Missing pet, some small things are important

Star is missing.  We have two yellow lab pet dogs, Star and Angie, who represent home and continuity to our kids.  We were gone over the weekend for a much-needed family break, but while we were gone there was some confusion about the care of our dogs.  Star was not tied up overnight and ran away.  She did this once before.  Since we arrived home this afternoon and found out, our kids have been searching high and low.  Luke came back caked in mud from an hour and a half of biking for miles around; Jack went on a motorcycle search with Scott; Caleb accompanied neighbor boys who are friends walking as far as he could.  They did find a couple of disparate witnesses in far flung directions who claimed to have seen her.  They are very sad.  A couple of months ago some kids threw a brick at Star and she was briefly paralyzed.  We are worried that someone could beat or kill her while she’s on the run.  Pray for her return, for our kids’ sake.