A few days ago I was driving home from a park after taking my pup for a long enjoyable walk. As I neared a neighborhood intersection my attention went to what I thought was a little cat. After a closer look, it turned out to be a small chunky little dog walking towards the intersection with no collar and no human around. My dog-dad ears went up.
I immediately pulled into a nearby house's driveway, went over to the little pup and she came right over. Scooping her up I looked around, and still no other human.
Putting her in the back seat, my pup joined her and gave a friendly welcome. We drove home uneventfully, wherein I showed off our new guest to my wife. Both of us immediately went into action, posting Lost community notices on social media. We got our mother-in-law involved who informed us that her elderly neighbor would love to have a small female house dog if we can't find the owner.
I took her to the local vet/petco who scanned her for a chip..free of charge. No chip I asked what they thought her age was..and they said around 2ish.
That day was spent letting her roam the house, getting water, eating, going potty in the back yard. She was a real joy..very cute..tiny really..and very friendly. Our own dog was very protective, getting up twice in the middle of the night to check on her in the little basket/blanky we set up as her bed.
No responses came that first day. Now we were in a pickle. It's expensive to start out with a dog when you don't know its history. Spay, shots, flea treatment, chipping, food etc. I personally was on the fence whether to keep her in our family or give her to our mother-in-laws neighbor..who is very elderly and never leaves the house.
But then later in the morning of the second day, the owner responded. It was an exact match. She (the owner), had started to give her dog (Lilly) a bath, and it somehow got out. She had already taken her collar off.
She (the owner) apologized about not chipping her, promised to do so right away, and was given our address. Lilly by the way is an 11 year old pomeranian/chihuahua mix.
Her and her husband or boyfriend arrived soon after and had a wonderful reunion. All was well in the world. I guess good things do still happen in these crazy times.
Lilly on the left, my pup on the right.
I immediately pulled into a nearby house's driveway, went over to the little pup and she came right over. Scooping her up I looked around, and still no other human.
Putting her in the back seat, my pup joined her and gave a friendly welcome. We drove home uneventfully, wherein I showed off our new guest to my wife. Both of us immediately went into action, posting Lost community notices on social media. We got our mother-in-law involved who informed us that her elderly neighbor would love to have a small female house dog if we can't find the owner.
I took her to the local vet/petco who scanned her for a chip..free of charge. No chip I asked what they thought her age was..and they said around 2ish.
That day was spent letting her roam the house, getting water, eating, going potty in the back yard. She was a real joy..very cute..tiny really..and very friendly. Our own dog was very protective, getting up twice in the middle of the night to check on her in the little basket/blanky we set up as her bed.
No responses came that first day. Now we were in a pickle. It's expensive to start out with a dog when you don't know its history. Spay, shots, flea treatment, chipping, food etc. I personally was on the fence whether to keep her in our family or give her to our mother-in-laws neighbor..who is very elderly and never leaves the house.
But then later in the morning of the second day, the owner responded. It was an exact match. She (the owner), had started to give her dog (Lilly) a bath, and it somehow got out. She had already taken her collar off.
She (the owner) apologized about not chipping her, promised to do so right away, and was given our address. Lilly by the way is an 11 year old pomeranian/chihuahua mix.
Her and her husband or boyfriend arrived soon after and had a wonderful reunion. All was well in the world. I guess good things do still happen in these crazy times.
Lilly on the left, my pup on the right.