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It is with great sadness that we must report that the little senior Penny who went missing on May 21st in the wee hours ...
05/31/2026

It is with great sadness that we must report that the little senior Penny who went missing on May 21st in the wee hours of the morning has been found deceased today, despite searching for her with the Drone ,foot searches and posting signs all over the neighborhood ,we never got a sighting . A good samaritan who was walking along the train tracks today texted me and said I think we found the dog that is on your signs .We asked her to pin the location on Google Maps so we could go and identify the remains. Vicki Cusimano and Tracy Horner headed up there and walked the tracks until we found her. It appears that she was struck by the train. We gathered her remains and headed over to her owner's house to give them the tragic news. Keith who is Penny's owner has had Penny since she was a puppy . Keith and Penny were inseparable throughout Penny's whole life she went everywhere with him, she was just shy of 18 years old she was going blind and deaf. She had a wonderful life with her dad Keith being able to spend every moment with him . Vicki and Tracy buried Penny for Keith and his mom right next to her pup that had passed away .We are so very sorry that we could not save you Penny. We are glad that we could give Keith and his Mom Sandra closure because there are so many little senior pups that go missing that we never do find and never know what happened to. We would like to thank the good samaritan who texted us to let us know that they found her otherwise we may have never known what happened to her . Rest in peace sweet angel, your daddy sure loved you 😞🙏💔

We reached out to Chris, close to a week ago about his dog Kip that had went missing from a party that his father Leo ha...
05/30/2026

We reached out to Chris, close to a week ago about his dog Kip that had went missing from a party that his father Leo had taken him to in Little Valley NY. He had ThermalSeek Wildlife & Pet Recovery LLC , Charles Ramsey LLC and Nadine Saviano Photography, flying their drones looking for Kip with no luck. Where Kip was lost is a very wooded area and drones are not effective this time of year. There was a sighting later that day after all the drone operators had left so we packed up our drone and headed out there and flew for several hours but still with all the leaves on the trees we just could not find Kip 😕 So we set up a couple of food stations and cameras in the path of where he had been seen along with some scented articles from Chris but Kip did not make it to either one of those locations. Several days went by without any sightings, the day before yesterday Chris called and said there was a sighting so we went back out and flew again for another several hours still could not spot him anywhere ...then yesterday he called and said there was a sighting and he actually saw Kip and he was following along behind him up a driveway in his truck but Kip looked back and decided to take off up that driveway so I suggested to Chris to put his shirt there that he was wearing and some food and he did that, when he came back to see if Kip had returned he was laying on his shirt . Chris got out and got down on the ground and started to edge toward him but the forward movement caused Kip to run again. I then suggested he put more food there and freshen up to scented articles and retreat out of the area. When he came back Kip was again laying on his shirt Chris stayed in the truck this time and Kip eventually wandered over to the truck and realized that that was his dad 🥹 Kips week-long adventure is over and he is home safe now ! Chris really put in the time ,every day he was out there driving around looking for Kip running down sightings as quickly as he could but he was just a little bit too late on each one Kip would be gone ,but finally yesterday he got the break he needed !!! Great job Chris, we're so glad you two have been reunited because I could tell how much you missed him . Chris's father Leo felt terrible that the dog went missing while under his care ,so I'm very happy that this is a happy reunion for all of them, a couple of great guys !!! Kip was almost 6 miles from home when he went missing but he was sighted approx a mile or so from home but was scared off by a log truck and went 2 miles in the opposite direction. He almost made it home on his own, smart boy . A big thank you to everyone who called in the sightings and spent hours out looking for him ❤️🙂

Couple of days ago we saw a post about an injured cat at Walmart. Frankie Notoro Johnson and I went over and took a driv...
05/30/2026

Couple of days ago we saw a post about an injured cat at Walmart. Frankie Notoro Johnson and I went over and took a drive around later that evening but was unable to find it. Frankie decided to go over to Walmart about midnight to see if she could catch the glow of the cat's eyes anywhere when she was driving by the loading docks she saw a cat run underneath a semi ,she got out and the kitty started to cry to her and she put out some sardines and she came right out to eat, she was very hungry. However this wasn't the injured cat that she was looking for it was a different cat so we're thinking somebody may have dumped a couple of cats there earlier that day if anyone knows where this cat or who this cat might be long to please reach out and let us know meanwhile Frankie is getting it vetted to make sure that she's healthy. This cat is super loving and friendly just wants to rub on you and sit on your lap. Great job Frankie for saving this little beauty !!! 👏❤️

This is the pup that we have been looking for since the first of May. He has been seen on Hoag Road ,Southwestern Drive,...
05/23/2026

This is the pup that we have been looking for since the first of May. He has been seen on Hoag Road ,Southwestern Drive, Fairmont Avenue and now we just had a new sighting come in on Route 430 heading toward Dewittville NY thursday evening at 2:30 a.m. , if anyone sees him please do not call out to him or chase him he is just going to run we need sightings called in immediately and please note the direction he is traveling . He is covering a lot of ground and we need him to settle so we can trap him if anyone sees him in their yard please dump food out there for him so he will stay put and we can get a trap set ,please share this post, thank you !! Please call 716-397-2506 with any sightings

Hazel was traumatized when a bunch of cops showed up at her home on 5/19. Valerie Stilwell ,a neighbor reached out to us...
05/21/2026

Hazel was traumatized when a bunch of cops showed up at her home on 5/19. Valerie Stilwell ,a neighbor reached out to us for help because Hazel was pinned down on the stairway by one of the policemen as he was trying to prevent her from escaping when she wiggled loose and frantically ran off. Bobby Bair and his sister Darlene Bair live next door and they tried to get the cop to let them get Hazel to safety but they made them go back in their house. Bobby and Darlene raised Hazel for most of her life. Hazel was sighted approx 2 miles up 5th street on Corvette Knopf property that evening. We went up to launch the drone when a new sighting came in further up on another property that they own. So we relocated and got there 10 mins after the sighting but she was gone. We flew the drone for 3 hours with no luck. Because that was where she was last sighted , I decided to do a food station and a camera with some worn clothing of Bobby and Darlene's along with a blanket from Hazels buddy Max , a little min pin which belonged to Bobby. We'll at 2:30 am she made her way back there and she ate and sat by the clothing all night just waiting for her people to find her 🥹. When I got up at 6:30 am I checked my phone and I saw that she had been there all night and was still there !!! I immediately called Bobby and I picked him up within 15 minutes and we went up there and we were able to get her to come to Bobby and Max as you will see in the video below a very happy reunion !!! 👏😊 Thank you Valerie and Maleah Stilwell for your help and to the Knopf's for allowing us on the property and calling in the sightings. Thanks to Vicki, Linda Jordan Loomis and Frankie Notoro Johnson for coming out to help !! Hazel is such a sweetheart and she was so scared , we are so happy to get her home safely . See video in comments. ❤️🐾

Please if anyone sees this dog or has picked it up or knows anything about it at all please call 716-397-2506 immediatel...
05/21/2026

Please if anyone sees this dog or has picked it up or knows anything about it at all please call 716-397-2506 immediately 17 years old mostly blind went missing at 2:30 a.m. We had the Drone up flying for over an hour today we did a foot search around two blocks right close to their home and didn't have any luck at all 🥺

Well the day just keeps getting better !!!! We reached out to Kelsey Sickles-Hamm on Monday when we saw her post that R...
05/20/2026

Well the day just keeps getting better !!!! We reached out to Kelsey Sickles-Hamm on Monday when we saw her post that Rosie had gone missing on Sunday. Someone was moving out of the house and they accidentally left the gate to the front porch open and Rosie who is 9 years old wandered off. We went out and flew the drone on Monday with no success so we just did a food plot and a camera in her yard in case Rosie wandered back. There were no sightings until this morning when a neighbor about a half a mile away contacted Kelsey and told her that he saw Rosie walking along his wood line ... when she called me, I asked her to take the camera that I left with her and go down to that area and do a food station and a camera and leave scented items there and she did. She decided to sit on the blanket for a while to see if Rosie resurfaced because she did see her when she arrived down in a ravine by a creek . So as she was sitting there she turned around and there was Rosie by a barbed wire fence and as soon as Rosie was able to get through the fence she ran to her Mama 🙂 Good job Kelsey and as always thank you so much to our spotters who are reporting these sightings because our hands are tied until we get sightings to work with. Another happy ending, thank you God !!! Welcome home sweetheart ❤️🙏

Finally a sighting after 8 days !!!!! I was on my home from Pittsburgh when Becky Stitzinger ,the owner of the 2 boxers...
05/20/2026

Finally a sighting after 8 days !!!!! I was on my home from Pittsburgh when Becky Stitzinger ,the owner of the 2 boxers called and said there was a sighting, approx 8.5 mile from home. Jim Frye had sent a video to Becky with the dogs on it. When she got there her friend Heather Burkey had captured Jyna the brown boxer. Onyx the black boxer had been seen there just 10 minutes prior as well but we didn't know which direction she went. I gathered the Dames and I eventually arrived to meet them .The drone went up and Frankie Notoro Johnson was scouting the wood line, Kim Cusimano and Linda Jordan Loomis were driving the neighborhood trying to get a sighting of Onyx. Everyone gathered back to the drone when she said hey I think I spotted her and sure thing Onyx was in a small clearing where the drone could pick up her heat signal. Vicki got the GPS coordinates and her and Becky and Jyna headed into the woods. Onyx heard us coming and started barking so we dropped to the ground and Becky talked softly to her but she started to retreat into the woods. Onyx stopped to access what was going on when I had Becky walk in a parallel line away from Onyx so she could see her buddy Jyna. Becky sat back down and again talked softly to her and she slowly and cautiously made her way to Becky who did a great job following my direction and getting Onyx to surrender to her ❤️ Onyx's paw was so swollen she could hardly walk, Becky carried her a short ways and then I carried her the rest of the way out of the woods .Poor Jyna was so tired she barely made it back to the car, infact I had to pick her up and carry her the last 50 feet to the car she just couldn't make it 🥺 While we were waiting for a drone sighting, Matt Irvine , a kind gentlemen was there taking some of the porcupine quills out of Jyna's mouth (ouch) Heather was kind enough to drive Becky to Erie to the ER vet..❤️ Update from the Er vet visit : the dogs were so dehydrated and weak that Jyna has heart block and had to stay the night and be put under anesthesia to remove the remainder of the quills. Having heart block, the vet wanted all of their surgical team on hand in case something happens during the surgery. Heart block is a disruption of electrical signals between the heart chambers causing a very low heart rate so please everyone say a prayer for Jyna 🙏 Onyx had her quills removed out of her leg there's no broken bones in her paw but the vet feels that she might have nerve damage so she's on medicine for that and she got to go home and had a little bit of food and water and passed out on the couch.🥹 Thank you to Jim for the video and to Matt, Heather, all of Becky's friends for going out searching for the pups on several occasions and to all of our Dames for working on this case and jumping on the latest sighting immediately ❤️ Prayers that Jyna and Onyx make a speedy recovery ❤️🙏🐾 Please see videos in comments !

05/19/2026

We set out to fly the Drone for a pup the other day when but as we drove around a curve we saw these two horses grazing on the side of the road. Vicki pulled the car over immediately, grabbed her slip lead and leashed the smaller one. Thankfully she was friendly and the larger horse followed. No one was home at the small farm there and I saw that their gate to the pasture was open, I corralled them back into the pasture and shut the gate. If a car had come flying up over that hill, it could have been bad for the horse and driver !!! We didn't find the dog we were after but at least we saved a couple of nice horses. Have a great day everyone 🙂 🐎

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