Bring Flag Home

Bring Flag Home Flag has been missing since January 20, 2017. Last seen in Creola, Alabama near Lister Dairy Rd
I am asking for your help to bring him home!
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12/21/2025

(Kat asked that I also post)

Happy Birthday my gorgeous boy! I have loved you with an everlasting love!

The heartache was immediate- a shared pain for a beautiful soul adrift! When the image of Flag, flashed across my feed, it wasn't just a random post; it was a call to action that resonated deep within my soul, a lifelong love for the Australian Shepherd. The ache of knowing a beautiful boy was separated from his loving family ignited a relentless, deep determination. I never met you, Flag, but your absence has become a presence in my life, an unspoken mission etched onto my heart & soul.

We chased shadows and whispers, traversing state lines, driven by the smallest flicker of hope. Every "sighting," every discarded piece of information, became a vital clue in a mystery we desperately needed to solve. Was the vast Creola swamp your temporary refuge? Did human kindness turn into selfish possession? We trekked through the thickets of possibility and the dense woods of despair. And in that relentless pursuit, something miraculous happened.

Your going missing, Flag, connected me to your "Momma," Kat, and her husband, Mike and all your furry brothers & sisters and your beautiful, loving babies! I traveled to Alabama, ready to search, but left with a friendship—a profound, forever kind of bond forged in the fragility of worry, loss and shared hope. Thank you, sweet boy! You are the architect of a friendship I cherish, a bond stronger than the miles between us. The bond formed with Kat is a beautiful, unexpected legacy of Flag's enormous absence.

My heart is heavy, weighed down by the feeling of failure. I couldn't be the one to bring you home, Flag. I couldn't close the circle of the Gunter family's grief and restore their joy.
That feeling of failing them, failing you, is a burden I WILL ALWAYS CARRY.

But please know this: You will never be forgotten. You hold a permanent place in my heart. The search for you is not a chapter I can simply close. Even when years pass, even if you’re a grey-muzzled thirty, I will never, ever stop searching. Until I have certainty, hope remains a flickering candle, and my love for the beautiful, talented missing Aussie named Flag will continue to light the way. I have loved you with an everlasting love!
Until we finally meet.....

All my heart,
Belle

Goodbye my sweet boyIn my heart I believe he is gone. He would have been 15 today. I actually kept up hope for a long lo...
12/21/2025

Goodbye my sweet boy
In my heart I believe he is gone. He would have been 15 today. I actually kept up hope for a long long time.
I frequently debated closing this page but something always stopped me. Vowing to my good friend , Belle Pelaez, who started this page, I would stay until Flag turned 15, the average lifespan of an Australian Shepherd.
I was praying there would be a chance we could have even just one more day with him no matter his age or condition.
I can’t even begin to thank all the wonderful people who helped look for him, shared his posts, pledged to his reward ($10,000), sent letters to vets, groomers and other places. The outpouring of love and help was phenomenal.
Good always follows bad, our Heavenly Father sees to that. I met some of my now closest friends through this search . I am sure others thought we were crazy looking anywhere and everywhere leads took us. We always followed them. To this day, it is hard to believe some of the places we ended up. Thought it would have made an interesting movie. But it is not a good movie unless the dog comes home. Perhaps whoever might have picked him up will read this and give us those last few days. Hope never dies does it?
This page, Bring Flag Home, is getting its last entry.
Sleep well our dear boy, see you on the other side. Our hope is you are running and playing with Ozzie our lab, Marty our first Aussie and all the other companions we lost through the years. I just pray God in all his glory fills me in on what happened to you on that day when I am called home.
Please read over the entries in our search, perhaps it will help someone else whose heart is breaking and searching like we did.
I will never forget you….

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Gunters Landing Rd
Creola, AL
36525

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