Family try to find dog by using own urine trail

i wounder if it will actualy work or not.

cant blame them, you'd try anything really wouldn't you. think the council are having a laugh when there are wheelie bins left on streets with maggots and flies and rats due to fortnightly collections.

This is actually around the corner from me, not sure if i can see it working though. will not be happy is they 'pee' near our pub!

From the quoted vet:

"If the dog was going to follow the owner's scent it would be from something they wore, like a jumper. Unless they have an incontinence problem." :-D

My thoughts exactly, sorry but it is a very silly idea, as a dog has more than 220 million olfactory receptors in its nose, and is a thousand times more sensitive than ours, I would think the dog is more than capable of scenting it's own urine, in it's own garden and can certainly find it's way home without doing something as profound as that. :-D

Got the story into the national news though didn't it... ;)

It did. :-D

I'm also miffed as to what the dog was supposed to do, if it did happen across a lamp-post or something the human urine was on and if by some miracle it did associate the urine with it's family members, (though doubful it's been sitting in the bathroom getting used to their scents) how would the dog know which trail to follow if the scents are all over the place. Or is it supposed to sit there and wait for a taxi? :-D

i think it sounds a bit silly Weelee ! sound like they taking the Pee a little to far  lol :-D
LOL
SOOO sorry peeps i just couldnt hold back any longer,

This method of scenting is definitely advised by a well known site for missing dogs. There are very many reports on there of this method being successfully used and if one has tried all else and failed then I can understand why owners would give this method a try. If you have ever had a dog go missing -as we have due to an unexpected summer firework causing him to bolt - you are prepared to do anything to try and get your dog back. Our dog went missing at 10pm and wasn't found until 9am the next morning and it was a dreadful time. We spent all night looking for him but didn't really have any idea as to which way he had gone after his initial bolt when he disappeared from sight. It was a dreadful time :-(

oh i no what you mean i would do anything to get my own back even down to sending the OH out to leave his sent on a few trees in my area lol i cant help thinking it sound a little nuts tho lol :-).
i Wee,lly hope it works for them lol lol,
Ohh I'm  sorry im not laughing at the fact their dogs missing thats awful but i do find the method rather funny lol, does not mean i wouldnt use it myself if god forbid i ever lost one of mine seriously,

With my rescue hat on...Just over two years ago, I rescued a small collie x bitch from Ireland - we called her Tickle and she was about 9 months old.  She'd had a hard time of it Ireland and she was terrified when she arrived but quickly came out of her shell - a really lovely, affectionate, gutsy and characterful girl.  When she was ready we found her a great home in Somerset. When they came to collect her, and as I put her in their car, I said: "Make sure you keep hold of her - she's a bit of an escape artist."  Three hours later, I got a phone call: "I'm so sorry, there's terrible news.." Turns out they didn't have hold of Tickle when they arrived back at their home in Midsomer Norton and when they opened the car door, she legged it - straight across a main road thundering with lorries.  I was furious, as you might imagine. Anyway, I jumped into the car and sped down there. I walked the streets until it got dark. I caught one glimpse of her but she was so terrified that when I called she ran away. [Tip: never put the dog's name on posters...strangers calling your name can be terrifying] I drove home, very upset. The next day, there was a sighting of her four miles away. I drove back down to Somerset but although there had been several sightings, I didn't find her. I then had to drive up to Birmingham to film at Crufts 2007. The nights were cold and I was convinced she was lost forever when on the Sunday morning we got a call to say during Saturday night, she'd been spotted briefly outside the house where she'd gone missing. After Best in Show, I drove back down to Somerset, arriving about 1am. On the advice of experts, feeling incredibly stupid and hoping to goodness no-one could see me, I sprinkled my urine round the outside of the car. Then I clambered in with the tailgate open and settled down underneath a thick duvet with my retriever x Boz for company (and protection...). 10 minutes later, the lamplight cast a shadow of a dog creeping round the side of the car. I whispered "Tickle...? and her head appeared at the bumper. With a little cry she leapt in and started rolling all over me and Boz, squealing with delight.(Us slightly less delighted... she had clearly been keeping warm by sleeping on a muck heap...) It was a magic moment. The commotion woke up the couple who had adopted Tickle (we were outside their house) so we went in for a cup of coffee. A totally exhausted Tickle fell asleep on my legs. After 20 minutes, the couple said: "Well, thank you very much! We'll let you know how she gets on."  "I'm so sorry," I told them. "But I'm not leaving her here."  When I got home, my just-as-delighted other half bundled Tickle in his arms and declared: "I know I said we wouldn't have another dog, but she's clearly decided where she wants to be." So I'm pretty convinced the urine-sprinkling technique worked - and, anyway, you just try anything that might work.

Two years on, Tickle is a much-loved member of our family.

Jemima

> A totally exhausted Tickle fell asleep on my legs.

What a wonderful outcome.  And well done Tickle for knowing where you wanted to be.  Brought a smile to my face.  :-)

> clearly decided where she wants to be

What a pretty little girl she is too...

That is such a lovely tale, you are a very caring lady who really did go the extra mile.
Some things are just meant to be aren't they.

Karen :)

> (though doubful it's been sitting in the bathroom getting used to their scents)

LOL.
We have a loo downstairs, Buster likes to sit & wait outside for whoever is in the loo (if it's a visitor or the only person in the house), the problem with this is he leans against the door, so you can't get back out if there isn't anybody else in the house to temp him away from the door   So if OH or I use the downstairs loo when we are on our own, we leave the door open. It's a tiny room, with no space for Buster & a person, so he'll stand with his front half in to wait for us *blush*.

> With a little cry she leapt in and started rolling all over me and Boz, squealing with delight.

Lovely,  I'm so pleased you found her :)

aww what a little star .   happy ending all round