Chance got out of his yard in St Cloud about 8:00pm on 6/19. He got lost in the area of Old Canoe Creek Rd and Capitol Dr.

We believe that he cut his foot while he was escaping the yard. We followed a blood trail to the fence that is next to the turnpike, it looks like he turned around and headed back towards Old Canoe Creek Rd.

Chance is Wht/Fawn and EXTREMELY SPOOKY. He has a collar with his tags and a Gold Coast Greyhound Adoptions tag on it.

Contact Diana Clauss 321-443-0094 or Pat South 321-298-1232 pdick@bellsouth.net

Diana and others will be out flyering starting at 6:00am on 6/20.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT HE IS EXTREMELY SPOOKY and there are two very busy roads close by.

I hope he is found and that he is not badly hurt. Please keep us posted.

that he is found soon

I pray they find this poor scared boy, and that he's ok.

Come home baby.

I am adding my prayers that he is found soon, please keep us posted.

Everyone has been looking and flyering all day. The night shift just took over- the day shift thinks that they have a pretty good idea where he is but it's very thick woods. No actual sightings but following paw prints....

Sending positive thoughts that he will be found soon!!!!

SIGHTING!!! About 8:00pm Chance came out of the woods, looked a everyone and ran like crazy the other way. Sounds like we need to find a live trap. AC has offered one of their live traps but it's not big enough

you get him soon

For a safe return.

Please let today be the day he is caught safe.

We are going up to GAF to get Marilyn's live trap today. Hopefully we can catch him soon!

Good deal Pat!! We're Roooting for ya!!!!!

Sending prayers you can get him.

Any Updates

They should be back with the trap around 2:00pm. I'M going to run over there about noon to help out and to set up the trap. I'll let you know as soon as I get back- hopefully we'll get him soon!

Thanks for the update...Good luck.

Thank you all so much for the help, guidance and hope- even though you all are far away, you're all helping so much!

I'll be going over there in a couple of minutes- if anyone needs to reach me 321-298-1232. Chances owner, Diana, has literally lost her voice so the other contact number has changed also. Tara can be reached at 407-970-7077.

Thanks again everyone!

I wish we were there to help

Standing by for Pupdate.

Update Please

Go home sweetie !

Any news??

Please an Update

Pat's usually on here first thing in the morning. I bet she and everyone else is out there looking for this poor soul.

Sending prayers your way, please let us hear good news

no updates?

Hopefully, they are out and can get the pup.

This has been a nail biter.

I just got back- we didn't catch him but we did see him a bunch of times. He is following the same trail in and out of a woodsy area, so we set the live trap on his trail.

Let me tell you, there is mosquitos galore there. Tara and me camped out because we wanted to make sure that the wild boars weren't going to be setting the trap off to much, there's a ton of those boars around there. The boars didn't bother the trap.

Chance is looking like he is getting more comfortable with the area. He wasn't running around wicked spooky like he was the other night. I think that given a little time that he will get into the trap. He stopped and smelled the food last night, so he knows it's there. He's not leaving blood trails anymore but he was walking with a little limp.

It might take a few days but we will get him.

Pat praying that it is soon

Still sending prayers.

he is caught soon.

Come on baby let them catch you

Time to go home sweetie!

You have been out long enough. Time to come home.

I keep thinking about this baby please come home

Any news???

He's staying right around the trap, he came out and looked at his mommy when she was checking the trap but then he went back in the woods. Cmon goofball go in the trap!

It's so frustrating when he's right there and won't come to you! I'm just glad that he's staying where he is and not going up on the turnpike. The Florida turnpike is 30 feet from where he is. He's a lucky dog- we had calls the first 2 nights that he crossed the turnpike.

that he is caught soon. one of the greys up here that was on the loose for awhile they lured into the trap with garlic laced chicken

She was a sneaky one who pulled the bedding out with the water and food on it and the trap did not go off. The chicken the attached to the back of the trap.

How bout if you sit near the trap or where he is and just ignore what's going on. Maybe he will be curious and come over.

please come home baby

Update from Chance's mom and dad:

Ok, here's the latest (day 6)
Lastnight we had a terrible thunderstorm with pretty good sized hail. After that was done for awhile, Chance came out around 8:30 in the clearing past the silt fence and water. He saw us down on the ground, stood there for a minute staring at us and then ran back toward the scrap metal area. We saw him again around 10:30, he was over by the trap. He walked around for awhile, then took off again toward the scarp metal area. He had eaten all the treats we put out around the trap.

This morning, we got out there at 5:30 and didn't see him for a long time. The sun was almost up and just when I thought we weren't going to spot him, here he comes trotting out around 7:15. Again, ate the treats around the trap but not going in. He saw us laying on the ground and took off toward the scrap metal pile. Mike had to go home to get ready for work, so I decided I was going to move in. Chance was standing next to the scrap metal pile, watching the morning activities at Animal Control. I heard his tags jingle, so I laid down with treats. He trotted right up and came within 2 feet of me, not expecting me to be there and darted away just a tad but still stared at me. I tossed some treats his way and told him good boy and he took off around the pond on the other side by the black chain link fence. He stood across the pond trying to see me but then trotted off and went in the woods by the trap.

So close!!!!!!!!!!!! That's frustrating. But he's still alive, so that's good news.

Thanks Pat for being there for him, and I hope you catch him soon.

Today would be a good day.

I was going to bring the trailer over there to see if maybe he would jump in but since they're getting that close to him, we all think it's best that I don't bring it over.

I'll tell you what, this is soooo frustrating. Good thing he's not my dog because at this point after he's caught, and gets his hugs, I would have a hard time not wringing his little neck too.

Good news he is still okay

Bad news you still don't have him so frustrating

If he is eating the treats what about a trail of food into the trap

They are trailing the treats into the trap. He goes right to the opening of the trap but won't follow the treats in.

he one smart cookie. Have you tried the garlic chicken that's how they caught that female up here.

So close. I wonder if he thinks it's a game. Come on little fella, let them get you.

Wonder why he is still running from his Mom? I guess he has not been with her long. I looked on Gold Coast's yahoo group page and someone (I think Pat) suggested canned tuna or salmon since it is smelly! Also, they caught a raccoon, but no dog. He is too smart for his own good. His dad even tried walking around bare foot so Chance could smell him and follow the path into the home gate. I wonder if they bring another grey out and feed the other dog if that would entice him? I'm sure they have tried.... GOOD LUCK!

hopefully you get him soon

Diana just got a call that Chance was out running around the neighborhood. She saw him running around and now he has run to the complete opposite side of the neighborhood into a orange grove.

Silly fella. Maybe someone can grab him there?

Still praying that this boy will be caught

You had enough fun, time to come home.

Come on Spook! Time to go home where you'll be safe.

Praying that the poor pup gets home safely.

Tara

Any news on this boy this am???
that he will come home soon
that he stays safe

We are hoping that he went back to the same spot by the trap. He was last seen headed that way- it's raining this morning so when he comes out again he will be easier to track.

Oh I do hope you get him soon. How long has he been on the run?

Any updates?

He went back to the area around the trap. They set up a regular crate next to the trap and put some food in it so he would get used to going into a crate, and then hopefully the trap someday. They are going to try to lure nim out tonight with some dogs.

I have a gur to TN tonight but as soon as I get back I'll update everyone.

Thanks for the update.

The first thing I do is check for updates of this boy when I get up in the am. Praying that you get him soon

They just spotted Chance going halfway into the trap but then he backed out. He's almost there!!! Cmon buddy go all the way in next time! That was the first time he actually tried to go into the trap. Just a little more.....

Please Chance

COME ON CHANCE!!! Time to go home now!

Hope we get another update

Come on Chance you can did it.

Come on sweetie, you have had your fun.

Where is Chance how? hope by the time Pat gets back from her haul she will say gottcha big boy

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat called me this morning on my cell phone as I was driving to my M&G.

Chance is home safe and sound!!!!!

He didn't go into the trap.

I told Pat she could update you when she gets back from her run. She won't get home until around midnight, but the story is well worth the wait.

But Chance is ok and that's what matters most.

I'm so happy to hear this.

I just scared the shit out of David reading Jimmy's post I screamed so loud.



Now we need pictures of the wayward wanderer

This is AwesomeNews.


I am so glad he is home, safe and sound.

Thanks for posting for me Jimmy.

Here's Chances dad posting how they found him:

This is absolutely incredible, I was just getting ready to roll out of bed and go down to the access road when Dodge started barking uncontrollably in his crate. Diana got up to check the front window to see what had Dodge so wound up then she came back to our room and peeked out into the back yard. Her exact words were "my eyes keep playing tricks on me, it looks like there's a dog at the back door" I got up and peeked through the blinds and sure enough there was Chance waiting at the back door. Diana went around and shut the gates and then let him in. He's very energetic this morning and running around playing with everyone. This is an absolute miracle and I can't believe that after all this time he just walked home.

Now this is they got him- we knew the other day when we bolted out of the area around the trap that he was trying to find his way home. He was wandering the neighborhood trying to find his house, now how were we going to show him where it was? It was too far to try to lay down a trail of food(tons of other creatures in the area too) so they did the next best thing, they peed him home. Chance's dad and their other dogs went out and peed from the trap to the house(dad did this too- he would have had a heck of a time explaining that one to the cops if he got caught) and it showed him how to get home. Pmail at it finest!

Chance is doing fine, he was a little bit skinny after his runaround, had a bunch of ticks in his ears and a bunch of cuts and scrapes from the barb wire but even the vet said he looked real good for being out that long. He's a lucky boy!

Diana, Mike and Tara did a great job getting this boy home!

Pee mail so funny but thank doG he is home and safe and sound and not damage

That is amazing how he found his way home. What a thing to think of to get him to find his way home, I would have never thought of that.

What ever it takes to bring them home. Mine are always sniffing pee mail and butt mail so grey idea

Great way to get him home. I love happy endings.

Just was told something else about pee mail. The newly adopted greyhound would not pee in the yard so the dad went out and peed against a tree now the greyhound pees in the yard

The power of pee mail

Follow the Yellow Brick Road, follow the Yellow Brick Road

No Jimmy its:

FOLLOW THE PEE TRAIL, FOLLOW THE PEE SMELL