Hi All -
We hope your holiday season if off to an enjoyable start. We just wanted to give you the latest update on Maxie and thank you once again for your thoughts, prayers and help. I ran across a quote the other day from Pamela Dugdale that sums up our feelings for you all: Dogs bring out the best in humankind. You all have truly demonstrated this again and again and we are grateful. Maxie still hasn't come home and we are now trying to follow up on one more credible lead. We received a call about two weeks ago from a woman who lives in the senior building at 206 First Ave in Asbury. She said she thinks she spotted Maxie in her building. She said she saw a man with a dog in the elevator around Nov 14, around the time Maxie first went missing. She had never seen him with a dog before so she commented on the dog and asked where he got it. He said he found the dog on the beach, loose. At the time, the woman hadn't seen our flyer, so she didn't think much about it. Two weeks later she saw our flyer, recognized the dog, and called us. Unfortunately she doesn't know what apartment the man lives in and the building is very large. She promised to keep an eye out for him and let us know if she sees him or Maxie again. Both the timing, when this man claimed he found the dog on the beach, and the location, make sense. And the woman seemed sure it was Maxie, so we are viewing this as a credible lead. Any help you can offer in following up on this lead would as always be welcomed and greatly appreciated. We have spent time watching the building in the hope of seeing him bring her down for a walk, but no luck so far. The building is large and has many entrances and exits. We continue to go past the building and, coincidentally, will be moving next week to a building just a few blocks away from the senior building. We are looking into our ability to get inside the building, and if we can we will canvass all the occupants (or as many as possible). As Christmas presents for ourselves and for our male English Bulldog, Muscles, and to help us in the healing process, we bought new puppies Anthony N. and Rick now have a 9 week old female Pug, Bella, and Anthony G has a 13 week old male English Bulldog, Tank. Both new additions are adorable and are bringing lots of joy to us, just what we needed!! But we still need Maxie to come home to make us feel complete as a family!! Wishing you and your animal friends all the best during the holidays! Anthony N - 510 First Ave Rick G - 510 First Ave Anthony G - 600 8th Ave P.S. We will be getting our pets chipped.
