Have You Seen Buddy?

Buddy, a Wilmington dog missing since last October, may have been spotted in Stoneham this week.

Buddy was possibly seen on Broadway in Stoneham on Sunday, May 31 heading in the direction of Wakefield. Missing Dogs Massachusetts say they received a report of seeing a “hungry, skittish dog” that matches Buddy’s description. Buddy has been missing nearly eight months.

Buddy has been missing from the Richmond Road, Aldrich St. area in Wilmington since Oct. 14 and has been seen in many area towns. Please keep a lookout for him as his heartbroken family wants him home safe and sound.

If you’ve seen Buddy in the area, you are asked to call his owners immediately at 978-988-6306. Please do not call out for him or chase him.

Buddy is a 6-year-old Lab/Shepherd mix and weighed 75 pounds when he went missing. Buddy is friendly and outgoing and is wearing a collar and tags. Missing for several months he is now much thinner and very skittish. He has a very curly tail and purple markings on his tongue.

The owners of a dog missing since mid-October have received reports of several sightings of the missing pooch.

• In early April someone jogging at the Wakefield lake thought they saw a skinny Buddy a couple of times on the Main Street side of the lake in the midday hours.

• Buddy’s owners also followed up on a sighting in Middleton on Peachy Street off River Street behind condominiums, in the beginning of April.

• In mid March, there was a report he was seen in Lynnfield in the Chestnut Street area. In mid-January, there was a possible Buddy sighting on Forest Street at the North Reading/Middleton line near Harold Parker Forest. Buddy’s owners said at the time, the location makes sense following Buddy’s direction of travel so far.

• On Jan. 7, Buddy was spotted at the Hood Elementary School in North Reading. In February he was spotted in the Grove Avenue area of Reading.

• Prior to that when he first went missing he was seen in Tewksbury at Shawsheen and Ballard Streets, as well as in Wilmington at the North Intermediate School at the corner of Rte. 125 and Rte 62.

Again, Buddy is a 6-year-old Lab/Shepherd mix and weighs 75 pounds. Buddy is friendly and outgoing and is wearing a collar and tags. He has a very curly tail and purple markings on his tongue.

If you’ve seen Buddy please do not call or chase him, please call Buddy’s owner immediately at 978-988-6306.