Reunited: Black And White Cross Breed Female

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2020-10-22 12:29 HelperSky's AngelsLouise

wELL DONE EVERYONE! X

2020-10-21 19:21 Happy hounds

This extract should feature in a book. Truly unbelievable tale of perseverance, skill and patience. If only these doggies knew! Best of luck with transition to house dog.

2020-10-21 19:10 Dachs4ever

How wonderful people are. We definitely are a nation of dog lovers. Well done to everyone who helped get Maddy home.

2020-10-21 18:43 DogLostSharon - Social Media Volunteer

Absolutely amazing news. To everyone involved, you all deserve medals x

2020-10-21 16:49 Will

CCUK Write Up (PART 3)...

Thank you to, Team SHARP / Team Izzy, Alison, Carol, Clare, Emily, Emma, Jonathan, Michael and Gerry for working tirelessly, under difficult circumstances and conditions. To Victoria and Owen for doing everything within their power to bring Maddy home and for trusting. To the community of Magor who called in sightings, to Carl and all the staff at AB InBev UK Ltd (Brewery) for allowing access to the land, for calling in sightings and for allowing Maddy to feel safe and settle. To Ed, who allowed access to his field which Maddy called home.

CCUK work to bring dogs home and have spent almost 4 weeks helping keeping Maddy safe and safely recovering her, at the same time as helping a long term missing dog and providing advice and help to other dogs who have needed it. Maddy was safely darted only 12 hours after Minnie, and the team were then planning to make the 4 hours drive to Bangor to try and bring Lexi home (thankfully no longer required!)

2020-10-21 16:47 Will

CCUK Write Up (PART 2)...

On October 6th, concerns were raised again when a sighting came in of her next to the railway line, was she leaving again? The live cameras then showed someone leaving her ‘safe space’ and it transpired a drone was being flown and had crashed, which forced Maddy to leave that specific area.
Nights passed, Maddy regressing in her behaviour each time at the feeding station, something was wrong and sightings once again showed she was possibly looking to leave. A number of new feeding stations were provided for Maddy so she could show us where she was happiest. A dog can never be forced to do what we want them to do, we have to work with them and help guide them.
Maddy showed where she was happiest and work began to settle her once again, she showed she was very sensitive to change, so each change required to help bring her closer to safety had to be done in stages, very slowly and carefully.
On October 19th, after successfully ‘darting’ Minnie in Evesham, the team made their way to Magor in an attempt to finally bring Maddy home. And at 9am the next day, the team began ‘radio silence’ and the wait began.
Only a few hours later Maddy entered the dart site, but was spooked by workmen who were working beyond the field and regressed back to her woods. The ‘spotting’ team made the decision to drive around to the road adjacent to her safe space, and three minutes later Maddy was back at the dart site. The slightest noise, or change and Maddy would move. She was spooked once again by people and retreated back to the woods.
8 hours passed and Maddy did not return, so the decision was made to return to the road adjacent to her safe space, a simple ‘cough’ from a road near to her hedgeline caused her to move. This demonstrates how sensitive she was to her environment. Shortly after at 21.00 the live feed cameras showed Maddy entering the dart site, and 30 seconds later leaving it. She was assessing the area before looking to return, she was watching and waiting. 50 minutes later, she once again entered the dart site, assessing the area, venturing closer to where she needed to be, however, it became a ‘stand off’. With Maddy’s stubborn, risk free refusal to approach the food station, a risk assessment was drawn and a very calculated ‘shot’ was taken which finally resulted in Maddy being successfully darted.
The team began to follow the tracker located on the dart and during the course of the search, this showed us that Maddy was a fighter and was still on the move. However, a few minutes later she was located approximately 500m away from the dart site and after a dynamic and challenging situation, Maddy was safely secured and reunited with her sister.
We feel that Maddy will need some dedicated time and work to help her settle and that her re-introduction to her already settled sister in a home environment will also be a challenge. She has devoted owners and a trained behaviourist, Emma, on hand to help guide and assess the transition. Thank you to Emma for all you’ve done for this family, we wish them all a very happy future.

Last edited: 2020-10-21 16:49:07 by Will

2020-10-21 16:25 Will

🎉🎉🎉 REUNITED 🎉🎉🎉

From CCUK...

“ ‘’Magor Maddy’’

Maddy and her sister Millie, travelled from Greece to the UK to start their new lives in Magor, South Wales. Sadly Maddy escaped outside of her new home on September 20th 2020, leaving Millie behind.

Maddy did not venture too far and some advice was given to take Millie to the area in an attempt to ‘coax’ Maddy back to safety. However, Millie had also just arrived from Greece and was not in a position to be handled safely, in such an environment and to take her to the area posed a significant risk that could have resulted in two escaped, very nervous dogs.

Feeding stations were set up for Maddy and a humane dog trap was placed, however Maddy showed she was not quite happy with it, and CCUK were contacted to assist with providing a larger trap which was placed in a garden she was visiting.

The ability to read lost dog behaviour is key, and whilst she was feeding in the garden, Maddy showed she was not happy. The location was too much for her to contend with and she left in search of somewhere else she would feel safer. This new ‘safe space’ was in-between the M4 and a railway line, only a few fields and a small woodland separating Maddy from extreme dangers.

Feeding stations were quickly established and it was not long before the trap could be re-located. Maddy didn’t trust the trap and whilst she spent night after night feeding from the front, she never dared enter.

Nights passed, during this time she endured the storm, with the high winds and rain this brought. On a calmer day, Maddy returned and her body language changed, it looked like she was ready to take the final steps, when the live feed cameras ‘crashed’, it appeared Maddy had entered the trap, and escaped however we will never be able to confirm or understand what happened due to the lack of footage.

Trapping is not always 100% guaranteed and once a dog has had an experience such as being trapped it is then a waiting game to see if they will return. Maddy did, however, the trap was not a risk she was willing to take again, and shortly after, a sighting came in showing that she had made the decision to leave.

Quick thinking from CCUK and a quick response from ‘Team Maddy’ resulted in Maddy being ‘stopped’ from leaving the area. We knew Maddy would attempt to leave under the cover of darkness and if she did, she would have ran straight across the M4 motorway. Shortly after daylight faded, Maddy did indeed attempt to leave, but thankfully found the food waiting for her, which she took and then re-treated back away from the M4. This action undoubtedly saved her life.

The humane trap remained in place, however Maddy never returned. Once the trap was removed, Maddy returned to the area, so her owners made the decision to bring Maddy home via Remote Chemical Injection (RCI).

Plans and preparations were made, however, once again, something was wrong. Maddy was displaying behaviour that showed she was not comfortable with this location. Was it the lights, the vehicles, or something else unknown to the team? ‘Team Maddy’ worked tirelessly to review footage, assess her behaviour and change the set up, inch by inch. Maddy was very sensitive, if her environment changed, even in what we perceived to be in a very small way, Maddy would retreat and change her behaviour.

Last edited: 2020-10-21 16:46:25 by Will

2020-10-21 11:07 menaviana

caught at last - https://www.facebook.com/groups/191909128850224/permalink/363589671682168/

2020-09-25 19:34 Will

Sadly, Maddy is still missing.

Last edited: 2020-09-25 19:35:05 by Will

2020-09-24 14:21 Dillon

OWNER please contact Drone SAR For Lost Dogs UK, free on fb

2020-09-21 23:04 DogLostSharon - Social Media Volunteer

Details shared to DogLost.co.uk Facebook Group X

2020-09-21 16:21 HelperSky's AngelsLouise

Shared to Sky's Angels

2020-09-21 16:18 DogLostreggiemollieros

Is she from Romania? Hope you find her

2020-09-21 11:35 AnaGee

MADDY's FB GROUP - Find Maddy Magor NP26
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2135729453237647/

2020-09-21 09:04 DogLostPoochpal - Regional Co-ordinator - South West - Police Liaison Team

General advice sent via email.
If Maddy is seen please do not call or chase, coax quietly with food and call the poster number.