tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post7906601279965011835..comments2024-03-27T21:02:08.203-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Searching for LeahCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-66872966385276751382012-01-17T11:43:28.810-08:002012-01-17T11:43:28.810-08:00Cliff, this is Kat Albrecht, founder of Missing Pe...Cliff, this is Kat Albrecht, founder of Missing Pet Partnership. I just wanted to encourage you to keep doing what you're doing. I also wanted to give you a ray of HOPE and encourage you to read my blog post http://katalbrecht.com/blog/?p=978 about Bill, a dog that was captured after being on the run for A YEAR! It just takes ONE good sighting to get a feeding station set up (followed by a dog trap). Keep putting the word out there and if you get any fresh sightings, you know how to find us. Your friends at MPP. <br />Scent-cerely, <br />Kat & DogsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022536964710951056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-73965426559099401562012-01-17T10:17:39.423-08:002012-01-17T10:17:39.423-08:00I was heartbroken to read this. I had a similar s...I was heartbroken to read this. I had a similar situtation in June - a dog sitter let my dog escape when I was across the country. I found her with MPP's help - they are such a great organization. Here's my whole story: http://greasergrrl.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/bringing-lucy-home/ I had similar problems with Yelp. Can't be trusted! Good luck and I hope you find her soon. Thinking of you.Greasergrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826060062615716398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13752330502704454882012-01-17T00:37:59.036-08:002012-01-17T00:37:59.036-08:00Yelp reviews are bogus. Yelp filters out negative ...Yelp reviews are bogus. Yelp filters out negative comments for businesses that pay them $300/month for advertising space and filters out positive comments for businesses that don't.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424294952662303084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-67666544751548708432012-01-17T00:36:33.329-08:002012-01-17T00:36:33.329-08:00Yelp reviews are obviously bogus - you didn't ...Yelp reviews are obviously bogus - you didn't know they got into a lawsuit recently? If a business does not buy the $300 monthly advertising fee, they screen all their positive reviews (and sometimes, negative ones too). If they buy that (i.e. pay Yelp $300 a month), Yelp filters out all the negative reviews and keeps only the positive ones.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424294952662303084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-10112447765202902252012-01-16T13:15:33.918-08:002012-01-16T13:15:33.918-08:00Please don't rely on the microchip with shelte...Please don't rely on the microchip with shelters; keep checking their found animal base. I lost a cat who was microchipped and after a month of searching and outdoor laminated posters everywhere, got a call indicating that Seattle Animal Control had been seen picking him up. Sure enough, after immediate investigation with SAC & multiple conversations with that shelter's director, it was determined that they had picked up my kitty Max, RECORDED his microchip number clear as day on his intake papers (a number that was correctly recorded and linked to all my current contact info), and then three days later my dear Max was euthanized and sent to a group cremation with the unclaimed strays...without so much as even one attempt to contact me. Officer Jackson, who made the fatal mistake with my cat, phoned with a half-hearted apology but I learned a hard lesson that day: even the microchip system is severely flawed when careless, uncaring people are part of the process. My prayers are with you and Leah.With love, Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199242381417833228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-31244103483484441352012-01-14T09:10:52.702-08:002012-01-14T09:10:52.702-08:00Best luck finding your pup. Our family loves your...Best luck finding your pup. Our family loves your blog (and your commentary on academics in Seattle schools).Cary Terra, M.A., LMFThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08054566194472048583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-27054492594357780322012-01-14T09:09:43.554-08:002012-01-14T09:09:43.554-08:00WE ENJOY YOUR BLOG SO MUCH. Our family now visits...WE ENJOY YOUR BLOG SO MUCH. Our family now visits your site for updates. Always fun and interesting for the kids and adults alike. Crossing our fingers for your pup.Cary Terra, M.A., LMFThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08054566194472048583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-20684388632599660362012-01-13T22:52:25.689-08:002012-01-13T22:52:25.689-08:00Cliff, I hope you find Leah before the inclement w...Cliff, I hope you find Leah before the inclement weather hits. Having lost and later found my dog after a week I feel your pain. I feel compelled to check your blog to see if you have been successful yet; reading about your views on the weather at this point is secondary. I hope you find her soon.Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949574491374017241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-44332093658141896352012-01-13T08:03:57.396-08:002012-01-13T08:03:57.396-08:00Pet locator GPS devices are available now, and in ...Pet locator GPS devices are available now, and in high demand. A GPS collar transmits the devices location, and a web-based map application is used to view your pet's location. For a couple hundred dollars, seems like a worthy investment.Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921852369894863482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-23665127569175213672012-01-11T16:29:27.135-08:002012-01-11T16:29:27.135-08:00Cliff,
A dog that had been lost in the CD for a fe...Cliff,<br />A dog that had been lost in the CD for a few weeks was recently found living in the Arboretum thanks to the help of Vivian Dahlin of Operation Dog Rescue. Just might be another resource for you. Here's the blog about the lost (now found) dog: http://lostdogbonnie.wordpress.com/Jon R Kershnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847745773028620147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-81554491116803964552012-01-10T22:12:38.468-08:002012-01-10T22:12:38.468-08:00Cliff, when you do find Leah, here's a new pro...Cliff, when you do find Leah, here's a new product at CES that you may want to invest in to prevent this from ever happening to you and Leah again.<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/photos/tech-gets-personal-at-ces-1326245752-slideshow/personal-tech-at-ces-photo-1326247403.htmlWaHoyt PTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566227598321597366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-4358969553034803062012-01-10T11:57:30.495-08:002012-01-10T11:57:30.495-08:00Try what worked for us, take your flyers to all th...Try what worked for us, take your flyers to all the businesses along the routes you find she is taking. Sometimes alert employees, like the ones at the resturant she visited, will feed or look for any signs for lost dogs. Many times people that find lost pets want to keep them, so if you get the word out to those people, especially the letter carriers and the local convenience store workers. They tend to know who has a new dog, or those who may be trying to adopt or feed a stray. People can also see the posters better and read them when they're in or around a business. Talking to people working with the public and asking to place a poster or fliers is a good way to get your pet in the focus of those folks. True story: My neighbor lives next to a public boat launch on a lake. Their dog was stolen off their dock. They put a flyer up at a little local store. 8 years later they got a call from an index card they posted on the store's outside bulletin board. People who had adopted the dog after it was dumped in a twon in the next county, called and offered to return their dog. They had merely been on a drive and stopped at the store by chance. The description on the index card was so good, they knew their dog had been the one stolen eight years before. Amazing, but true. My friends decided to let them keep their dog. They'd only had him a few weeks when he disappeared. The other people had been his family for 8 years, so they felt it was the best solution for the dog. But, at least he was with great caring people. They did ask at the store why they left their index card up for so long. They were told because knowing what had happened, they couldn't bring themselves to take it down after hearing their story. The personal information behind the index card they'd shared with the people working in the store. Over the years, the store was the place everyone with a missing dog went. It was a very rural area. But, I think most neighborhoods have a place that is the center for info and neighborhood news. That's the key to finding a lost dog. Finding the right businesses to talk to and give them your poster.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169688553415831864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-41144780919285621852012-01-10T10:01:43.693-08:002012-01-10T10:01:43.693-08:00Are there places you'd like help searching? W...Are there places you'd like help searching? We frequently take our dogs on outings, and inadvertently find lost dogs. We'd be happy to give it a try. <br /><br />If you'd like to name cross street/parks/trails that you'd like searched, we should be able to work a couple into the rotation.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698683079405947108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-47182654233032131542012-01-09T22:13:42.009-08:002012-01-09T22:13:42.009-08:00I live just a few blocks from the area where your ...I live just a few blocks from the area where your dog was last seen. I wonder if you have checked out the rather extensive greenbelt in between the Creek Side Apartments & Abbey View cemetery. It is privately owned by the cemetery so there aren't a lot of people in and out of there, but it has a small lake and is bordered by houses. There is a trail into the greenbelt from the far SW parking lot of Creek Side and at least one other entrance point behind the cemetary. Map: http://g.co/maps/zqhe2 --Since she seems to use greenbelts as her "highways" from place to place, maybe the Abbey View staff have seen her or can keep an eye out.Minerva Cyothahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829757118271284763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-82614913280748927352012-01-09T19:58:01.304-08:002012-01-09T19:58:01.304-08:00Cliff, It's unfortunate that you had to have s...Cliff, It's unfortunate that you had to have such an experience, but I'm very glad that you can think past what must be a significant amount of grief and frustration to think about how to make the system better.<br /><br />A model does exist for what you are proposing. Petfinder.com is a site that animal shelters use for advertizing pets available for adoption. Of course the problem I've found with Petfinder (I've adopted several dogs that we found with the site) the problem as I said, is that it's dependent on the shelter workers timely posting of good information about the animals.<br /><br />Having two sections that shelters and people could use for listing 1) found animals, and 2) lost animals would be the simplest approach.<br /><br />Good luck in your continued search. I'm sure that with the sort of persistence that you've employed so far, you'll no doubt be successful in bringing Leah home.An Ordinary Average Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07406310113812979923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13769939621297319172012-01-09T17:42:23.351-08:002012-01-09T17:42:23.351-08:00Shame on that "pet sitter" for misrepres...Shame on that "pet sitter" for misrepresenting her level of attentiveness to the family members in her care. My heart goes out to you and hope that Leah makes her way home! <br /><br />Good luck Dr. Mass!WhidbeyIslandTimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965542694789615627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-49903073602856203832012-01-09T16:21:40.762-08:002012-01-09T16:21:40.762-08:00Why not post the name of the derelict pet nanny on...Why not post the name of the derelict pet nanny on your blog? If Yelp won't post your review, certainly you seem within your rights to out her as incompetent on your own site.Rob Jellinghaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279998727078480190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-61495900727265642582012-01-09T15:24:46.245-08:002012-01-09T15:24:46.245-08:00When I saw the picture of Leah I was hopeful you&#...When I saw the picture of Leah I was hopeful you'd found her and this was going to be a happy post. Darn.<br /><br />One thing that I would like to remind people to do...when you move be sure to update the information on your pets microchip. A few years ago neighbor found the cutest Pug in the backyard of a house she was house-setting. She went all around the neighborhood trying to find it's home but nobody recognized it. She got it scanned for a chip and they found one. Unfortunately when they called the number it was for a vet back east (we are in Portland, OR) and he had no idea where they family had moved to. We put an add on Craigslist with a picture. Luckily the dog had a name tag on so we knew it's name and withheld that info. Bingo! Within hours the person who had lost it (also a dog sitter) and the dog were reunited. I think I'm glad when we go on vacation our dog stays at a business that doesn't take the dogs for walks and has a walled play area.<br /><br />I pray that happy reunion post on your blog is coming up soon.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-56853787217614882992012-01-09T12:11:42.385-08:002012-01-09T12:11:42.385-08:00Hi Cliff, I feel your pain. My cat has been missi...Hi Cliff, I feel your pain. My cat has been missing since December 8, over a month now.<br /><br />I have put up 60 posters and all but 5 have been taken down, either by the city (I no longer put up posters on telephone poles next to parks) or by our neighborhood curmudgeon.<br /><br />We have received sighting reports our cat a mere 3 blocks south of our house near Ravenna Park and have rented a critter cam from Missing Pet Partnership, which we have placed near one of the sighting spots. We got a good picture last Thursday and he appears to have put on a very thick winter coat.<br /><br />You are a dedicated and loving owner for putting so much effort into your search. I'm hopeful that your efforts will be rewarded soon.Ted Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298055747984752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-67881314661040867312012-01-09T10:03:58.537-08:002012-01-09T10:03:58.537-08:00I sent your comments about Yelp to Consumerist and...I sent your comments about Yelp to Consumerist and they replied, "Knowing Yelp, it's because he's leaving mulitple reviews and hasn't reviewed anything else."PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071750202537991568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-4044942731041651502012-01-09T09:21:59.454-08:002012-01-09T09:21:59.454-08:00Wow, Cliff. I sure hope you find her.
As a weath...Wow, Cliff. I sure hope you find her. <br /><br />As a weather nut and vegetable gardener, I enjoy your blog immensely. <br /><br />I value your input on Seattle Public Schools, as well. I used your suggestions in making my choices for the last school board election. Math is important and is difficult for many students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-8909532975012243352012-01-08T22:03:04.064-08:002012-01-08T22:03:04.064-08:00Hope that you have a miracle reunion sometime soon...Hope that you have a miracle reunion sometime soon.<br /><br />We have had a lost/found pets page on our neighborhood-news website for almost four years. I wish I had kept records of the reunions it's facilitated. I agree that some sort of regional network would be helpful as well, but in the meantime, anyone who does neighborhood/town news is well advised to have a simple page to post lost/found pets. And one thing we do that as you identified most don't - OUR LISTINGS DON'T EXPIRE. I have lost/found pet photos going back to 2008. We've had some reunions happen months after the pet was lost/found, though most lost dogs turn up within the first couple days ...in the wee hours today I put up a notice for two missing SharPeis; one found its way home shortly thereafter, and the other one was found today by someone who then looked at our site. Hope to read a joyful story here soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-64466563899450868782012-01-08T20:40:04.317-08:002012-01-08T20:40:04.317-08:00I can't even imagine the fear and frustration ...I can't even imagine the fear and frustration your family has endured through this. I sure hope you have her back soon, it sounds like you are getting close. The absolute best of luck through this Cliff. Thanks also for the solid information about Yelp. Good to know. PS: I LOVE Jeff and Jesse both!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195445555317132389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-55839374440385824042012-01-08T20:07:43.048-08:002012-01-08T20:07:43.048-08:00Dr. Mass - I'm very sorry to hear that your do...Dr. Mass - I'm very sorry to hear that your dog is still lost. I sincerely hope you find her. <br /><br />I thought you might like to know that your review on Yelp wasn't deleted; it was filtered. Yelp has some heuristic to try to find and remove (filter) fake reviews. Unfortunatly, it seems to frequently misfire for new accounts. This filtering process is an attempt by Yelp to prevent abuse of their rating system. For example, it should detect a business owner who creates a slew of fake accounts with one positive review each to artificially inflating their business rating. People can still read filtered reviews, but they aren't calculated in the numeric average presented in the search results. To access the filtered reviews, there is a small link on the review page on the left hand side after all the non-filtered reviews. More information is available on the Yelp FAQ (http://www.yelp.com/faq).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015396288674187567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-87764410303818005042012-01-08T17:48:10.304-08:002012-01-08T17:48:10.304-08:00Enough of this...it's time to put a hunter on ...Enough of this...it's time to put a hunter on the trail...Superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208358506896071732noreply@blogger.com