Looking for Bart the Beagle

Please know you are all in my prayers as you search for your little guy. Stay safe.

pam clarke

I will keep my eyes open.  Hope you find him, that is horrible

 

Can you scan a flyer into the e-mail.  We can post them around.  Or we can stop by and pick some up.  We will let everyone we see know.  He will be home soon!

 

Oh dear! I am so sorry! I will forward this to my co-workers that frequent your store as well. I hope for his safe return and my thoughts go out to you both at this stressful time!

Julie

I am so sorry!   I will definitely keep my eyes open for Bart. 
 

Oh My Gosh.... How awful to hear about poor Bart.  I hope one of us finds him.  Honey, George and will be out  looking for him as well.  We wish you the best of luck finding our friend and will be saying our prayers so that we can find him soon.

Isabella.

I work at Nike and I will post this in my building-you never know!

Dear Kris and Roger,

I was saddened to hear of Bart's disappearance earlier and am now just heartbroken to learn that he was likely stolen. It's always been a pleasure to see Bart standing in his "igloo" when we come to visit the shop. I hope you both know how many people care about the pain, anger and frustration that you're going through. I can feel how hard this must be.

With so many people on the lookout, there may be a good chance to find Bart and reunite him with his family. Evelyn, Koa and I will keep our eyes and ears open (we live in downtown Vancouver, but he could well turn up here). I also volunteer at the Southwest Washington Humane Society and I know everyone there will be extra vigilant for Bart.

Our hopes and prayers are with you.

Paul Ventura and Evelyn Davis

Roger and family,   I shall pray for Barts safe return...  Susan

My thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope Bart is home soon, really soon. Take care, Dundas family.

We are praying for you and for Barts safe return.  Please email me the flyer and i will make copies and post it all around down town Ridgefield. We live down here and I will post it at South Ridge Elementary were our son goes to school, because kids like to talk.   I hope you and Kris are hanging in there, you are such great people who deserve only the best this world has to offer,  We will keep you and Bart in our prayers.
 
 
sincerely
Temmy Kirschenmann
AKA Betsy's mom

What???? I love Bart. How did this happen>? Was it at the store. Tell Kris that Michelle and the French Bulldogs are praying for Barts safe return. We sure do miss Vancouver and the Beastie Boutique. Have not found a comparable store here in Florida. Please keep us all posted on Barts status.

Michelle Lewis
Brutus, Molly and Bindi
 

I saw this on the news this AM and thought it could not be “our Bart” and then I saw the photo .. I am so sorry.. and will pray for his quick and unharmed return.. Mary W

Roger and Kris,

I am writing because I know what you are going through, and I wanted to express my support and empathy.

My MinPin named Zoe was stolen after she got out of our backyard a couple of months ago.  We were out of state at the time and our 18yr old son was "dog sitting".  We took the next flight home and entered the hell that I know you are experiencing right now.  We had nightmares of our 10lb baby out in the cold and rain, in our rural area, and every possible Bad Thing haunted us.  When I saw you on the news I knew exactly what you were going through.

After staying up 38 straight hours with no sleep in a constant search, we hired Harry Oakes.  He came down the next morning, did a track, and lost Zoe's scent at a railroad crossing where we found her paw prints in the mud.  I know Harry gets mixed reviews from people, and I was skeptical until I saw Zoe's prints.  I also knew they were hers because I have them in plaster at home, a gift from my wife.  He determined that Zoe was picked up by a person at that intersection and either driven or carried off.  Again, without her prints, I would have been skeptical.  After the track, it helped immensely to know that she was probably with people and not running out in the wild where she would surely die.  We resigned ourselves to the fact that even if we didn't get her back, she didn't suffer out in the woods wondering where we were.

We used the information from Harry to file a stolen dog report and got a case number.  We had already started flyering, and continued for the next several days.  We ended up putting up more than 250 flyers.  We also knocked on every single residence across three residential developments hoping to hear her barking from inside.  We went in person to every business, every shelter, and every veterinarian office, and we talked with the mail carrier for our part of town.  Zoe was chipped, and one of the first things we did was flag her as lost/stolen with the chip maker.

On the third day, our mail carrier told us that she saw a similar looking dog in a cul de sac in the next neighborhood.  We went there, saw that we had already put a flyer there, and decided to put several more right around where the mail carrier had seen a dog.  We again knocked on every door, and had an officer spend some time there sitting in his marked car.

On the fifth day, as I was out once again searching and feeling helpless, my phone rang.  The person claimed that her sister had my dog, had bought her at in the parking lot of a nearby grocery store, and had seen a flyer at an AM/PM and realized she had a stolen dog.  She wanted reimbursement for vet bills, which she said had receipts for.  I agreed, skeptical that she actually had Zoe.  We arranged to meet, and I broke down when she stepped out with my dog.  She asked for $400 for vet bills and what she paid for the dog.  I took the vet receipts, noticed that her name and address was on it (which was in the previously mentioned cul de sac), wrote her a $400 check to get my dog back, put her in the house, came back out,  memorized her license plate, thanked her.  After she left, I called my bank to stop the check and called the police.  It was clear, once I calmed down, that we had "turned the heat up" enough that the person who had taken my dog and given it to her 8 and 9 year old boys realized that they would never be able to take her outside, walk her, or enjoy her in any way.  We had flyers in front of her house and one was actually attached to her mailbox, by coincidence, which also showed the "saw it at AM/PM" story was bogus.

She had taken Zoe to a vet out of the area for shots.  The vet did not scan for a chip.  She then took her to the very shelter where I had two flyers up and had visited every day.  They licensed her and did not scan for a chip.  Both places defended themselves after we got Zoe back, saying that they scan dogs that are brought in as strays, but if someone claims the dog belongs to them they will not scan.

The purpose of this long winded message is to remind you that when it feels hopeless... DO NOT GIVE UP...  It only takes one lucky break to make the difference.  Talk to everyone.  Ask about vehicles in the area during the time frame that she was likely picked up (it sounds pretty short).  See if nearby businesses have video of their parking lots.  Check with the county for recently registered beagles.  Talk to every vet in the area.  Do everything you can think of.   BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SCAMS.  I got a call on the third day from a "company" that offered the service of doing residential notifications through a network of volunteers (I wish I could remember the name).  I Googled the name and it's a scam.  They called about five different times and I hung up each time.

HANG IN THERE.  I was completely caught off guard by the depths of the despair our experience brought to myself and my family.  Continue to channel that energy into action.  Keep searching.  Don't give up.  You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Ric
 

I did see this on the news, Sunday night I think. 

Our neighbor thinks there has been dog-napping on the I-5 corridor for some time.  She sold a golden retriever puppy to a farm family in Roseburg and it was dog-napped.    She consulted a "psychic" that she knows and was told that the dog was put in the back of a U-haul and taken to Seattle.  She got a possible family name that we chased a while without finding the dog.  She thought there was a Vet involved, so the chance of being saved by the microchip didn't help.  If they want to consider something like this, they might also try a pet communictor my sister knows in LA.  I'm not sure if she can start with a "phone-only" consult, but she has done amazing work for my sister and her cats.  I just checked her web site and it is down right now, but they might try stephanielbrown.com.  Or google her as "Stephanie L. Brown."  They might mention that they heard about her through Verial's sister. 

This is even more concerning to us because we have our dogs at the office.  Of course they are never alone, but I do turn my back sometimes, and that could be all it takes.  I wonder if Debra Wood would be interested in pursuing a story about dog-napping in general for her Oregonian column.  The news also had a recent story about a Yorkie stolen in Beaverton.  I think is was on the ten-o-clock news a few weeks ago.     

Fell free to forward this to the dog's owner.  And good luck.
Veloris 

I'm so sorry to hear about Bart going missing.  I have a male beagle as well, Otis, and I would be heartbroken if he ever went missing.  Please know that my prayers are with you daily and I pray for a safe return and a speedy one at that! 

Nicole Bambino
Spokane, WA

Hi, I am sorry to hear about your Bart. Funny thing is our beagle is also named Bart. Must be a common name for a beagle. We are from the Philippines. Your Bart is a great looking dog and I can see he is truly loved by so many. I do hope you find him soon. Trouble with our beagles is they are so very friendly and will just approach anyone never really barking and stuff. Good luck with your search. I hope your Bart comes home soon.

sincerely,
Mitch De Padua, Philippines

Come home soon...