The search and rescue guy's web site says give up after eight weeks. Have a little ceremony or some such thing in which you tell your pet how sad you are and about all the effort you made to find it. Here's what I think. Everybody who has lost a dog made some mistake that had that result. I certainly know exactly what I did wrong. All this effort in trying to find her doesn't count for anything. The outlay I am making now could have been avoided had I made the appropriate effort up front. Whatever pain, expense, and inconvenience I have was entirely brought upon me by my own irresponsibility. And that does not address what panic and fear China undoubtedly experienced in the beginning, even if I believe that she is OK now.
Don't come around whining about being sorry and how hard you're working and how bad you feel. Don't muck it up in the first place.
I keep thinking about her being OK, dead or alive, but then I realize that there were at least some days full of fear. I am so sorry, China.
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