Billy and Everest have been John Davison’s greatest buddies.
“We’d exit to the mountains or I’d have ’em with me at work a variety of the times,” mentioned Davison, “They’re with me just about on a regular basis.”
Davison had the German shorthaired pointer and German shepherd/pitbull combine since 2017 and 2019, respectively.
But in September, Davison needed to begin a two-month jail sentence. He says he paid a pal $600 to observe the dogs whereas he was gone.
“I had given him household telephone numbers and the whole lot wanted, together with paying him and (for) the pet food,” mentioned Davison. “Everything was lined.”
But the very subsequent day, Billy and Everest have been introduced in by Arvada Animal Control as strays to Foothills Animal Shelter.
The shelter says they checked for microchips and located Davison was the dogs’ proprietor. They contacted him on daily basis for 5 days, however Davison was in jail with no telephone.
“I had a sense that one thing unhealthy had occurred,” mentioned Davison.
When his household could not get involved with the pal, Davison began to fret about Everest and Billy. When he obtained out in November, he discovered his pal had given up the dogs.
“I reduce ties with him as soon as he informed me that,” mentioned Davison.
That pal informed CBS News Colorado Davison had paid him to remain at his place briefly. He mentioned he known as animal management as a result of he by no means agreed to observe the dogs.
“When you belief any individual they usually do one thing this excessive, it is arduous to get a grasp on it,” mentioned Davison.
After calling shelters and trying to find the dogs, Davison lastly discovered an image of them on Facebook saying they have been up for adoption at Foothills Animal Shelter.
But when Davison reached out, neither Billy or Everest have been nonetheless there. He discovered they have been each adopted out to 2 totally different households. Now he has no concept the place they’re.
“They informed me that there is nothing that may be carried out about that. I simply requested if there was any method that they might give me contact data to the households, to see if they’d any form of a coronary heart to no less than contact me, however they might not do this,” mentioned Davison.
Colorado regulation dictates stray pets belong to the shelter if their proprietor doesn’t retrieve them in 5 days. And now, the dogs legally belong to the brand new households.
But Davison will not cease looking, and hoping a miracle will reunite him together with his greatest buddies.
“Out right here in Colorado, they’re about all I’ve anymore,” mentioned Davison.
