No I didn't take the track because it was 1.2 of a mile through a pine thicket you can dig your way through. The thing that is weird I heard him bark a lost bark a couple times and it sounded like he was headed back toward where I turned out but never showed up.
he probably was injured badly...maybe he can make it out if you go out there and call for him...I would do all I could to get to him...