Posted on: Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Missing dog's life is in danger
By Robbie Dingeman
Advertiser Staff Writer
A Kane'ohe couple who lost a Jack Russell terrier puppy named Zeus on Sunday is appealing for help in tracking down their cute little dog with a big heart condition.
Photo courtesy Hanley family "Whoever has him doesn't know that he has a heart murmur," said Jason Hanley, a marine lance corporal.
They hope the woman who picked him up will understand and bring the dog back.
Zeus looks like a normal, active puppy, though he coughs after playing hard, sleeps more than most puppies and "if you hold your ear to his chest it sounds like a washing machine," said Kathryn Rivers, a friend of the Hanleys.
The Hanleys were visiting Rivers on Sunday morning at Aliamanu Military Reservation when a child let the dog out.
Anyone with information about Zeus is asked to call Jason and Michelle Hanley at 375-5485, or Kathryn Rivers at 836-2545. The man who picked up the pup said a woman in the parking lot told him that was "the perfect dog" for her, Hanley said. The guard handed the dog to her.
Rivers said they felt a little more hopeful yesterday after getting a description of the woman who adopted the dog: early 20s, about 5 feet 5, slim build, with shoulder-length black hair and driving a red Mitsubishi Lancer. They said she was with another woman about the same age at about 12:15 p.m. Sunday at the humane society.
Humane society spokeswoman Jacqueline Smith said the organization is asking for help from local veterinarians to be on the alert for Zeus.
"Our heart goes out to the owner," she said.
The society acts as the official lost-and-found for animals on O'ahu, she said, which means that all dogs it receives are held — for 48 hours without any identification — and for nine days with identification before being released for adoption.
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Jason and Michelle Hanley, who live at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i, were told that an unidentified woman took Zeus in after he wandered away from a friend's home in Aliamanu. They want to get the word out that the 14-week-old pup has a life-threatening heart murmur, and needs heart surgery that's likely to cost about $3,000.
Zeus, a 14-week-old Jack Russell terrier who was mistakenly handed over to a stranger, needs surgery to repair a heart murmur.
Jason Hanley said they began to search for the dog within the hour and reported him missing. Later, they learned that someone had turned the pup over to a gate guard, who took the dog to the Hawaiian Humane Society but never made it through the door.
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