Wratting affair ?

We've not long had a call from a lady stating that she saw a dog that she really thought was Jacob along the Balsham/Wratting road.
This was going back to roughly the 29th Jan. The lady thinks it was a Thursday and near the end of the month. If it was the previous Thursday, then lost hunt dog may have been who she saw.

She and a lorry stopped in their cars, and she said she saw 'him' face on, he was very muddy and tall and slim build.

She said she would have stopped and tried to catch him if she'd have known, but she couldn't as she had her son in the car.
Jon was quick to ask her if she could be confusing the dog she saw with a hunt dog, as we have still had those 'sightings' nearby this area. He also asked if she could remember if the dog had a tail, which she couldn't sadly.

The main call from that way some 3.5 weeks back eventually led us to the hunt people stating the dog that a lady and another driver had caught was theirs.

It was duly collected the same evening from the house it was dropped off at, and therefore not logged as missing.

We've left messages again with the hunt people, in the hope we can find out for sure what happened there.

Of course this would be another 'hunt' dog if not Jacob as the dates of the other dog don't coincide.

We have already postered that area well, and so know that it's covered, but we'll drive out there again tonight and have a wander about.
It's a long time ago, so we're clutching at straws again, and of course as there are weekly hunt meets, it might another hunt dog after all. BUT then it could be Jacob.

We just have to keep an open mind......
I just wish these calls weren't getting reported weeks after sightings, (though we're grateful they do call of course) ...it's just they are a little stale and past there due date by the time you get them, but do help to piece together another part of the jigsaw.
We just crave that FRESH sighting now, or a call from someone who knows something about his whereabouts.
Fingers crossed

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Stop Press !

A lady just called back from the hunt in Thurlow. They did not have a hunt locally in Thurlow on the 29th January..... They had a hunt over our way, in Gt Chesterford.

So the dog that the lady who called today, could well have been Jacob IF the dates are correct and she can confirm the day she saw this dog was definitely the 29th.

We are now going to call this lady and ask her to look at some photos of Jacob, maybe that will trigger her memory as to the dog she saw that day.

Will of course keep you posted with any developments