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Well, after my roommate let him out this morning at 10 AM.  She ran after him, which scared him, and he ran down Oleander Ave to Beale Park.  That is where she ran out of breath and lost sight of him.

I searched the neighborhood by foot and car from 10:30 AM handing out my business card to anyone on the street.  I stopped at 12:45 to post this and print out posters to tack up everywhere.

I began tacking the posters to telephone posts toward the park, as I was stapling one near the park a car passed me and then turned around.  The woman said "A little brown male Chihuahua?  I saw him on Chester Ave by the Veterinary Hospital.  He ran from me toward 3rd St"

So off I drove, dropped a poster at the Vet, the lady pulled up again and told me which way she had seen him run earlier.  So I then began posting signs on third, as I stapled up another 2 women pushing a stroller said, "Are you looking for a little tan chihuahua?  We saw him in front of that store over there and called here doggy doggy, but he ran"

Then the Vet called me and said the ladies inside had seen him go by again then run across Chester toward Kragen!  So I sped down third, crossed Chester to Kragen and as I was going across the street I saw him!  He was standing at the edge of the parking lot watching cars drive by.  I pulled into the parking lot yelling IGBY!  IGBY!  He was already running toward my car having seen me coming!

I opened my door and he jumped in and covered my face with kisses then looked out the window as we began driving home, I stopped at the Vet to introduce him to them, then removed the posters I'd put up along the way.

I guess we can call today "Igby's Great Adventure!"  He crossed 2 major streets and the doggy god must have been looking out for him and acting as his crossing gaurd.