MORE UPDATES! #Lost #EnglishBulldog in #Shorewood #IL! PLZ RT! #Help #Volunteers needed!

UPDATE: 3:02pm, 2/2/2012, from Ernie’s Facebook page: 

GOT A CALL REPORTING A WOMEN DESCRIBED AS “NOT SKINNY WITH POSSIBLY DARK HAIR” THAT WAS SEEN WALKING A DOG THAT RESEMBLED ERNIE. THIS PERSON WAS SEEN AROUND 6:25PM LAST NIGHT IN THE SUBDIVISION ACROSS THE STREET WEST NORTH WEST OF WALGREENS AT RT52 AND RIVER ROAD. HEADING THERE NOW TO CHECK IT OUT.

They are also asking for volunteers to meet on Saturday, February 4 at 9am to help search on foot for Ernie and hang flyers too. Here is the post:

WE ARE PLANNING TO MEET AT OUR HOME (125 RYAN LANE) THIS SATURDAY AT 9AM. ANYONE THAT IS INTEREST IN HELPING US GO DOOR TO DOOR AND COMB THE AREA FOR OUR DEAR SON ERNIE IS MORE THANK WELCOMED TO JOIN US. WE COULD ALSO USE A HAND WITH PRINTING COLOR COPIES OF ERNIE’S FLYERS. DONATIONS ARE STILL WELCOMED AND WILL BE USED TO HELP PAY FOR ALL THE FLYERS AND LAMINATED POSTER BOARDS THAT THEY CAN BUY. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE ALREADY. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

TWO UPDATES/SIGHTINGS : 10:36am, 2/2/2012 from Ernie’s Facebook page:

UPDATE: WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO LEADS THIS MORNING. ONE PERSON SAW A WOMAN AT WALGREENS AT 52 AND RIVER ROAD WITH TWO CHILDREN AND A BULLDOG. WHEN APPROACHED AND ASKED WHAT THE DOGS NAME WAS THE WOMAN APPEARED TO GET NERVOUS AND THEN WALKED OFF. THIS SAME WOMAN 2 KIDS AND DOG WERE SEEN EARLIER HANGING OUT IN THE GRASS BY WALGREENS. THE DOG WAS DESCRIBED TO BE AN ENGLISH BULLDOG THAT LOOKED LIKE ERNIE WEARING A CHAIN CHOKER, WHICH ERNIE WAS WEARING LAST WE SAW HIM.

SECOND UPDATE: MAN REPORTED SEEING A WOMAN WALKING A DOG THAT MATCHED ERNIE’S DESCRIPTION NEAR CATON FARM AND RT 59. PLEASE HELP BY KEEPING AN EYE OUT AND KEEP SHARING. BOTH LEADS WERE FROM PEOPLE WHO “SAW IT ON FACEBOOK”. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

Original post:

Shorewood, Illinois (Will County).

Ernie is an English Bulldog who is missing from Route 52 and River Road in Shorewood, Illinois. He’s been gone since 1/28/2012.

Ernie is a 3 year old neutered male, weighs 45 pounds, wearing a collar, and very friendly.

Please help this family find their loving Ernie! There is a $2000 reward and they are accepting donations to help increase this amount.

If you have ANY information about this guy, please call 815-600-2996 or email bill.garland@gmail.com.

A Facebook page has been set up to help spread awareness about Ernie. Please join the others at http://www.facebook.com/HelpFindErnie.

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