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Will I ever find him? ** Charlie home safe!! **

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  • Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭puss


    ziggy23 wrote: »
    He was reunited with his family tonight.

    Do you mean Charlie or the other dog?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭ziggy23


    puss wrote: »
    Do you mean Charlie or the other dog?

    The other dog Oh god I'll edit that now don't want people to think he's back when he's not:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Still crossing fingers for Charlie xxxxx


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭RubyGirl




  • Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭puss


    RubyGirl wrote: »

    Looks like his owner has found him..
    Poor Charlie must be still missing. Fingers crossed for Charlie.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭awman


    Hi everyone,

    I just want to say thank you all so much. I'm completely overwhelmed at how kind you all are, i'm so grateful to you all for trying to help me find him. Unfortunately neither of those two dogs posted are Charlie. The dog that was found in Listowel is a young dog and he is neutered. The dog found in Balbriggan got my heart racing when I seen the pic cause he's so like Charlie but unfortunately its not Charlie him. He has been reunited with his owner. so the search continues :( .... he'll be missing 4 weeks on Thursday. Very hard to stay positive when that amount of time has passed but I'd just like to sincerely thank every single one of you that have posted words of encouragement here on boards. I really really appreciate it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭ziggy23


    Charlie has been found!!! Just seen it on facebook:D:D:D
    https://www.facebook.com/missinglabradorcharlie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,050 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    :D Yaaaay!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭lubie76


    Awman, I'm so delighted for you and Charlie. You must be made up. Fair play for never giving up on him!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Léan


    Wooop! :D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭dudmis


    OMG - soooo happy ;-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    Amazing news, delighted for ye all :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Great news, glad he's home. Any idea where he was for the last month?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,772 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Yay!
    Yay! Yay! Yay!

    Every time this thread has updated in the past few days I've dreaded opening it because the ongoing trauma for awman was hard to witness. So this is the BEST NEWS EVER!
    Delighted for you awman! Spoil that Charlie fella rotten! Looking forward to hearing the bits of his story you've managed to piece together!

    Yay!
    :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    Brilliant news :D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭doughef


    Just read through the whole thread..

    Have to admit I feared the worst but I'm delighted he is home :D:D:D:D:D

    welcome home Charlie :):)


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    DBB wrote: »
    Yay!
    Yay! Yay! Yay!

    Every time this thread has updated in the past few days I've dreaded opening it because the ongoing trauma for awman was hard to witness.
    You and me both DBB! My fingernails were down to the quick. :D
    So this is the BEST NEWS EVER!
    Delighted for you awman! Spoil that Charlie fella rotten! Looking forward to hearing the bits of his story you've managed to piece together!

    Yay!
    :-)
    +10000 Great news Awman. Really cheered me up to read it. Good oul Charlie. The bas... divil. He's had us all going. :) So good to know he's back with his family. May I suggest paying off your local butcher, leave Charlie inside and close the doors for ten minutes... :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭awman


    We finally found him!!!!! I cant believe i am actually typing this. Was so sure I'd never see him again but he's here lying on the mat beside me in front of the fire now... and i just cant believe it!!! I got a phone call today from an elderly lady who lives about 3 miles from where I live. She said her daughter had been walking and had seen a dog in a derelict (sp?) house that looked like my dog. I was at work and couldnt leave so I rang my sister and she drove straight over. She rang me saying the dog was still there and he looked alot like Charlie but he kept running away from her. So I grabbed everything, left work and drove over the road like a mad woman. When i got there and seen the dog I actually thought at first that it wasnt him. He looked so different but as soon as I seen his face I knew it was him. It took a bit of coaxing to get him to come to me but when he did it was amazing. He buried his head in my arms and I literally bawled my eyes out. He's a quarter of the size he was and is very shook but brought him straight to the vet and the vet said that he should be ok with plenty of TLC. I'm still in shock that we've actually got him home with us again. I really cant believe it.
    I just want to say how grateful I am to everyone here at Boards for all the words of encouragement. When I felt there was no hope of ever finding him again there was always someone on here telling me not to give up and to keep searching for him. Only for all those words of encouragement to keep trying to find him, I probably wouldnt have him here beside me now. Charlie means the world to me and I cannot express how grateful I am.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Wipes manly tear from eye. :)

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    I hope the vet stuck a microchip in him. Also, I like the idea of paying off the butcher and letting him run wild!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 209 ✭✭Taceom


    So so pleased for you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,524 ✭✭✭Zapperzy


    Oh my god I'm so happy for you. You can spoil him now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 947 ✭✭✭zef


    That is such great news awman, made up for u & charlie!
    Really hoped this would end well. Best wishes.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭strandroad


    Fantastic, I am so happy for you both guys! I'm sure he's delighted to be back home. Awww such good news. Boardsie hugs!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭andreac


    Omg im actually crying here for you, as i know what it was like when we found our dog after she went missing, so i know exactly how you feel. Im so so happy for you. Give Charlie a big hug from all of us. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭belongtojazz


    My heart was breaking for you as each day passed and I logged in and checked this thread.
    Am so delighted for you both, this is just the best news :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭BohsCeltic


    Just read through the whole of the thread and i was expecting the worst. What a nice ending though :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 654 ✭✭✭sparkle_23


    That is great news! Been checking this thread and the facebook page everyday! So happy for you I'm actually crying :D Welcome home Charlie :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭ziggy23


    Awman I'm sorry I should have waited for you to post but when I seen the status on Facebook I got so excited:D:o Am so thrilled for the little Munchin I wonder what he got up to! I'd say your other dog is delighted to have him back too:)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭Shazanne


    O my God - I am bawling here with happiness!!
    I have prayed EVERY SINGLE DAY that this would happen and in my heart I felt it would! But still I can't believe it has happened!!
    Big big big hug to Awman and to Charlie - enjoy every second of your reunion:):):):):):)


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Crew Ripe Rebellion


    omg!!! :eek::eek::eek::D:D:D

    i'm actually over the moon for you! i was nearly dreading clicking on this again thinking it would be more bad news!

    awwww that's so wonderful :D:D:D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Could the :( be changed to a :) in the title

    Delighted for you Op


  • Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭puss


    Brilliant news!!!!. You would wonder what he was doing for the last 4 weeks. Raise a glass to his safe return.


  • Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭awman


    Ziggy23 - not at all! I'm just so happy to have found him. Don't really know what has happened to him over the last month.... the poor thing is skin and bone and its upsetting to see him that way but at least the vet says he will be ok in time and that with plenty of TLC he should be fine. We have to be very careful feeding him for a while. He's absolutely ravenous but the vet warned us not to give him too much food for the first few days. He gave me a special food to give him for the first 24 hours or so (Royal Canin - Recovery). The amount he told me to give him seems so small and I feel almost cruel only giving him that much cause he's absolutely starving but the vet said I'd be doing more harm than good if I gave him too much food straight away. Tomorrow I'll boil up some chicken and try give him some of that in small portions. It'll probably take quite a while before he'll be back to eating the normal amounts but I'll just have to be patient and make sure not to upset his stomach. The vet told us that it was only a matter of a couple of more days and he probably would not have survived. Thank god that lady seen him and he's now home safe. I still cant actually believe we've found him.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Crew Ripe Rebellion


    microchip and tags with your number asap OP xx


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Fantastic news, delighted Charlie is now home, cant get the smile off my face :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 9 amor26388


    Tears literally streaming down my face here! I couldn't be happier for you awman..I am so so so relieved for you!! Welcome home Charlie!!! xxx


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    I really didn't want to be the ' killjoy ' who warned of the dangers of overfeeding Charlie - so glad the vet beat me to it ;)

    Great news and this thread should be framed ( ok stickied ) as proof that a pet missing for even as long as Charlie was still has a good chance of being found.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,009 ✭✭✭SingItOut


    So happy for you and charlie of course! :D:D:D as are all my friends who shared the post on facebook:D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭lynchieboy


    A good news story at last, I was heading to bed half an hour ago but ended up reading the whole thread great news:)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭moving_home


    absolutely bawling here. So so happy for u having Charlie back and so happy for him having such loving owners. I must admit when i read your update today and saw he would be missing 4weeks Thurs so i started to give up hope he would be found. Up to yesterday I was full of hope based on my relative's experience as i said earlier in this thread. Anyways so so delighted for ya! How did the woman know to ring you? Was it your posters?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    Awwwwww am welling up here! Absolutely delighted for ya awman, my stomach actually somersaulted at Ziggys post. Fantastic news!!!!!:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    I've beet watching this thread since it started and praying he would be found. I'm so so glad he has been. It's amazing what the Internet can do!

    Big hugs Charlie!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭Blogger50


    Oh my god, I am so unbelievably happy for you and Charlie right now! I just screamed at my husband "Charlies home" and he knew straight away who I meant because i have been talking about him so much.

    Tears streaming now! I was having a crap day to be honest and this just turned it around, made my week in fact!!!!!

    I am so delighted for you. I cant explain it but I just knew this would have a happy ending.

    Go enjoy your time with him tonight (and take tomorrow off ;) )

    Send us a little update when things get more settled.

    So so so chuffed for you all!

    B


  • Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭MsQuinn


    Sooooooo happy for you. Can't imagine what it's like to be worrying about one of our pets.

    I followed a similar thread on digital spy's pet forum earlier in the year where a cat escaped from a cattery in England and was missing for over 2 weeks.

    The support from the fellow members was amazing. The cat was eventually reunited with the owners. It was that thread that drew me to this one.

    I really hoped that Charlie would be found and this has really brought a tear to my eye.

    Please post some pics of him over the next few weeks. Would love to see him back with Lulu.

    p.s. How is Lulu coping with being reunited with Charlie? It's probably just as emotional for her.


  • Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭warder6161


    awman wrote: »
    We finally found him!!!!! I cant believe i am actually typing this. Was so sure I'd never see him again but he's here lying on the mat beside me in front of the fire now... and i just cant believe it!!! I got a phone call today from an elderly lady who lives about 3 miles from where I live. She said her daughter had been walking and had seen a dog in a derelict (sp?) house that looked like my dog. I was at work and couldnt leave so I rang my sister and she drove straight over. She rang me saying the dog was still there and he looked alot like Charlie but he kept running away from her. So I grabbed everything, left work and drove over the road like a mad woman. When i got there and seen the dog I actually thought at first that it wasnt him. He looked so different but as soon as I seen his face I knew it was him. It took a bit of coaxing to get him to come to me but when he did it was amazing. He buried his head in my arms and I literally bawled my eyes out. He's a quarter of the size he was and is very shook but brought him straight to the vet and the vet said that he should be ok with plenty of TLC. I'm still in shock that we've actually got him home with us again. I really cant believe it.
    I just want to say how grateful I am to everyone here at Boards for all the words of encouragement. When I felt there was no hope of ever finding him again there was always someone on here telling me not to give up and to keep searching for him. Only for all those words of encouragement to keep trying to find him, I probably wouldnt have him here beside me now. Charlie means the world to me and I cannot express how grateful I am.

    41yr old guy with tears in his eyes reading this delighted for you !:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Waterfordlass


    I hadn't posted on here, but checked in several times a day in the hope that Charlie had been found and also posted his picture on my facebook page.
    I have tears streaming down my face with happiness at this latest news now, and my two fur kids are wondering what is wrong with Mommy.

    Welcome home darling Charlie, and enjoy all the cuddles and love you are about to get.

    The outpouring of support and love Charlie and his family have had on this forum has been incredible. You are all a great bunch of people.

    Yay for happy news. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


    great news. as a dog lover myself i'm delighted. well done awman on never giving up, you were excellent. and well done to that lady that rang you.
    if Christy Moore hears about this he'll write a song on it to rival Joxer..:):)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    OP I cannot say how happy I am for you and for Charlie, when the 4 weeks arrived I was disheartened, but this story is proof that if you have lost a pet you should never give up. Everyone was hoping for happy ending, and we got it!

    I have to say this thread is what is great about boards, everyone rallying around someone that you have never met and providing support and advice you would to a good friend. It gives you faith in humanity, feel good thread of the year!

    Finally awman a big well done to you, you left no stone unturned even when it must have been so hard each and every time you found out it wasnt Charlie, so kudos to you, your family and friends who seem to have been a great support to you and Charlie.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Been checking this thread since the start, felt hope was lost after weeks were passing by :( The sence of joy and relief must be amazing. Delighted for you and your dog :)


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