Rossville woman still searching for dog trained to save her life

Contributed photo by Laurie Klusner / Training for Bear cost thousands of dollars. His owner just wants his safe return. Contributed photo by Laurie Klusner / Training for Bear cost thousands of dollars. His owner just wants his safe return.

By Kelcey Caulder November 20, 2021 5 min read

A Rossville, Georgia, woman whose service dog went missing from her yard in July is still searching for the animal trained to help save her life.

Laurie Klusner said Bear went missing after a home health nurse visited. The nurse was only at her home for a short time, Klusner said, and asked if she could put the dog outside while she was there. Because the yard is fenced, Klusner agreed.

“She had been there before and never asked that. She was there for 10, 15 minutes, and then she left. After that, my dog was gone,” she told the Times Free Press on Thursday.

In the four months since Bear went missing, Klusner has spent every day searching for the German shepherd she calls her “fur baby.”