Lost Dogs

So yesterday I come home from work and decide to take Braylen outside to play for a little bit. Soon after stepping outside I see a stray dog coming right for me. I whistle for it to come to me as it quickly comes to me feet and lays down. The dog appears to be in very good health and is very friendly. So as I try to figure out what to do about this dog, I see a man trying to walk his small dog across the street as another dog is trailing them. So I ask the man if he knows who the dog following him belongs to and he says no. So as I get closer to him I notice that both the dog following him and the dog at my feet look very similar. So I call for the other dog to come to me and like the other he is very friendly but is missing one of his eyes.

While all of this is going on Braylen is sitting in my car watching all of this go on and like normal is asking all kinds of questions. So Jodi and I give the dogs some treats and dog food, as I make some calls to find a place for them to go. With little luck on the phone I move the two dogs to the back deck as we give them some water and I spend some time playing with them.

Now Braylen is sitting in the window staring at the dogs and is crying that he wants dogs like that. He says with tears coming down his face “When Fudge goes back to the pet store, I want two dogs like those”. To calm him down Jodi lets Braylen toss a couple of treats out the door to give to them.

After making a few more calls Jodi finds a animal hospital in Duluth (just down the street from my apartment) that has agreed to take the dogs in for the night until we can figure out what to do. So I load up the dogs into my car and drive them 20 minutes and drop them off at the vet.

Jodi decides to make some posts on a couple of sites listing the lost dogs as she come across a posting of someone who is looking for two dogs that very closely match these two dogs. It would take a long time to explain each dog but with the information we have Jodi and I are pretty sure these are the two dogs that have been missing since 12/01/2007. So Jodi has sent them an email and we are going to see what happens today.

At lunch time I am going to pick them up and take them to the county pound which does not put dogs down and hopefully we can contact the owners and have a happy ending. I will keep everyone posted.

Add comment January 4th, 2008