Posted on 02/27/2017 11:01:55 AM PST by nickcarraway
"Our lives have been turned upside down and we're not sure what's next," one of the dog's owners said
A frantic couple in the South Bay has put their wedding on hold to blanket neighborhoods with yellow signs and pour thousands of dollars into the search for their beloved dog, who went missing on Feb. 13.
Trendee King and James Galley, who recently moved to the Bay Area from Southern California, dropped off their black and tan Brussels Griffon pooch named Theo at a national dog sitting service located near Blossom Hill Road and Almaden Expressway. The next thing they knew, he managed to slip out of a door and escape.
"Our lives have been turned upside down and we're not sure what's next," Galley said in an email.
King, who was in the midst of purchasing her wedding gown when Theo went missing, and Galley put a halt to their wedding preparation in order to search for their missing pup.
The worrisome owners have poured dollar after dollar into covering the South Bay with signs, and they even said they used six Bloodhounds in an attempt to track down the 12-pound Brussels Griffon with a snaggletooth. They are also offering a $3,500 reward.
"Theo is family and we're sinking our wedding savings into finding our beloved pup," Galley wrote.
Aside from the signs, the couple has littered social media with pleas asking for any information about Theo's location. King, who has more than 27,000 followers on her Instagram account, has plastered her profile with photos of the dog. Even an Instagram account with more than six million followers has joined in the search effort by sharing a photo of the yellow sign.
"People are supporting us because they know dogs are our best friends, our better halves, our kids," Galley wrote. "Sometimes they fill that void in your life, sometimes they bring two people closer together, and they always make your life better. It was clear that Theo brought my fiancée and I closer together."
Anyone with information about Theo's whereabouts is asked to text or call 310-663-2652.
I noticed those signs last week I believe,,
the bad guys will ransom the dog for 5~10K now..
Their search isn’t costing me any money..? Go for it.
>>>Their search isn’t costing me any money..? Go for it.<<<
EXACTLY!
“Frankly, you’re not his friend, you are simply the guy that gives him shelter and unlimited food.”
I can say for certain you are wrong about dogs. Just because they do not speak our language, does not make them any less of a friend.
There are numerous publicized examples of dogs risking their own lives to save family members. Numerous examples of dogs visiting their owner’s graves for many years even if they are well fed.
It’s no surprise that many people consider their dog to be a family member.
My $0.02, Gabby Hayes?
Nope, just read the Bible.
Genesis 1:27 reads: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
No mention of Doberman’s or German Shepherds.
How about John 3:16, for God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life.
Romans 10:17 reads faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
A pet doesn’t have the intellectual capability to hear about the word and have the requisite faith, nor can it believe.
I don’t want to be mean and heartless, but according to scripture only people who believe in Jesus will be in heaven, and their pets will not.
That dog is currently located in something else’s digestive tract.
There are some serious emotional issues in these people’s lives to be so thrown for a loop by a missing dog that they actually put their lives on hold for it.
So the couple finds the dog, gets married, and the dog, who will never outlive them, dies.
What’s going to happen to the marriage?
It could simply mean that God favors us among Creation because we are able to ‘feel after Him’, and love Him.
It doesn’t necessarily mean that God doesn’t love and provide for His other creatures, too.
Sharing love for something - anything - is a great ‘glue’ between people, in my experience.
Also, most people who take their animals seriously also take their responsibilities toward them very seriously. I would question the character of any person who failed to do the utmost to protect an animal for which they had taken responsibility.
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. Matthew 10:29
But, while God knows and has concern for the birds, it doesn’t say he takes them to heaven. Unlike humans who are immortal and either go to heaven or hell, animals just die.
Well, we don’t have enough meeting-places to argue further. I don’t believe in Hell, and I don’t believe that anything truly dies.
Putting wedding plans on hold over a dog?
If that relationship is so dependent on that dog to glue it together, I stand by my contention that there are some serious emotional issues in those people’s lives.
And when the glue is gone, then what? The marriage dissolves?
A marriage needs more to hold it together than a dog.
Well, I feel sorry for you then. I hate to say it, but like many, you’re going to be in quite a surprise.
Being an animal lover I can’t even imagine the heartbreak. I do hope they find their dog and have a happy future together.
You should really take a look at Biblical Christianity. Many who have tried to prove it wrong intellectually come to believe its truth.
There’s a great book entitled Evidence that Demands a verdict by Josh McDowell. He’s one of those who set out to disprove Christianity. Check it out.
David Limbaugh, Rush’s brother has a similar book. I forget the name and haven’t read it yet but have heard that it’s similar.
All the best to you. I enjoyed the give and take.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
I agree with you. My daughter and only child died in her sleep from an undiagnosed heart condition. We had dinner the night before, and she was fine. She was only 29 years old and left a husband and 18 month old daughter and broken-hearted parents. NOTHING can be compared to losing a child — NOTHING!! I grieve her loss every day and will NEVER “get over it”.
I suspect more than one angel has entered into a dog to do its wonders.
That's not true. Sounds like you need a friend.
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