There are of course a whole number of possible theories about what has happened to Sky. He may have been stolen, as his wonderful affectionate nature makes him an ideal family pet. He may still be living wild, as our advice is that this is quite possible, even in the UK in winter. He may of course have died and be hidden away, although the countryside near us is pretty well covered by farmers, shooters and walkers. For the first three weeks after his disappearance there was no trace. As time went on we heard of possible sightings in the first few days in a semicircle which missed home! Then we had a 10 day spell with several sightings about 2 miles from home in an area called the 'Green Lane' between Nailstone and Odstone. This is an area that Sky knows very well as he often walks this route, trotting behind the horse, however we always go by car to the start of the walk so he does not know his way home. The sightings all described a thin black labrador like Sky, although no-one got within more than about 100 meters as the dog ran away as soon as he saw anyone.
Then since 5th January we have had no more sightings, despite a lot of publicity. Several people in this area have put food out, which we have watched with an infra-red camera. Unfortunately we have only seen foxes, cats and mice. Well we were saying it was a cat and mouse game.........
With no new leads it is hard not to get very sad, however we keep hearing stories of dogs who have been re-united with their owners after a long period of time, so we are keeping some hope alive.
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