A dog who ran off during a house fire last month in Sackville is still missing, and his owner continues to search for him.
Shadow is a three-year-old Siberian Husky, and had been boarding with Kathy Hopkins and her son Joey Brent on King Street in Sackville when a fire destroyed their home. Shadow was spared in the fire, but ran off and has not been seen since. Shadow’s owner Matt Mills is continuing the search, with some help from Hopkins’ niece, Wendy Price.
“He doesn’t really know many people around this area,” says Price, who has been helping by putting up posters and spreading the word. “There’s posters everywhere,” says Price, “and I reached out to the the ATV trail sites. It’s just really strange [that there’s been no sightings of the dog].”
Mills remains active in the search. He’s set up a camera and live trap at the site of the house, and has spent a considerable amount of time looking for Shadow. Price says he’s been coming from his Moncton home after his workday to search, “and he spent a whole couple of weekends just parked in the driveway sleeping in the car.”
Price says Shadow is friendly, with a gray and white coat and blue eyes, and an extra toe on one of his back paws. People who may have spotted shadow can call Matt Mills at 902-218-7916.
Price says her aunt and cousin are continuing the long process of recovering from the house fire. Kathy and Joey are living temporarily in an apartment in Sackville as they wait for insurance to come through, though Price says it’s not expected that it will cover the cost of rebuilding their house.
Price has set up an online fundraiser to help Kathy and Joey cover some of the costs they are facing due to the fire, and she’s also hoping to reach out to local contractors or others for help in tearing down the burned home that is still standing on King Street.
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