Rocky taken back home

We had a call about a lost Black Lab at lunch time today. It didn't sound like Sky (described as heavyset with a blunt face), but we went to have a look. Ffion spotted him behind a copse - it was amazing how he completely disappeared by the time we had stopped and turned round. Ffion went on foot and I drove to cover both sides of the wood. She spotted him and went into the "how to attract a lost dog" routine (thanks to Sue from dogslost.co.uk).  Ffion didn't look straight at him, talked softly and showed a biscuit. Then she started to walk away and the dog ran up to her.

Rocky had his phone number on a tag on his collar so was soon taken home (the offer of a biscuit made him jump straight into our car!).

So although the dog was not Sky it was a great opportunity to practice our techniques for approaching a wary dog. The radios worked well to co-ordinate activity, the method of approach seemed very good and we also learned the importance of pausing to calm the dog once he was on a lead.

So we are happy Rocky is home, re-assured that we are still getting calls about Black Labs, but sad that we have had no sightings of Sky for two and a half weeks.