SmithicAir

11/02/2026

Well this was the first for us. We were out looking for Grimm tonight in Joliet when we came across a deceased dog. It was not Grimm but we are hoping that we can find a match with someone who is missing this dog so we can give them some closure.

IL 11/1/2026

Small to medium size. Black. Maybe gray or white under belly. Possible brown paws. Has on a silver chain collar. *photo available on request*

Red dot is location. Off of I80 Hoping to get scanned for a microchip tomorrow

Contact 630-673-3213

10/31/2026

THANK YOU to Mike from Smithicair who helped us look for Moxie. We learned a lot about what to do and not do when looking for a lost pet.

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Thanks to Mike and his volunteers who helped too. You Rock. Moxie got home safe yesterday and eventually curled up feeling safe.

10/31/2026

10/30/2026

Moxie is safe! We received a call this morning about a dog named Moxie who had slipped away while wearing a retractable leash last night. (Educational point retractable leashes are not good. We look for a lot of dogs that are freaked out because these leashes are being dragged behind them and scaring them.) We were also contacted by Bart, a lost dog recovery expert in the area. We arrived in the area and started searching. We met an Elburn police officer who started his own thermal drone search with no luck. The dogs person was in our car when a call came in from a neighbor. The family was setting up Halloween decorations when they noticed a dog sitting between their house and a fence. They went to go post the dog on social media and that is when they found the post about Moxie missing. Amy drove to the address and was able to recover the dog safely. It would have been very difficult for us to find this dog sitting against a warm house in a residential neighborhood. We are so thankful for the volunteers from the rescue that came out to assist, the Elburn police department, the Kane County sheriff's department, and of course, the neighbor that spotted Moxie.

10/29/2026

Check out all the photos for the trapping video!

Wow! What a night! SmithicAir had the opportunity to lend a hand to an experience lost dog recovery team who had been working so hard to bring Snoopy home. He was lost right after being adopted and the team educated the nearby neighborhood, tracked the many sightings they generated, put out and moved their feeding stations, cameras and traps. We had some availability and came out to search the area. While flying, a sighting came in and that certainly helped narrow our search. We first found a different dog in a backyard of a house Snoopy would eventually be trapped in. We found Snoopy two houses away, laying by a swing set. The recovery team discussed moving trap locations but Snoopy got up and started cruising the neighborhood. We kept the team informed as they charted each turn on a map. Snoopy was getting closer to a feeding station but we lost him during a battery change. A volunteer then saw him and quickly set up a trap which he ignored. After searching the neighborhood again, SmithicAir left for the evening. The team repositioned a couple of traps and decided one of the traps needed to go in the neighbors yard where the first sighting of the night came in. This ended up being the key. As they were finishing setting up this trap, they heard some noise nearby. They quickly moved to the street and hid behind some garbage cans. Snoopy went into the trap and was safe shortly afterwards. Excellent work team!!! Couldn't tag everyone for some reason.

10/29/2026

Didn't fly for Piper but helped with guidance and other support. Welcome home!

Home at Last! PIPER, the Jack Russell Terrier missing from , IL is home safe and sound! Missing 10/26/26, Reunited 10/27/26 Welcome home, Piper!

**Special thanks to SmithicAir for all their help!**

ID # 824599

10/20/2026

Nanna is a 5-year-old rescue dog who was placed with a wonderful foster two weeks ago. The foster cared for her and took her on peaceful walks until a nightmare situation occurred; as the foster was helping another dog owner with a dog's collar, Nanna got out of her harness as the stranger held her leash. She was off, wearing nothing but an adorable yellow sweater. Her foster searched and searched. She spoke with everyone in the area in hopes of hearing where Nanna could have gone. She decided to reach out to SmithicAir, and while we were on the phone, Nanna approached the apartment building entrance which would lead to her unit, but a resident called out to her and tried to get her. Nanna ran. We advised the foster to get scent items and treats out by her building's entrance and to sit near this door. We advised her on how to use calming signals to lure her dog should Nanna approach again. We arrived and parked in the same parking lot we had used a couple of weeks ago when we helped locate a dog named Ranger. Ten minutes into our first flight, we located Nanna sitting in a ditch dangerously close to St. Charles Road. The foster wanted to try to lure her and slowly walked to the same ditch and sat some 20 yards away. Nanna stared at her foster but did not recognize her. She ran away but relocated in the back of a business farther away from the road. We kept watch when something startled her and she started running again. At first she ran to the east and then back to the south straight for the busy roadway. We quickly turned on the spotlight to attempt to highlight her for the drivers, but she made contact with one of the cars. Expecting the worst, we were thrilled to see her run away from the scene, past her foster, and into a quiet area behind some townhomes. We tried to assess her health and watched her find a safe area away from the road and close to the Western Trail. We decided to leave her be for the night, hoping she had avoided serious injury.

We advised the foster to leave out the food, water, and scent items overnight and then to camp out in that location starting at daybreak the next day. We were confident that she would try to return home again. Unfortunately, she received some other advice that she needed to hang up fliers. While this is important, we would have suggested that someone else handle this task. When she was out distributing fliers, Nanna was spotted right by the apartment building entrance, but an exciting neighbor startled her and she ran again. The foster returned to the apartment and took up her post again. Later in the day, another sighting came in, and again the foster was given guidance by others to leave the building to investigate the sighting. She made several trips inside with her chair and the dog's crate. On one of the trips, she turned around in the interior hallway to return outside, and to her amazement, Nanna was in the hallway. She must have followed her in! Nanna was safe!

The foster took her to the Bartlett Animal Hospital the next day, and she somehow escaped serious injuries. Welcome home, Nanna!


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10/18/2026

Nanna from Carol Stream is Safe! The foster parent waited most of the day by her residence and when another sighting came in she decided to start to pack her things up and she went in the main door to her building and when she turned around her dog was behind her, inside the building. She probably snuck in behind her.

Story and video to come out tomorrow!