A small team of As Good as Gold volunteers formed to lead the search and rescue of Bumble Bee. They each had different skill sets but shared a love for goldens. A meeting at Nazos Park began with a recounting of her steps. They wanted to know where she'd been, where was she last seen and what direction was she traveling.
She was last seen in the park field heading east into the forest preserve. As you can see in the image below, there is a LOT of area beyond the forest preserve as well. There are high tension power lines in that green space running along side I-355 for many miles north and south.
Some of the team headed into the forest preserve. It was muddy and thick with trees and underbrush. Once you got in, all you could see was forest in all directions. Other team members walked through the neighborhood. They talked to residents out walking, to the FedEx and Amazon drivers and to the postal carrier. They looked under bushes, in back yards, behind sheds...any place a scared dog might hide. Still others hung fliers on sign posts and handed them out to businesses along North Avenue (this would pay big dividends later).
One of the unique problems in finding a lost breeder dog is they don't want to be found. They've learned to be afraid of humans so do their best to hide from them. Bumble Bee also did not know her name, so calling her was of little use....even though they did.
It was a disappointing day. There was not even a single sighting or clue found. Before heading home, one of the team members found local Facebook groups and posted to any she could and contacted the page admins for others. They wanted to get the word out to as many people as possible that they were looking for a lost dog.
That was Day Two.