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« on: September 03, 2008, 07:57:09 AM » |
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I JUST (7:45AM) GOT AN TEXT MESSAGE FROM TOM THAT HE WAS FOUND!!
I HAVE NO DETAILS, BUT SURE HE WILL FILL EVERYONE IN AND THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND SUPPORT.
I WOULD GIVE TOM A DAY TO CATCH UP ON SLEEP, FOOD, WORK, ETC BEFORE CALLING OR EMAILING HIM. WHEN I TALKED TO HIM LAST NIGHT HE SOUNDED ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED!
COMING BACK FROM A 24 HOUR RACE, THEN STAYING UP FOR 2 DAYS TRYING TO FIND HIM, I AM SURE HIM AND VITO ARE GOING TO SLEEP FOR A WHILE!!!
WONDERFUL NEWS, TOM! 
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008, 08:02:44 AM » |
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that's great news!! i am glad to hear that he is home safe and sound. - J
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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2008, 08:08:28 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2008, 08:12:32 AM » |
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Whew! That is great to hear!! 
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2008, 08:13:39 AM » |
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That's great to hear! I hope everyone is resting well!
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2008, 08:22:42 AM » |
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Thanks everyone. I am very tired. So is Vito. I am looking forward to sleeping next to him. Here are the details that I posted on the other post:
We got him back. I am so happy. I felt empty. Thanks to all who offered to help out. We were pretty much falling apart trying to find him. He is dirty and tired but safe.
The girl who found him said she watches dog wisperer all the time, and new how to get him to calm down. At first he ran from her, but she did what they said to do on the show and was able to read his collar. She kwew when she saw him that he was lost. She called me at 7am just as I was heading out to look for him again.
He made it from 2nd and Phillip all the way to 20th and Spring Garden, behind a Star Bucks. He was heading Northwest which is the direction of home. He was almost to Fairmount Park.
I am so Happy
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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 08:42:16 AM » |
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That's great news Tom! I saw the email you sent out last night and couldn't believe it. I'm happy he is back.
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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2008, 09:03:47 AM » |
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yay! so glad to hear he's safe!
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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2008, 09:06:54 AM » |
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Outstanding, glad to hear he is home and safe.
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« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 09:10:19 AM » |
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Tom, that's fantastic news. As a fellow dog lover, my heart dropped reading your post of him being lost. Wow, what a nice person that found him, taking extra effort in capturing him for you.
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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2008, 09:23:58 AM » |
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Do what my wife did to me, put a GPS tracker chip in him!
How much did his tail wag when he saw you?
If you ever need someone to look after him overnight, I have a fenced in back yard, and would be glad to do it!
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« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2008, 09:36:46 AM » |
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Tom, thats great news. Awesome of her to catch him. calm him down and get the tag info. Glad there are still good people out there.
Impressive that he cut all the way across the city, thats pretty far and through center city even. Sounds like he was really heading home.
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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2008, 09:40:10 AM » |
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Yeah seriously, he was almost half way home and past most of the really confusing stuff (south and center city).....
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« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2008, 09:57:23 AM » |
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Yeah, Tom, there were several offers for dog sitting already, but I'll extend one more. No need to take him into nasty sitty dvelling, we have planty of PMBA people around Roxy and Mt. Airy with big yards to sit if needed.
So next time just ask here.
Maybe we need a dog-sitting forum, to establish dog-sitting-coop to trade the favors. 
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« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2008, 10:09:48 AM » |
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Yeah, I'm sure he was thinking "this area sucks! where are the damn trails!"
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« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2008, 10:25:12 AM » |
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Tom, all for that matter,
This is great. Been thinking of Vito since i rec'd your email.
Add me to the pool of would-be sitters. 3 dogs, 4 dogs, what's the difference :-)
Happy endings are good!
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« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2008, 11:07:15 AM » |
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I would love to findsome to dogsit, and would do the same if the dog can get along with my other two!!!
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« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2008, 11:11:22 AM » |
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Wow this is an amazing story! Great stuff. Take that poor dog riding! You know he wants to run the Wiss!!!!!!!! After some R&R of course...
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« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2008, 11:17:38 AM » |
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Nice happy ending!
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« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2008, 12:24:01 PM » |
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Thanks everyone. I am so proud of him for surviving in the conditions that he dealt with. He even made it past center city and the Vine st expressway and was B-lining right for home. He must have been under a lot of cars cause was very greasy.
I'm truly touched by all the support I received from my fellow riders. It means more than you can imagine. A true testiment to our common bond. Thanks!
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« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2008, 12:41:50 PM » |
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Awesome Tom.. glad he was found. I was thinking when I read the email that Vito's internal GPS would steer him to the Wiss and once he got there he'd know his way home... sounds like he was headed that way. He probably has some good stories to tell..... So glad to hear he's home.
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« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2008, 12:46:06 PM » |
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I don't blame him. I wouldn't like to stay in deep south philly either.
He is very lucky though.
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« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2008, 01:06:09 PM » |
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Very Happy for you Tom, Kelly and of course VITO!! great story, Vito the PMBA mascot. Get a good picture of him smiling on the website!!!..that girl who found him has made many people happy
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« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2008, 03:11:35 PM » |
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That's awesome, glad to hear it ended well. I was thinking he would try to find the woods, he was more than half way!
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« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2008, 03:15:51 PM » |
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Wow Tom, that's so good to hear, I was thinking of leaving work early today to help look for him. Years ago my cat wandered off and i was up literally all night looking for her, I found her at ~7 am when a woman down teh street opened her garage door, she had wandered in the garage to check it out. I was wondering if Vito had been taken in my a person or what not.
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« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2008, 08:49:05 PM » |
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That's awesome you got Vito back! I feel for you man, if I lost my dog I would be totally beside myself. We have him chipped now just in case of such things happening. But in all it's really good to know there's still some decent people out there.
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« Reply #26 on: September 03, 2008, 09:11:42 PM » |
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It was great to see him tonight. He was definitely wore out but he was his same old cool self. He is an amazing dog, I must say. And I'm a cat person but I am totally amazed by Vito...
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« Reply #27 on: September 03, 2008, 09:13:18 PM » |
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So glad to hear it Tom!
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« Reply #28 on: September 03, 2008, 09:17:26 PM » |
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Thanks everyone that stopped by to see him. It was very cool.
I want to say special thanks to Jamie, Jeremy, Annette and Krotee who dropped what they were doing and came to search (Krotee and Annette did not have bikes so they drove around!) the streets with Kelly and I. Some of it was not pleasant, and these guys never flinched. Wanted everyone to know what a class act these guys are. Thanks.
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