Emily Chan
Shortly after landing, she texted Tracy at about 9:40 PM to check-in. An hour later, Tracy informed her that Peppa had gotten out of the house earlier that afternoon between 3:11 and 3:37. She emphasized that Peppa was still on the property but was difficult to catch.
But the next morning at 11:15, Tracy told Eira that Peppa escaped from her yard at around nine. At that point, Eira decided to catch a flight home to look for her dog.
Tracy sent her address, which was when Eira learned that she wasn’t in Wilmer. She was in Fairfield, an hour and a half from where Eira lived.
When she arrived on March 1st at 4:15 AM, she searched the area for two hours with flashlights. She noticed that Tracy’s place looked nothing like the pictures she had posted online.
“There were more than 15 dogs, and some in makeshift kennels and others roaming around. The fence was easily escapable,” Eira said.
Tracy also refused to help with the search. Initially, she offered to print flyers but changed her mind when she found out it would cost her $77.
After searching for 12 hours around the neighborhood, Eira returned the next day with trained canine sniffers to track down her dog. That was when Tracy became upset about her being on the property.
She screamed at Eira over the phone for disturbing her business and the entire neighborhood. She would not let Eira into the area where her dog was last seen.
Twelve days later, she still had no luck finding her dog. But then, a neighbor called her to say they had found her 10 miles away from where she had gone missing.
“My dog, Peppa, was found on the side of the road with her back legs not working and injuries to her spinal cord,” Eira explained on a GoFundMe page.
“She was stuck in bobwire and crawled to me as we were searching for her. The doctor diagnosed her legs as paralyzed and will require a lot of care and surgeries. I want to thank you so much for everyone’s support, care, prayers, and the love felt for Peppa. If you can support in any way, I’m forever grateful.”
