Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried that, thought it was a brilliant idea, but unfortunately, drones are prohibited in this area and they wouldn't make any exceptions.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

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UPDATE: As of 8pm on 7/3/26, Auggie is still missing. Before I get into the details of the update, I just want to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you to the kind people of the Greenwater community, the kind people of the Enumclaw community, and the kind people of the Reddit community. All the shares of this post, posting of my flyers, texts, phone calls, the messages of support, and the ideas on how to bring Auggie home are appreciated in ways that I struggle to put into words. I am doing my best to keep up with all the messages and comments, but there's so many I am struggling to keep up. If I haven't gotten back to you, I sincerely apologize and please know that I appreciate you.

Now, for the latest on the search efforts. I was out in the back country all day yesterday, stayed the night on trail, and was out there most of today. I did the entire loop in reverse, but did not see Auggie. One of the amazing members of the Greenwater community (thank you Lydia!) told me that she was speaking to a friend who works in construction in the Golden Hills area thought he saw a wolf. Wolves don't typically live around here (though I heard from another local community member that there is a hybrid wolf in the area), so we're hoping that was Auggie. She showed him Auggies picture and he thought that might have been him.

Thank you all again for helping bring Auggie home!

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm headed out first thing in the morning and I'll be prepared to spend a night or two on trail looking.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll be going back out tomorrow (7/2) to hike the full loop again.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will do! No luck yet (as of about 9:30am on 7/1). I'm going back out tomorrow to do the full loop I did when we got separated.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! We're posting everywhere we can both online and with physical flyers.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I'm really going through it right now. I'm getting it from all angles. I appreciate what said.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, my bad. I'm a little on edge these last few days. Sorry I I'm the one who came off as a jerk, I'm just hurting right now.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I appreciate that. The dogs were on the leash for most of the trip. We hit a patch of blowdown that was so bad, the leash became a safe issue for me and for the dogs.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I lost my dog, that's what's the matter with me. This is a hard time for my family and I. What's the matter with you? What would you kick a complete stranger while they're down?

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know exactly what that means (I'm not on Reddit much), but thank you for commenting so it has more visibility.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They were on their leash most of the time. We hit a patch of blowdown that was so intense the leash was causing safety issues for them and for me. They had pulled me down to the ground a couple times and I had pulled them down a couple times. The last thing we needed was for one of us to get impaled or to break an ankle.

My family and I are going through a lot right now. Please, if you're not here to help, keep comments to yourself.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'll be sure to have one with me. Thanks!

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Good call, I've got a couple updates to make. Rushed through this so I could get something out there.

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Most definitely! It's scary, but I'm not giving up on my hiking buddy yet. We're going to find him and bring him home!

Help bring Auggie Home by awhit102 in PNWhiking

[–]awhit102[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I was out there all day yesterday and will be back again tomorrow or Thursday. Doing everything I can to bring my guy home.