I was hiking with Brutus and Gracie (our other dog) in the woods by our home. We’ve hiked the same trails in the park by our home since we got him. Since it was really hot, we stopped at the creek and I took them off leash so they could get a drink and splash in the water to cool off. Brutus saw a deer and took off up a steep hill. I immediately put Gracie on her leash and called and called for him. After about 10 – 20 minutes, I decided to take Gracie home and hope he was meeting us there. When we got to the house and he was not there, I knew this time was different. It was not at all like Brutus to go far from home. We searched all day and made phone calls to friends and family to ask for help and that is how we found out about Dogs Finding Dogs. We have volunteered with MAMAS (a rescue organization) and our contact there recommended Anne and gave us her number. When Brutus did not come home Saturday night, we knew Anne and Heidi were our best hope. Anne gave us lots of helpful information about what is important to include in flyers, an online service called Find Toto that would call households in the area, and then immediately came over and hit the trails with Heidi. Just a few miles away there happened to be a special event being held – an automatic weapon shooting range – set up for that day only. It honestly sounded like a war was happening. Even steadfast Heidi was being affected by the rapid gunfire. After nearly five hours, they decided to call it a day. Just as Anne was preparing to leave, we received a call from someone who had seen one of the flyers; she had seen Brutus in her backyard the day before. Despite the fact that they had probably already covered 12 or 13 miles in the heat, Anne and Heidi went right to the place where he had been spotted. Immediately, Heidi picked up his scent. As she rounded the corner to the neighbor’s backyard, we heard Anne yell, “it’s Brutus!” He was on the neighbor’s deck and terrified from all of the gunfire noise. The neighbors had just come home from vacation and found him on their deck. They literally had their phone in hand getting ready to call the number on his collar when Heidi found him. We will always be so thankful and grateful for all of the effort, knowledge and support that Dogs Finding Dogs provided us.