Rainbow Bridge: Black Flat-coated Retriever Female

  • Dog ID 54208
  • Status Rainbow Bridge
  • Registered 01 Jul 2013
  • Name MILLIE
  • Gender & Breed Female Flat-coated Retriever
  • Age Adult
  • Colour Black
  • Marks & Scars Recent operation on right shoulder - site still visible, patch shaved, scar and stitch marks.
  • Tagged Yes
  • Microchipped Yes
  • Tattooed No
  • Date Lost 01 Jul 2013
  • Where Lost On Wareham Common, near West Mill Farm, Wareham.
  • Lost In Region South West
  • Lost In Post Area BH20
  • Date Found 02 Jul 2013
  • Where Found Sadly another fatality of the railways
  • Date Reunited 02 Jul 2013
  • Other Info
  • Listed By sillymillie
  • Views 3443
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DogLostKimmybear - Area Co-ordinator, Essex & Hertfordshire borders
I have only just seen this. So terriblly sad. If this is a dog walking area, the council and Rail people need to be contacted - preferably by the local paper! This is what happened where I live - we assume our parks are safe - no one tells us otherwise. No one expects a rail track to be unfenced in a popular area. Terrible, absolutely terrible. God bless sweet Millie. God called you home sweetheart as you had already earnt your wings. Owners, Millie will remain with you always - I know how heart wrenching this is, I lost my dog in the same way. Millie needs you to go on, for her. She is safe now and is only a whisper away until you are together once more, never ever to be parted again. I pray in time your hearts will know peace. God bless you and sweetest Millie, always. xxx http://www.change.org/petitions/national-campaign-for-cassie-s-law-for-safer-railways-for-dog-and-ownerLast edited: 2013-07-07 18:33:44 by Kimmybear - Area Co-ordinator, Essex & Hertfordshire borders
Meru
Oh no! I am so very, very sorry for your loss - RIP Millie - run happy and free over the Bridge sweetheart xxx
digbysmum
How tragic. Yet another victim of the railways - far too many lost this way. I am so very, very sorry, and my thoughts are with the family at this heartbreaking time. Run free at the bridge Millie. You were beautiful xxxx
DogLostClaire Gresty - Area Co-ordinator & Police Liaison - North West
Ahhhh Millie, such a beautiful girl. Thinking of your family :-( RIP Millie xx
Unknown
So sorry xxx Such a pretty dog RIP at the bridge
mallyboo
So sorry for you loss xxx
DogLostSpringerMad - Area Volunteer, East Sussex
So very sorry to read this. Run free Millie, and thoughts are with the owners x
sillymillie
Thank you for all your kind thoughts. Millie was on a walk she had done hundreds of times. We are all utterly devastated.x
Sandra R
So sorry, thinking of you at this sad time. x
Ness
Oh I am so so sorry. Run free Millie, run free x
Safedog Crash Tested Car CratesBaggy Dog
So very sorry to hear this sad news. RIP lovely Millie. Thoughts are with the family. x
sallybee
Oh No no no no...... My deepest sympathies to Millies family for their very tragic loss. I am deeply saddened to read this - Run Free at Rainbow Bridge Mille. Another bright star will shine in the sky from tonight. God Bless xxx
DogLostJulie - Area Co-ordinator - Surrey & South London
I am so very very sad for you - Run free Millie - thinking of your owners at such a tragic time. Julie xx
DogLostMillypod (Chris) - Administrative Volunteer
So very sorry to see Millie is another victim of the railway :((
Run free at Rainbow Bridge lovely girl.xx
Ellie
I am so so sorry to hear this awful news. My thoughts are with Millie and her owners. Run free at Rainbow Bridge Millie
DogLostPoochpal - Regional Co-ordinator - South West - Police Liaison Team
Oh no!! Not another, this is such a popular dog walking area you would have thought it would be securely fenced. I feel so sorry for her family. RIP Millie.
Sammie
Sorry its not good news, moving to Rainbow Bridge
DogLostPoochpal - Regional Co-ordinator - South West - Police Liaison Team
Put forward to be advertised in Countryman's Weekly. It does take a while to go to print though so hope she is home before it is published.. There have been too many disappear unaccountably around this area although several have been recovered once it is realised that there is so much publicity. Local radio and newspaper all need to cover the story.
Deltahw
Have shared on Facebook and twitter. More than happy to help you look as well. Would be gutted if I lost mine. Delta
DogLostJulie - Area Co-ordinator - Surrey & South London
Have shared Millie on facebook pages really hoping she is soon found. Julie x
sallybee
Oh I so wanted to see Millie in the blue section when I switched on there - I can only sit with fingers crossed, and say a prayer that she is found/returned very quickly. I fully understand the heartache must be unbearable but if we all do our bit, it might help to bring her home safely and swiftly. Will widen the circulation outside of my Flatcoat friends and get as many as possible to join in the hunt for Millie - stay safe sweetheart xxx Last edited: 2013-07-02 17:47:05 by sallybee
Safedog Crash Tested Car CratesBaggy Dog
Please don't give up hope. There have been lots of stolen dogs returned to owners as a result of publicity. Make her too hot to handle - hundreds of posters everywhere - and what about a local newspaper ad? Some stolen dogs in our area have been returned following an ad.
DogLostFergal - Area Volunteer - Cornwall
Get those posters up, everywhere. And pester everyone! X
sillymillie
Many thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions. Most we have already done, but keep them coming because there's always going to be something we've forgotten to do. Unfortunately our gut feeling is that she's been snatched - and whoever did it has ripped the heart out of this family.
Sandra R
Shared on my FB page, to far away to help search, but hope Millie is safely back home soon, our thoughts with her owner's.
Safedog Crash Tested Car CratesBaggy Dog
I’ve found that it helps to print out an A4 sheet of paper cut into business-card size slips, each with brief details and your phone number on. Give them to all the local dog walkers, postmen etc. you meet. Then if someone has news when they’re out and about they don’t need to find a poster or log on to the site to contact you. You could really do with a photo on them as flatcoats aren't recognised by everyone. Glad she's tagged and microchipped. Hope she's home soon.
Ruth
Shared amongst my flatcoat friends
sallybee
Have posted on my FB page for all my friends and fellow Flatcoat owners to share and see if we can reach any help in that area. Come on Millie - get home safely lass! xxxxx
Ellie
Shared amongst flatcoat owning friends
Stay safe until you are found Millie
DogLostPoochpal - Regional Co-ordinator - South West - Police Liaison Team
Thanks again Sammie, I have spoken to the owner who will be postering tomorrow. Milie does know the area well so hopefully will find her way home overnight. If not she needs all the publicity she can get.
Sammie
Have cross posted to some FB pages; Poochpal, if you know the area maybe give them a call, I have only been to Wareham forest once!
Sammie
Have spoken to owner and they are going to send me another photo that maybe a bit better.
She went missing from the Common, which is not in the main forest. She was being walked by owners son on a walk she knows very well and they believe she would not have gone off by herself.
They have searched all day and spoken to lots of people but no sightings.
I have advised they must notify Network rail as there is a line close by, but hopefully just to rule this hazzard out.
Sent the usual info sheets for them to see if their is anything they hadn't covered so far.Last edited: 2013-07-01 21:49:52 by Sammie
Gino
Lerts sent to helpers in BH16,19,20.
Shereen
Alerts sent to helpers in BH16,BH19,BH20 let me know if they need to go further x
DogLostPoochpal - Regional Co-ordinator - South West - Police Liaison Team
Thanks Sammie, we really need that photo for the alerts to be sent out .What area of the Forrest did she go missing?
Sammie
Sent text requesting photo

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