I don't think I've seen one either on the wing or roosting, Owl. Glad you are feeling better anyway.
Don't know about Griff, but Yantan has been posting on the dog related pages on FaceBook today and yesterday. I know they do talk together frequently.
Sorry about your friend, Jazz but cancer can be contained in a lot of cases. If the worse comes to the worse, could you keep the dog?
I sometimes wonder about scriptwriters, watched an episode of Vera earlier and a man who was meant to be a gamekeeper/gardener type was talking about a herd of sheep! I suppose he looked after a flock of cattle, too?