LYNNWOOD
Tye Bo and Joe Boxer are dog buddies who’ve been together for years.
Their owners are out there, somewhere, possibly in Lynnwood.
The dogs been sheltered as strays at the Progressive Animal Welfare Society’s Lynnwood animal shelter, 15305 44th Ave. W, since April 30, when someone found them wandering around the 13000 block of Ash Way, just north of city limits.
PAWS is looking for the dogs’ rightful owners. Using the dogs’ embedded identifying microchips, the organization managed to discover a little about the boxers’ history.
A British Columbia dog rescue company, Without Borders Boxers Rescue, placed Tye and Joe Boxer with a Mukilteo family for adoption in January 2008.
But the telephone number PAWS called to reach that family is disconnected. So shelter manager Lisa Hochins and PAWS staff went to the online bulletin board service craigslist.org to see if anyone was advertising lost boxers.
Sure enough, they found an ad.
“Our 2 male boxers were stolen from our yard Thurs afternoon,” the May 2 ad reads. “Any info as to there where abouts would be appreciated. Our kids are beside themselves without there dog.”
PAWS’ replies to that ad have so far gone unanswered, said Hochkins. Her organization placed its own ad on craigslist, asking Tye and Joe Boxer’s owners to identify the dogs.
Without Borders president Chantel Yates said May 6 the dogs were surrendered to her organization in January 2008 by a family going through divorce. Tye, she said, has a Hollywood connection: He appeared in the 2003 film “Good Boy,” starring Kevin Nealon and Molly Shannon.
Yates said the family that adopted the dogs last year was in the process of building a new house and may have since moved.
If PAWS doesn’t find the dogs’ owners by week’s end, Tye and Joe Boxer will be turned over to Without Borders Boxers Rescue, said PAWS spokeswoman Mary Leake Schilder.
“I’m glad they were able to track them down and that they took the time to track their micro chip so, worst case scenario, if they don’t make their way to their family, we can come pick them up,” Yates said.
PAWS can be reached at 425-787-2500.
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