missing dog

Rescuers break out the pizza to find lost dog

Monday, November 21, 2016

A professional lost pet catcher is using an unusual bait to lure back a missing pet.

WYOMING, MI (KTRK) -- Searchers are in a race against time to find a lost dog, and are breaking out some Little Caesar's to do it.

A woman in western Michigan is looking for her 110-pound Great Dane who escaped from her grandmother's house six weeks ago.

Family says Stafford vet clinic employee let missing dog loose, Steven Romo reports.

After a strange series of events, a lost Yorkie was returned to its owner on Saturday.

Harper has been spotted several times at an intersection next to a giant agriculture field, but every time his owner approaches, the dog has run away from her.

Not helping matters is a threat by a hunter, who said they will gun down Harper if they get to her first.

The woman suffers from PTSD and relies on her service animal to get her through the day.

Harper's owner has deployed dog tracking professional Lindsey Sturgeon to help.

Armed with a volunteer squad, three latching cages, four trail cameras and some Little Caesar's pizzas, they are hoping to find the Great Dane before she gets into great trouble.

"Everybody says Little Caesars is the thing," Sturgeon said, as they placed the pizzas inside the dog traps.

An undated photo of Bronson, a Chihuahua that went missing on Dec. 5, 2015.

Sturgeon said she has high hopes for the dog's return, but Harper has not been seen in the last three weeks.

"Given the terrain we're dealing with, she can cover such a large area in such a small amount of time," Sturgeon said. "Plus, we're very limited on where we can go."

If she had a guess, the dog tracker said it's possible the dog may have moved to a new location or "unfortunately, they did follow through on their threats and they have gotten rid of her in some way."

For now, they wait.