I haven't said much here, but we had a litter of puppies born 12 weeks ago. 8 of them total, though one died shortly after birth. Of the 7, we found a home for one. Of the other 6, we were keeping 3 of them. A male, and 2 females. This morning, I was woken up, and told the gate that they were contained in, that gave them an entire yard to run in, and under the house, was broken. And all 6 are now gone. We searched for nearly 2 hours, up and down the road, to the lake, to the stream... Everywhere. No sign of them. Their mother is here, and she's depressed and whimpering. If her puppies were out there, I've no doubt in my mind she'd be with them. She's been an awesome mother. But Shirley, and Doc, are both at home.

There is another dog, we named him Jack, that hasn't been accounted for either. We think the puppies got out, and Jack, being the idiot that he is, ran from the puppies when they bombarded him. And being so stupid, he just kept going instead of staying near the yard. Which means we have a few scenerios....

1: The pups are with Jack, and they are safe and will come home with him (Would explain why Mom isn't looking for them)
2: The pups *were* with Jack, and someone picked them up off the road (Would also explain why Momma dog is so depressed)
3: The pups got out, a car spooked them, and they scattered and are now lost (Unlikely, as momma would have brought them all home)
4: They got hit while on the highway and are never coming home....

Of the options, I hope it's 1 or 2... And if it's 2, they have a good home... I miss my babies... It's not the same going outside and not being swarmed... Duke, Duchess, Ditzy, Star, Yang, Tanner... I hope you are all safe... And that you'll be home soon....