After the dog unintentionally opened the rear gate, a Calgary family is in a panic: "I would do anything for her."
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Calgary family panics after dog accidentally left outside back door: 'I would do anything for him'
An Alberta family fears the worst for their dog after he was accidentally released from their northeast Calgary yard by a utility worker.
Joe Jesseau and Briana Jaroslawsky - who live on Abberfield Way - say their dog wandered out of their yard around 9 a.m. Thursday and hasn't returned home.
Jaroslawsky let Bean, a seven-year-old Papillion Australian Shepherd, out. At the same time, an Enmax employee went out to check the meter.
"I was making coffee, I saw him in the yard and I heard a knock on the front window," Jaroslawsky said. "It was the Enmax guy." (I) opened the door and said, "I left your dog outside, I'm sorry," he said.
Jaroslawsky remembers grabbing his jacket and hearing the Enmax employee say, "I'll try to keep an eye on him," but he left as soon as the dog was out of sight.
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"I don't know how he could have left without help," he said. "When taking meter readings, our meter readers follow protocols before entering the yard to check for safety issues, including pets, and they do their best to make sure the gates are secure," an Enmax spokesperson said in an email to Global News. Get the Edmonton Daily News
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"We are saddened to learn that the dog is still missing and offer our sincere apologies to the family and hope for the safe return of their pet." In this case, the dog ran out of the yard when the meter operator opened the door, and the owner was immediately notified. They then found him on the street and the meter reader turned back because the dog seemed nervous around him. »
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Family says dog was last seen around 11 a.m. Thursday near 68th Street SE and 17th Avenue, before heading toward Elliston Park.
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Since Thursday, the couple said they have been putting up posters, leading search parties and even handing out business cards to anyone they see on the street in an effort to recover their dog.
They have spent hours in the dark searching streets and parks, having barely slept in the past three days, they said.
"She's my daughter," Jesseau said, deeply moved. "I don't have any children at home, so I treat my dog the same way most parents treat their children." "I did something for her," he added. With temperatures remaining well below freezing, the couple is worried that the weather and the elements may not be on Bean's side.
Last year, the couple says they had two other dogs euthanized for health reasons and fear the worst for Bean.
"It's a huge blow." "I don't have a dog anymore and it hurts," Jaroslawsky said.
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