Thank you, everyone, for your purrs and good wishes that Billy, my
two friends' dog, be found soon. I have no news as yet.

The sad thing about this is that Billy was a stray who showed up in
their back yard. They tried to find his original owners, but nobody
claimed him. It could be that there were no original owners, but since
he was so friendly and comfortable around people, it seemed that he
must have been somebody's pet. In any case, he was sick when they
found him, and they had to get considerable veterinary care for him.
So he's now their dog!

He bonded intensely with one of my friends - a one-person dog. And she
really needed it, since she and my other friend have lost 2 dogs this
year, both of them older dogs who got sick and had to be put down. She
is totally heartbroken that Billy is missing. It's so unfair!! :( I think
he's lost and confused, and is trying to find her. But since it was his
other human who took him with her to work, and not his *special* human,
he might be trying to get back home to her.

One thing that's really worrisome is that he has a lot of food allergies,
and was on a special diet. So if he's getting fed anywhere, I'm sure
it's not anything he's supposed to be eating. When he has allergic
reactions, it results in itchiness all over his skin, and "hot spots"
(areas of his skin that get really hot) that can get very irritated and
turn into open wounds. So he really needs to get home!!

I'll keep you posted if there are any new developments.

Thanks!
Joyce