HARPER'S MESSAGE - This blog was created to raise awareness for hunters and hikers to use caution. Also, to fundraise to pay her hospital expenses.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Update
Harper has come a long way since we found her severely wounded in the woods a week ago. She had no deisre to go outside upon coming home from the hospital which posed a problem with her bathroom routine. She was going to the bathroom once a day but yesterday morning we walked up the street like normal - it was huge. Her morphine patch came off yesterday and her personality is back to normal. Tom and I consider ourselves very lucky. Having her almost back to normal is a great Christmas present.
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Harper has come a long way since we found her in the woods a week ago. She had no desire to go outside upon coming home from the hospital which posed a problem with the bathroom routine. She was going to the bathroom once a day but this morning we walked up the street like normal - It was huge. Her morphine patch came off yesterday and her personality is back today. She is back to chasing our cat autumn around the house.....Autumn is back in hiding.
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i'm so happy for you that harper is ok. I can only imagine how scary it must have been. I hope to hear that the idiot who did this is caught soon. in the meantime, give harper lots of loves!
ReplyDeleteglad to hear that harper is doing better... as a dog owner and hiker, your story was both angered and frightened me. hoping that harper has a full recovery and that your message is spread.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear that she is doing better. My heart broke when I read this story. Best wishes as she continues to recover and happy holiday :)
ReplyDeleteKara and Tom,
ReplyDeleteI was horrified to read Harper's story on WFSB.com, but very happy that she is returning to normal and should make a full recovery. She is a beautiful dog and I wish the best for all three of you.
I wonder HOW dog was separated from owners? People, please ,please obey the dogs must be on lease signs. There is a reason for those signs and your gentle dog is not special so even you must obey the rules.
ReplyDeleteHarper is in our prayers. I have always disliked hunting. There are so many accidents because the hunters seem to shoot at everything.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear of this terrible accident. Has there been any attempt at finding the person who shot her? Surely they must know what they did. After all, wouldn't they have come to retrieve their target? By the way, on your side bar you advise to hunt only where prohibited. Are you sure you don't mean hunt only where allowed?
ReplyDeleteOh my God, Kara! I just saw the post from your mom on facebook and saw the news video. Glad to hear she's okay. Hope her recovery continues to go well!
ReplyDeleteShelly (hope you remember me from Aviv!) :)
Glad the dog is ok...very lucky. But I'm not sure I would be walking a brown and tan dog in/near any woods this time of year.
ReplyDeleteHarper, i hope you have renewed your lease(what!?) and your owners can take you to a place where hunting is not allowed and you should not have to worry about hunting and oh WAIT! you were! I wish you a very merry christmas! tell your parents you deserve some extra food on xmas.. :) get well soon!!
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Donnie Swider
P.S. Granby is a small town and you know this person will eventually talk. And maybe this person does feel horrible after he/she realized it was a dog and was to scared to come forward? I just hope this was by accident and someone is not that cruel.
Man, that sucks. Glad Harper is doing better. I border a state forest where hunting is allowed, and own a brown dog like Harper. Very scary. Harper should HAVE never been in someones gun sight as it is a DOG, not a deer; very obvious. Best of luck on the recovery.
ReplyDeleteSome Hunters shoot dogs that are not their hunting dogs because the unleashed pet dogs scare the game (deers) away. Sad but TRUE.
ReplyDeleteI read that Harper's favorite thing to do was run in the woods and that makes me think the owners let Hunter run at will unleashed, not that the dog escaped from the leash as they were walking the trail. Not a save thing to ever do on public trails. I hope Harper is well on his way to recovery.
Glad to hear she is improving. The morphine patch tends to knock them out. Now that it's off, just don't let her tear the stitches.
ReplyDeleteI have 3 rescue dogs and live on Reed Hill Rd. Don't know which part of Holcomb you were hiking, but the yellow and blue trails on the east end run along a 66 acre property that is privately owned. My sons and I have hiked through it and found a tree stand on two different occasions. In February of 2009, it was very close to the blue and yellow trails. This summer we found it further down hill away from Holcomb trails, closer to our backyards. We hear the gunshots now and then. We also noticed reflective markers that lead to the tree stand from the main trail on this property, I assume so it can be found at night.
Feel free to pass this on as you may be in contact with police and animal control regularly.
So sorry to hear about Harper. But this time a year is horrible to walk a dog of that color and size in the woods off leash. I am sure this was never an intentional thing done by whomever did this. Hope she has a fast recovery and take it as a lesson learned for the future. Hiking and hunting are fun hobbies for some parties but both have safety precautions that should be taken. Good luck with her recovery!
ReplyDeleteI just read your story this morring about harper being shot how terrible being a dog owner and lover. i cant belive that someone could shoot a dog and walk away espically if it was an accident whom ever did this shame on you for just walking away you know what you shot but you didnt care to get harper help please give harper a big hug&kiss for all of us.
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