Like a lot of people I constantly check this thread hoping for the news we're all waiting for.
I had a bizarre experience on Saturday after collecting my daughter from school in Norfolk and travelling back to Cambs. A large (berenese cross??) was seen running down the dual carriageway ahead of me, luckily there were 2 tractors ahead so the traffic was going slowly. At the side of the road a lady was running, clearly distressed by the effort, after the dog. My first thought was that the dog had escaped from a car and that it was in danger of being hit by traffic with the lady collapsing from a heart attack after the exertion of running. So, more concerned about the dog than the consequences of stopping in the middle of a dual carriage way, I stopped the car and stopped the traffic, opened both doors to our car - wildly thinking it was the one day I had no leads in the car and the crate in the boot was a small one. I got my daughter to try and entice the dog, (she had some sweets), he came towards us and circled the car. This gave a chance for the poor lady to catch up with us. Georgina won the day, she got out in bare feet and school uniform on the road and softly spoke to the dog while holding his collar until the lady caught up. Poor woman could hardly string two words together. Apparently the dog had undone the gate and crossed 2 fields onto the dual carriageway with her chasing after him. She was looking after him for someone and they had not thought to tell her he could undo gates. We drove them both home, luckily none the worse for the adventure.
I hope someone finds Annie in a similar way