Did you read the link to the 14ers thread?
Several people posted near the end, claiming to be friends, family and even the supervisor of the dog’s former owner (Personally, I suspect it was the dog’s owner, trying to save face on an Internet forum).
But even if his friends/relatives/supervisor are who they claimed to be, the fact that he NEVER asked them for help in retrieving his dog, but was willing to ask them to help him “save face” on a forum, is telling.
Priorities.
He has them backwards.