FAIRFIELD — You bring your animal to an animal hospital for treatment and your animal escapes and it has been five days and no sign of him.
A nurse was walking Pepper, a 17-pound, gray, male poodle, around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning when the snow was already coming down and the leash slipped from her grasp and the dog ran off.
The dog is missing from Animal Emergency and Referral Associates, 1237 Bloomfield Avenue, Fairfield, since Saturday morning.
Pepper crossed Bloomfield Avenue, zigging and zagging through more than six inches of snow, before running into dense woods along the Passaic River. He hasn’t been seen since.
Cambria brought Pepper to the animal hospital Friday, after he was hit by a car in front of her house and needed minor treatment.
The hospital said after the poodle ran away Saturday morning, hospital staff searched for him for six hours in the blizzard. When they stopped looking, they figured the dog had probably hidden in the snow.
Pepper is not wearing a collar but has a microchip under his chin with identifying information, Cambria said. She said he had an IV catheter banded to his front leg and was attached to a blue-white harness when he went missing.
The family is offering a $100.00 reward for Pepper’s safe return. His dog ID # is 481886.
If you seen him please call Cambria at (917) 449-8144 or call Dr. Palescandolo at (973) 226-3282.
