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July - August 2000
 Hi,
When I read the story about Idaho. I cried & cried. I know the feeling
of searching & following leads, just to have them turn out to be
dead ends. I'm still trying to locate my best friend & buddy, Rontue.
I got him in 1991, when he was 9 months old after I had the brain
injury, from being hit by an 18 wheeler as I walked across a parking
lot of an truck stop, June 20, 1990. He & I had a blast growing
up together. He learned to fetch balls for me, bow, & shake hands.
He was only used to voice commands, or thoughts pass between us.
He stayed a stallion til he was 7 1/2 yrs. old, & against my better
judgement, & his vets better judgement, I listened to other people
& had him gelded. 
My ex-boyfriend had in 1998, forced me to rent my home to his friends,
in 1999, he left with all the money. He had tried to put me so far
in the hole before he left that I would HAVE to take him back to
climb back out, fooled him, I wouldn't take him back.
Last spring I had a chance to go with a family that worked fairs,
& they had promised to give me a bonus if I stayed with them the
complete circuit, which was til Oct. with out leaving. Which would
have allowed me to catch my back property taxes back up. cause I'm
losing my property, cause of the back taxes still haven't been paid,
& I'm still trying to catch the mortage up, from them not paying
last 6 months of last year. When he figured it out that I was going
to made it on my own, I guess he & his friends figured the best
way to get even was to get me thru my buddy's/friends. Rontue &
Homer my dog.
My dog Homer came up missing on June 6, I got back to Florida in
the middle of July, trying to find my dog, as he & I were as close
as Rontue & I are. In fact on the morning of June 6th, I was in
Michigan, at 3am in the morning, I woke up, screaming his name,
Homer, The fear I was feeling, is the fear I know Homer goes thru
when he see's a gun, He knows what they are for. I waited til 7am
& called the next door neighbors who were watching Homer for me,
& had her go look for me, she thought I was crazy, til she couldn't
find homer. Homer has never been seen since the night before the
dream.
 The
renters had also stopped paying the rent to me, in June also. By
the time I got them out in Dec. 2000, they had trashed my home so
bad that the county came in & condemed my home, til I could get
it cleaned up. In July, I must have really gotten a hornets nest
going. I stayed a week trying to find, Homer, & also tried to find
a place for Rontue, as I had a very BAD feeling that Rontue was
going to be next. I couldn't find anyone that could take him at
that time, but they would be able to, in a few weeks.
But before I could get back to Delaware for the next show, Rontue
was gone. Whether the renters did it, I don't know. But I think
they did it. I have found out alot about them since I got back.
They were into fighting cocks, & dogs, also dealing in drugs. I
also found out a few months ago thru one of their ex-friends, who
is also scared of them, but he did let it out that the way they
were making money was stealing animals & selling them. But he would
not go to the sheriff & talk.
 He
did say that they took dogs & would throw them into pens to made
the pit bulls mean & killers. He also said that the man LOVED to
kill dogs, just to watch them die. Also another man that worked
at a feed store, did tell me that the man DID kill a couple of my
dogs, but he wouldn't go into any more details. I had lost a couple
of other dogs, when I first left, but didn't relieze what was really
going on. My friend / buddy Homer, my dog, I'm afraid is dead, but
I'm still looking.
Anyway, I'm trying to get the word out to the world that my Friend
/ buddy Rontue is out there, & I have got to find him. He has never
had a bit in his mouth, you didn't even need reins, but if I didn't
tell him to let you ride, he would throw you off. I"m scared for
him. I don't ever want him to suffer, with those bits or anything
else a person might do to try to get him to let them ride him. He
is VERY strong headed, just like me.
Rontue does some unique things!
- He bow's & shakes hands.
- He loves to pick things up, & carry them with his mouth.
- I even have a picture of him bringing me a frizbe back to me.
- He has what some people call a roan nose, don't know if I spelled
that right.
- He has 1 white sock on his right rear.
- He has a large neck & he is or was very big, as I kept him an
stallion til he was 7 1/2 yrs old.
If you could tell me, the best way to get the word out to the world,
PLEASE let me know.
Any help you can give me, I would sure be indebted to you.
If there is anything I can do for you or anyone else that has or
is going thru this, just let me know.
See
addtional information and pictures
Charlene Gibson
e-mail: charjosiee@aol.com
33110 Brisk Dr.
Zephyrhills, Florida 33543
Home number :1-813-780-9732
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Pasco County sheriff's
number: 1-800-854-2861
case number : 0052014
ASK for Lt. Roger Mills Ag. divison |
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