Dear Karin-
We are so happy to have Mindy back home with us. Our family just wasn't complete without
her. I don't know if (or when) we would have recovered her without your help. Recovery was in record timing!! 15 hours after
putting the first poster up, she was located, and 5 hours after that, we held her in our arms.
As you could probably
tell from our first conversation over the phone, I was quite skeptical about what you might have to offer. Honestly, I had
not even had a chance to read your website, let alone had the opportunity to make myself familiar with what your work entailed.
I was frustrated, that yet another day and night had gone by and no sign of Mindy. We had done what we knew to do. We had
combed the neighborhood, called emergency vet offices and notified our own Vet. We had registered her as "lost"
at the Humane Society. When I looked on Craigs List under lost and found and saw the link to your website, I took the chance
and contacted you. I now know, this was a God sent.
Your confident, professional attitude assured me, that we were
in capable hands. Your advise was straightforward and to the point. Within 4 hours of deciding to hire you, my family was
putting up "LOST DOG" posters in strategic places around the city. The last poster was placed long after dark.
See
Karin, I also am a trained professional. As a physician I am required to take charge in crisis situations on a daily basis.I
have learned to put my emotions on hold and move forward with the task on hand. But all it sudden I found myself on the receiving
end. I did not have the proper experience or "hands on" training to conduct a search to find my Mindy. I felt helpless
and paralyzed. But with your help, there now was a plan and thus hope.
So this is what happened: By 11 o'clock the morning
after postering, my husband received a phone call. The caller stated, that he thought he knew where Mindy was. His friend
had picked up a stray lab the day Mindy went missing. Here she was, trying to cross a very busy 5 lane midtown artery. Dashing
out into heavy traffic and flagging cars to slow down, he rescued her to take her home with his other 2 dogs. Attempts to
locate (us) the owners, had failed thus far. Seeing the posters around town, established the connection.
We are so grateful
to Mindy's rescuer, that he cared enough to stop his car midtraffic to save her. We are so thankful to you Karin, to care
about bringing pets home to their owners. ..and I am THANKFUL TO GOD that there are PEOPLE LIKE THE YOUNG MAN AND YOU out
there, WHO CARE ABOUT ANOTHER'S PLIGHT.
As I am writing these lines, Mindy and our older dog Oliver lie next to me sleeping.
LIFE IS GOOD !! Thank you for being instrumental in bringing our family back together.
Sincerely,
Evelyn
Reher MD, Omaha NE
(PS: Something funny. Since we did not have a suitable picture of Mindy, you recommended that any
black lab picture could be used for the poster. We used a photo of a previous dog who we lost to old age earlier this year.
The elderly lady who lives in the rescuers household was quite concerned about Mindy's health. Mindy obviously had lost weight.....
Another thing I wanted to mention:
when we took the posters down after Mindy's recovery, there was a young Lady taking
off the information off one of the posters. She said she had rescued a stray off the streets 4 months ago and now had been
worried it may be Mindy and she had to give her up. Knowing about this may give hope to pet owners who have been separated
from their pet much longer than we had.)
