Missing/lost dogs west coast. (mokihinui)

Hey guys

a long shot i know but on thursday morn the father inlaw was taking his regular short walk with the 2 family black labs when he stopped in the domain for a yarn the dogs wandered on as they usually did only a couple of hundred meters from home he expected to find them there, only they haven't been seen since.

the dogs spend couple or so months in the area each year whitebaiting etc and know the area well so its hard to believe they are still lost, its a very small catchment of a hundred or so batches a campground and domain and paddocks, we've considered most possibilities like 1080 carcasses coming down the river etc as there were a few at xmas but would still have expected to locate them.

Although 2nd hand info there was "dodgy looking van" seen in the area at the time tinted windows grey/blue in colour, i find it hard to believe any one would take 2 older labs ( 6 & 9yrs) although the younger one could be a useful stud He's chipped.

Needless too say the family is gutted, both good duck dogs in their own right we're being as proactive as possible in the hope they turn up but in the mean time a few extra eyes and ears can only help, supermarket notice boards, pubs, online etc.

2 males , Eddie and king, friendly as.

Go back to the spot you saw them last and drop a t shirt/jacket, some article of clothing from the dogs owners that the dogs could smell. Visit the spot daily, with any luck they maybe parked on the clothing. Fingers crossed for ya mate, not a nice thing to happen, hope it has a happy ending.

You poor bugger I know what you are going through. I lost my black lab years ago up at 'Cattle Creek Hut' in the Ruahines. The bugger slipped his collar and went possuming. I went back after work every evening for 10 days and found him on the 10th. He was scrawney and stunk but it was great to have him back.

Best of luck

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Good luck mate.

Rat shit. Hope you find them.

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Any update here Sparrow? hoping you find them

Really feel for you. place posters around the district and talk to local radio station and police.
Good luck.

hey guys no change here, still like they just vanished from the domain, the police have been informed with all that is known, its on west port and greymouth radio, have been watching most online sale site, all the locals up there are on the look out inlaws are heading back up tomorrow.sucks

Other thing I forgot to suggest is to contact the local council dog control officers for any of the councils around the area.

That's rough , that domain is so open , with the batches , campers and pub all looking on to it . Best of luck there .

Thats so sad hope u find them soon.

The boys were found yesterday in dramatic fashion, in good nick after 8 days bush no witch hunt required thankfully. Details and photos to follow. Thanks for the support guys.

Great.:)

Great news

An awesome result, pleased for everybody, I for one was feeling quite sick about it as time went by :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

So heres how it happened……. one of the locals up there found them last saturday, he pretty much lives bush and accesses his hut by rope up a recent slip, eddie the younger dog followed him up to go with him but when the old fella (king) couldn't make ed just went back down and sat with his buddy, it wasn't until this thursday when the guy came out of the he saw the flyer about the boys and the father inlaw was called, they'd got them self in an area somehow between the bluffs and the sea and we felt although it had been 5 days at that stage since they were last seen there was a reasonable chance they'd been stuck in that area.

i made plans to leave ch ch after work fri and expected to spend a couple of days bush in the area, although the reason grim i was looking forward to it…….. however ol colin (father in law had bigger plans..Attachment 34182
how they found the 2 of them.
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One very happy man and 2 tired dogs.
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Dogs were found in the smallest bluffed bay and were lost the other side of the of the river in the background a decent swim and few k's travelled along gentle annie beach, went bush and who knows till they ended up there, the sea had them pinned in there though until a low low tide.

Neither had lost much condition, and every one is happy again.. opening week end is back on cos i don't think he could of brought himself to shoot without them………… and they better perform well for us this year cos they owe a few dollars for the chopper ride up and back from the grey valley!!

cheers every one.

p.s my bush pass got cancelled and i'm back to nap pies and D.I.Y for the w/e oh well.

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Thats awesome news

a good news story, glad you got them back home.

Good to hear, Ive had dogs run off thankfully for only a few hours, cant imagine how it felt.