"Travis", Siamese, Lilac Point, Martinez - Found

End of case:
On July 8, 2011, I received an email that Travis' body was found underneath a next door neighbor's house. The body was found on June 8, by accident, by a person doing a home inspection on the house, which is for sale. This was nine days after our search and 15 days after he disappeared. The body was still bloated, which means that Travis had only been deceased for 24 to 48 hours at the most. There were no additional sightings of Travis after we did the search. The exact cause of death remains unknown. The body was buried immediately after it was discovered. 


Travis' person remains unconvinced that Travis could have traveled so far from his home. She believes that Travis was in his neighborhood the entire time, perhaps under this house since he disappeared. 

Beginning of case:
Travis is a three year old, male, lilac point Siamese. He is not wearing a collar and he is not microchipped. He was last seen around 4 AM eating food in the kitchen. There were no sightings of Travis after he was last seen at home.



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Total Distance: 9.04 km (5.6 mi)
Total Time: 4:18:55
Moving Time: 1:35:00
Average Speed: 2.09 km/h (1.3 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 5.71 km/h (3.5 mi/h)
Max Speed: 9.63 km/h (6.0 mi/h)
Min Elevation: -10 m (-31 ft)
Max Elevation: 105 m (345 ft)
Elevation Gain: 406 m (1332 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Mon May 30 09:12:33 PDT 2011

"Pinkerton", Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix, Blond, Mariposa

Pinkerton is a ten year old, blond, Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix. Her hearing and eyesight per poor. Her people live on a very large property of almost 20 acres. Initially, before I arrived, they assumed Pinkerton had been attacked and taken away by a predator, so they did not expand their search beyond their own property.

When I arrived, Dino did find Pinkerton's track going down their long driveway and across the road to a neighbor's property. At this property, the owner did say that Pinkerton's housemate was a regular visitor, but they never saw Pinkerton there.

Track One:


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Total Distance: 4.28 km (2.7 mi)
Total Time: 1:26:51
Moving Time: 39:23
Average Pace: 20.30 min/km (32.7 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 9.21 min/km (14.8 min/mi)
Min Pace: 6.67 min/km (10.7 min/mi)
Min Elevation: 582 m (1909 ft)
Max Elevation: 685 m (2249 ft)
Elevation Gain: 209 m (684 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Wed May 18 11:29:05 PDT 2011


Track Two:



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Total Distance: 16.13 km (10.0 mi)
Total Time: 3:17:52
Moving Time: 2:01:14
Average Pace: 12.27 min/km (19.7 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 7.52 min/km (12.1 min/mi)
Min Pace: 6.06 min/km (9.8 min/mi)
Min Elevation: 627 m (2057 ft)
Max Elevation: 915 m (3003 ft)
Elevation Gain: 741 m (2432 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Wed May 18 14:58:32 PDT 2011

"Zack", DSH, Black, Pacifica

Zack is an indoor only, four year old, black, DSH. He is not wearing a collar and does not have a microchip.

He got outside by accident by a house guest who left a window open in the middle of the night and forgot there was a cat in the house. There were no sightings called in.



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Total Distance: 12.81 km (8.0 mi)
Total Time: 3:22:12
Moving Time: 1:58:20
Average Pace: 15.78 min/km (25.4 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 9.24 min/km (14.9 min/mi)
Min Pace: 5.56 min/km (8.9 min/mi)
Min Elevation: -36 m (-119 ft)
Max Elevation: 37 m (120 ft)
Elevation Gain: 548 m (1797 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Mon May 09 09:57:40 PDT 2011

"Tiger", DSH, Grey Tabby, Half Moon Bay

Tiger is a very friendly, 10 year old, indoor/outdoor, silver and grey tabby. He is not wearing a collar and he does not have a microchip. He did not come home one day after a very predictable schedule.

His person lives in a gated community attached to a golf course. At the end of their street is a dead end that opens up into a golf course which runs along the ocean coast.

There was a single sighting of Tiger later in the day when his person last saw him. A neighbor saw him running along the golf course, and he said he had seen Tiger in that area before, so it did not alarm him and he did not know Tiger was missing until his person was out looking for him.


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Total Distance: 26.26 km (16.3 mi)
Total Time: 5:15:49
Moving Time: 3:22:13
Average Pace: 12.02 min/km (19.4 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 7.70 min/km (12.4 min/mi)
Min Pace: 4.44 min/km (7.2 min/mi)
Min Elevation: -35 m (-116 ft)
Max Elevation: 28 m (91 ft)
Elevation Gain: 1021 m (3351 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Thu May 05 15:26:15 PDT 2011

"Guiness", Dachshund, Black and Tan, El Dorado Hills

Guiness is a five year old, neutered, black and tan, Dachshund wearing a collar with ID tags and is microchipped.

He was with his person on a boat at Folsom Lake. After getting out of the lake, and as the person was loading the boat onto the trailer, Guinness was put down to play with another dog. However, his person forgot to put Guinness back into the car before driving away. He said he got back to the boat ramp within 15 minutes, but Guinness was gone.

There was one sighting of Guinness playing with a small boy as the boy's family was hanging out at the dock.

Track One:


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Total Distance: 18.29 km (11.4 mi)
Total Time: 5:37:39
Moving Time: 5:20:39
Average Pace: 18.47 min/km (29.7 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 17.54 min/km (28.2 min/mi)
Min Pace: 4.76 min/km (7.7 min/mi)
Min Elevation: 102 m (335 ft)
Max Elevation: 203 m (668 ft)
Elevation Gain: 432 m (1416 ft)
Max Grade: 15 %
Min Grade: -16 %
Recorded: Wed May 04 09:52:08 PDT 201


Track Two:



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Total Distance: 4.19 km (2.6 mi)
Total Time: 1:00:38
Moving Time: 33:11
Average Pace: 14.47 min/km (23.3 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 7.92 min/km (12.7 min/mi)
Min Pace: 0.77 min/km (1.2 min/mi)
Min Elevation: 179 m (586 ft)
Max Elevation: 214 m (704 ft)
Elevation Gain: 161 m (530 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: -2 %
Recorded: Wed May 04 15:30:04 PDT 2011

"Korin", DSH, Orange Tabby, Vacaville - Found!

About two weeks after the search, I received the following email:

"Good news,

We got a call from around the corner past the park on reuby and he found him. Lost a lot of weight, I ll take him to vet tomorrow. Thanks for all your help and information."

This location was along the path we tracked him on the way back. 

Korin is a very friendly, very large (over 18 pounds), indoor only, eight year old, orange tabby.  He is not microchipped, but is wearing a collar with tags.

Korin escaped as the family was leaving early in the morning for a vacation, and he was not noticed missing until a relative caring for Korin and the other cat came by the next day. When they got back from vacation at the end of the week, a full search for Korin began even though the relative did contact the local shelter and start to put up flyers. There were no sightings called in.





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Total Distance: 25.08 km (15.6 mi)
Total Time: 4:53:17
Moving Time: 3:33:57
Average Pace: 11.69 min/km (18.8 min/mi)
Average Moving Pace: 8.53 min/km (13.7 min/mi)
Min Pace: 5.56 min/km (8.9 min/mi)
Min Elevation: -9 m (-30 ft)
Max Elevation: 19 m (61 ft)
Elevation Gain: 781 m (2564 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Mon May 02 14:54:21 PDT 2011
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