Dog Adopted at Port Jeff Event is Lost

One Port Jefferson family has put out a call to help find their lost dog by the name of Perrin who was adopted just this weekend during the . Perrin was featured by Last Chance Animal Rescue during the event and adopted by the family on Saturday, according to one of the event's organizers, Meredith Festa.

Perrin is described as a female, tricolored hound with tan, brown, black and white fur. She weighs about 35 pounds and is estimated to be one year old. A page with a full description of Perrin before she was adopted can be found on Last Chance Animal Rescue's website here.

While most people who lose dogs resort to photocopied flyers tacked to telephone poles, this local family has taken to the World Wide Web and the nearly infinite network of social media to find a newly adopted hound.

At about 10:20 am on Monday, this post was put up on Port Jefferson Patch's Facebook wall by Judith Langmaid. Another featuring a digital flyer with photos was posted a little while later. Last Chance Animal Rescue–from where Perrin was adopted–has the same flyer up on its facebook page too. 

Perrin was last seen on Monday at Old Post Rd and Jefferson Landing in Port Jefferson heading into the woods near there. She's new to the area and very timid, according to a flyer posted on various Facebook pages and even to Twitter where the post has been retweeted. The listing is also up on pets911.

"We are hopeful she will get hungry and head home," read a Facebook post by Last Chance Animal Rescue. "I am encouraged she hasn't left the immediate area. We have a number of people who will be looking for her in the wooded area where she was seen."

There's some speculation that she is hiding in the woods near the area or even made her way to Lawrence Aviation, where some people have said that a dog of her type might be found trying to hunt.

"Check Lawerence Aviators," wrote Festa who got the advice from a friend in Port Jefferson. "These dogs are hunters and there are a lot of deer and animals running around there. A dog that is similar to Perrin in Port Jefferson always gets out of his house and is found in or near Lawerence Aviators."

The flyer says that Perrin will not approach strangers but may be able to be coaxed with food. Anyone who has seen Perrin can contact Judy at (631) 928-1821 or email jude66@comcast.net.