With Guy Fawkes upon us tomorrow, and fireworks already ripping through our peaceful suburbs, one scared little Shih Tzu is still out there, waiting to be found.

He's known simply as ‘Harry', and tomorrow is of particular significance.

It was Bethlehem College's fireworks that send him scarpering earlier in the year, and since then he's been sighted numerous times in the Bethlehem area, near Cambridge road.

Jan Willoughby is making one last effort to find him before tomorrow's inevitable artillery barrage. At 1pm today she will be down in the area behind Wallace Place/Furn Park Lane searching with her canine companion, Savvy.

'Savvy is a Maltese Shih Tzu, so she's very much of the same ilk as Harry,” she says.

'I've had a long conversation with Sharon (Harry's owner) about how timid, but also smart, these dogs are. It can make finding them difficult sometimes.

'Savvy's going to come with us and have a sniff. She loves nothing more than other Shih Tzus to have a playdate with.”

Jan hopes the presence of another dog – particularly a Shih Tzu – might convince Harry to pop his head above the parapet and come out of hiding.

'Basically, we're going to take Savvy out and she can be the jailbait… although she might be older, in which case she might be more of a cougar,” laughs Jan.

Jan plans to lay down an upcycled (cardboard lawnmower box) glamping shelter with dog mattress, cuddly rug, and squeaky toys to entice Harry. There will also be some tasty lamb tripe and venison dental bites, which are apparently 'like catnip to dogs.”

Jan says although Harry is just a dog, he's also part of somebody's family. She thinks it's a timely reminder for people to look after all animals, not just their own, and be considerate.

'Surely, if we can mobilise a volunteer force for clean up after Rena, we can bring one small, scared, starving dog home to his family after 6 long weeks?”