Thanks TM (Toffee's Mom) and everybody else! We are praying harder than ever before. I had to work this weekend, but was in Hantsport every minute I possibly could. A woman that I haven't even met yet and a mutual friend have spent many hours in Hantsport over the last few days, searching, putting up posters, and talking to everyone they met. Yesterday my mom who is 71 was there for several hours as well, searching. (it is her place that Bandit ran from, she feels so responsible for all this even though it wasn't her, or anybody's, fault, it is just something that happened) There is a walking trail and a couple spots in there had the ground dug up a bit. Not sure what did the digging, there had been enough rain to make the mud soft, so there weren't any paw prints or claw marks. I'm thinking the digging must have happened before the rain, then the rain washed away any prints.
My cousin in Nevada just told me about her friend in Illinois, her sheltie just ran today, I'm going to try to get her to tell her friend about this forum, hopefully they will post it here. It is also a sable, looks a lot like Bandit. I will also try to put it on the Sheltie Nation facebook page, if that is ok.