Update 19th Jan

Had a call this morning from a man who had noticed a hand written note in the CoOp in Autrey about a found Black Lab. Took a trip out there, but found that the dog had already been re-united with its owners. Very happy for them, but still sad for us.

At least this was a happier trip than last nights following a call about a dead Black Labrador in a pub car park about 15 miles away from home. Fortunately it was not Sky, but sadly it did not have an identification tag so I couldn't contact the owner - it will be scanned by the Dog Warden today, so I hope that it has an identification chip.

All of these calls add to the roller coaster of life at the moment. We have cancelled our holiday to New Zealand, so at least we have time to follow up the calls at the moment. We are also maintaining a feeding station in the Green Lane area, with the scent of home being provided by spraying water each day mixed with the dust from our vacuum cleaner (advised by the experts at doglost.co.uk and our dog warden). Various pieces of laundry complete the 'olfactory trap' and seem to keep the foxes off the food. However none of the food is disappearing so if there was a feral dog, it seems to have moved away.