That sounds awful. Seriously, I would have started crying about half way into that.

We've had a couple of our dogs get out and take off before, and they always came back by the end of the day. Now I own two indoor/outdoor cats, and sometimes they arent back by dinner and it makes me nervous, but they always come back before I start to freak.

I'm glad you found your turtle! Shlup's turtle ran away once and never came back ;_;