Hi Joey,
I’m a new-ish Gloucester resident ( and long cape ann appreciator ) come over from great neck in ipswich.
photographer, writer, musician, yoga-ist, pet rescuer, social scientist, long time house cleaner & interior design/ clutter buster, future counselor, yoga & health teacher and all round cool person, lol. I look at your page regularly and have been meaning to send some photos and such.
Gloucester is fascinating, and i’m glad to be here.
I have 2 hounds, one, DUNCAN, an american-english coonhound ( lemon-spotted, no less !), southern rescue,
a really serious tracking/hunting dog. ( pacifist tho, he doesn’t kill, or end the hunt ). One of the business plans i was about to emBARK on
is an exercise excursion for dogs, or dogs and humans, led my self and my hounds thru the woods… at an appropriate level of fitness.
these dogs not only lead a good outdoor work out, but they can show you where many different animals live and the paths they travel, etc.
We enjoy the beaches, and the woods and quarries daily, and get to know the woods and the people and animals in them better and better. This would be an important element of our excursions.
Sadly, i think Duncan has gone off to do the research on his own. The two hounds slipped out the back of our Lanesville Home. I woke up to find the little one home on the couch looking dazed 2 days later. Duncan has now been gone a week. He was last seen & heard baying/ singing up by Nelson’s quarry last weekend. He knows how to live in the woods, as he did in Virginia, and i have a feeling someone has seen him and is putting out food in hopes he’ll come. And that he’s eating the food and taking off to track again. he’s like an addict when he tracks. So i’m writing to you
in hopes that some of your readership may have seen or HEARD him ( very distinctive sing-song-y bay)
and in hopes that some of them might have good knowledge of Dogtown and the Quarry area that they might want to show off.
I don’t feel i can just leave him out there alone. I’m hoping some people might want to help me search for him, create some search parties.
Duncan is such a special dog to me. I’ve lost a lot lately, but at least i still had him. Now he’s running around dog town somewhere and i’ve got to somehow find him before he gets his foot caught in a pile of rocks or something. If anyone has seen, heard or can help make search parties for him please contact me
at: suburban_seaqueen@yahoo.com( and should i include a phone # ?)
Thank you in advance !!
alexandra stella d’maris
Good Morning Gloucester 
Check with animal shelter
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good luck on finding your dog…. lover of all animals
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Duncan is still missing as of today (09/16/2013), but we continue to have reports of sightings and bayings around the Granite / Curtis Street area in Rockport, MA. This is only a short distance from Lanesville, where Duncan went missing. A dog trap has been set and is being monitored. We can always use more eyes and ears. If you see or hear a dog that you think is Duncan, PLEASE call me immediately, anytime, at 715-308-5454. Thanks, Beth, friend of Duncan and all animals.
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Update on Duncan 11-29-13 – There have been 2 sightings in Rockport at Halibut Point, most recently on Nov 18 . Also on Nov 18 he was heard baying in the marsh across from Lobster Pool. Before that on Oct 7, Duncan was seen on Hodgkins Rd (near the gas station & police station in Rockport). Certified tracking dogs (lostpettrackingdogs.com) were brought in Oct 22nd and confirmed that sighting. They tracked him down through the woods to downtown, and on to Stockholm Ave & Pigeon Hill St in Pigeon Cove and back around to Rowe Ave and Squam Road. The tracking dogs never lost the scent, but after 5 hours they had to stop for darkness. They also confirmed the sighting at Curtis and Granite St. All of this tracking took place in the woods, some of on trails, some of it really off trail. Of course, he could pop out in Gloucester through the woods any time. If you’re not familiar with the sound of a coonhound baying, check it out on You Tube. Please Call Beth 715-308-5454. Please keep looking and listening.
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