Bailey's Story (Part Three)
Originally, we were told by
the breeder that five dogs were in Bailey's litter--three females
and two males (we saw the two males when we picked up Bailey) and that
these two dogs had been bought by a man who had gone back to Poland
-- we would have to forget about Bailey's brothers, as the breeder
had no idea who had them.
After e-mailing, writing a
letter, and leaving phone messages for the breeder (she did not respond)
and lived less than an hour's drive from me, I showed up at her doorstep
with Bailey on Labor Day. I believed that if she would give me the name
of the man who had gone back to Poland, just maybe our private detective
could locate him, and we could find out who had Bailey's brothers.
I was given the man's name
and learned that there had been four females in the litter, not three.
Too, I learned that one of the males had been given to the owner of
Bailey's father, along with Bailey's third sister. I felt
so hopeful, since Smokey, Bailey's father was his owner's favorite
dog that these two pups had been kept for breeding purposes. I
was so disappointed to find out that his records were lost during a
move and that he couldn't even remember taking the two dogs.
On a lark, I looked up the
name of the man who had supposedly move back to Poland in the Seattle
phone book and found someone with the same name. I made a phone
call and learned that indeed he had been the owner of one ofBailey's
brother, but sadly the micro-chipped dog, Tito, had disappeared from
his fenced in backyard in Renton, WA over a year ago.
After careful thought I came
up with an idea. If the two dogs that had been taken by the owner
of Bailey's father had been registered with AKC--there was the possibility
of locating them! Though I could not have access to this information,
the breeder could, and she did get the names of these two owners from
AKC for me. After searching on our own, with no luck, we decided to
rehire the private detective. Too, I made numerous phone calls
to AKC with the hope that I could find someone sympathetic to my situation
and who would give me more information on these two dogs such as addresses,
phone numbers, and the dog's names. Though the breeder said
she would put it in writing to AKC to get this information for me she
did not respond back to me, and the private detective came up with two
names, but both of these owners had given up their dogs to someone else.
I did manage to get the information I needed from AKC, however..