog will leave the area (4,000 acres). The dog has hunted there all its life so he will stick around the familiar area. 8 yrs ago they lost another dog I had trained on the same lease and found him sleeping in a blind 10 days later. My money is on the same thing happening with Eli.

Chris - I have a rig working in the area. I have sent the pic posted here to them and have instructed the boat captains to keep an eye out. Do you have any more pics or specific area. The rig is in Little Pecan. Also had dock dispatcher post pic up in the event a truck driver sees him. Is there anything else we can do?

Wow. Hope he finds it. Let us know if we can help


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Area dog should be in is west/south side of schooner bayou bridge approx 1-1/2 miles and souh/east towards intercostal city. I am sure everyone bordering this VC lease is on the look out for him but you never know.

Should have posted this at the beginning Brett is a friend of the family just wanted to reach out to as many people as possible via SC

that was in '07

sure was, had me fooled!

someone bumped a very old thread:grinpimp:

think it was the OP to this one that bumped it.... they even have a link on that forum to this page.

My dad told me about that dog being lost yesterday. He is also friends with the owner. Said he rented a plane and helicopter to try and locate the dog. That sucks, I had a great dog die in a boating accident on the way out hunting one morning, and i know how bad that hurt. And I've heard stories about how good this dog is. Hope he finds it!

I wanted to bump this because the dog is still missing. Please pass the word around!! Thanks

Wow I just realized this was Brett's dog. He's On our DU Comittee. I'll send the pic to two buddys that hunt the same area

Yea it's Bret's. talked to him about 7 tonight and still missing.

All that time and money and he didn't put a chip in the dog? Is there something about the technology that would prevent him from doing it?

what good will a chip do if the dog is lost in a marsh?

You can't track to within x feet of a dog with a chip? I'm not real familiar with the technology.

I dont think it is a GPS tracking chip.. i just thought you had to bring to vet to scan the chip to tell who the dog is registered too.

Exactly..........that is the advantage of having your dog chipped.

Tell you what part of the marsh the dog is lost in?!?!!?


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Doesn't work that way. My dog is chipped. If dog is stole or lost and brought to vet, they check the chip and find out who owns the dog. It's not a GPS chip for locating the dog.

Ahhhh... That's y I put ?... I'm not familiar with it either


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Thx ttop


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OK, next question. Why not have a gps collar or chip for lost dogs considering the expense and attachment people have for their hunting companions? Don't deer or other tracking dog owners have such technology?

A retriever isn't supposed to get away supposed to come back, the GPS collars are for dogs that are hunting out of your sight at times so you can find them if they do get away. Not sure they would be good for everyday use on like a yard dog as you would have to maintain the batteries not sure:confused:

bad situation for OP even if dog has a chip it has to be found and brought into a vet's office to scan for one, hope he finds it:redface:

Same reason Magic Johnson went without a Jimmy Hat, didn't think anything would happen. Out of the thousands of hunting dogs in the field during the 60 day season, how many actually get lost? The percentage is infintesimily(sp) low but most hunting dogs only go as far as their owners can chunk a rock. "Trained" dogs have the ability to pick up ducks out to extreme distances, they are "Athletes" in every sense of the word.

You're not a big fan of insurance then, right? Out of the hundreds of thousands of homes in tornado alley, how many actually get hit by a twister?

I'm just saying if I had a substantial monetary, time and emotional investment, I'd make a small investment in a tracker. I hear of hunting dogs getting lost or stolen all the time.

Most good hunting dogs can back track themselves not like robot dogs

Your comparing apples and uranges on the analogy, and yes I know a little about insurance.;)

Never seen a "Robot" dog, can you point me to one so I can gleen some new information? There are only two who know what goes on in a dogs head; God and the Dog and neither one are talking.

I just thought with all the training you do with dogs you trained them to come back like a robot

Caesar Milan?


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Once a dog gets so far out... The athlete kind ... Bc they went on a blind and they are taught to go in. A straight line until they hear a whistle... Well... If he got 100yds out and the winds were blowing in wrong direction and he couldn't hear a whistle he may have kept on going. Bc that's what they know. Maybe the e collar didn't reach that far and if it did and owner nicked him but dog didn't hear a whistle he could possibly interpret that into keep on going possibly...?? My .02... I hope that man finds his dog. My dog has nowhere near the time and money invested and I'd be lost without by buddy!


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Generally, they see me wearing my White coat and know there are several more birds they need to pick up. Even in controlled situations they can get turned around (wind,terrain,ect). Fog is the biggest problem when hunting since noise bounces off the heavy air plus they can't see. Straight lines make dogs more efficient at their jobs not robotic.;)

Please don't turn this into a couda,wouda,shoda thread. Hind sight is always 20-20 and if he had it to do over again the dog would have had a GPS collar. Enough said about what could have been done. Please keep the word going and help us find Eli!!!

You're right, dogs never get lost or stolen.

As you were.

Owner called me this morning and we spoke at length. He didn't even remember turning the collar on. Dogs can hear a whistle at 600 + yards so that theory is probably not valid. Eli was sent on a bird he saw fall and it was a relitively easy retrieve, $hit happened and he didn't come back. If he had been a "Rock" dog there would have been no chance for him to get lost since they only go as far as the rock can be thrown.

Hate to ask this, but what about alligators? what was the temp that day?

It was warming up from the last front but I would be more concerned with him getting him on Hwy 82 in the dark.

True!!! Let's do this!!!


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My dog got lost one time on a long retrieve on a crippled speck. Punched him out over 2 levees and was handling him to the AOF (Area of the Fall). Some more birds started coming so I whistle sat him and got down in the blind. Birds never finished so I stood back up to handle him again and he was still sitting and watching. Well more birds started to come so I got back down. Same thing, birds didn't finish. When I stood up he was gone. He was found about 5 miles away. Can't explain how it happened or how he got so turned around. But I still don't use a GPS collar. I figure it was a rarity and I'll pay extra attention next time. I really hope this guy finds his dog, I've been in his shoes, and it's anything but fun.

Gotcha... Thx for reply... Sux this happened... That 600yard theory can't be true after a certain age with dogs being right by a muzzle blast for 5yrs or so huh? A good buddy of mines dog just passed the fall grand and he believes she has some hearing loss. Sometimes wind not in handlers favor she can't hear whistle...


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Hoping and Praying that the young Man will find his dog! Keep us posted. To the top...

Gators aren't a big problem when water gets 60deg or lower unless the dog run right over the top of them then still not likely. Yes you will see them out sunning but pass close to them in a boat and they don't even want to move hardly at all

Almost the same exact thing that happened to me. The problem is that this evnt repeated itself a year later. I wasn't so lucky the second time. This was a 4yo that had an hr title at nine months, derby list, qaa with open and am points. Be careful SD.

WOW!:eek: Obviously an impressive animal! I hate to hear that.