Lost and Found (DOG) Story

What an interesting Monday it has been for me. You know how the saying goes that Monday's usually suck? Well today was that kind of Monday today for me ( I won't go into details.) Anyways all it took to turn my crappy day right around was two sweet dogs wandering my street who ran away from home.

Story goes as follows:

1:30 pm on McGillivray Avenue 2 dogs a white maltipoo mix and a yorkie terrier start following me home . I ask neighbours nearby if this is their dog and learn that these two dogs had been running around for a while. I go door to door trying to find their owner to no avail so what do   I do? Me being a dog owner and animal lover could not just walk away i took them home and fed them and gave them water in my backyard while still trying to find their owner. Three times they got loose and I had to chase them and catch them again because they were very frisky and wanted to run all over the place (No they did not have collars or I.D tags)

2:45 pm: Still looking ,call Animal Control . As I am playing in the backyard for a bit feeding them and giving them treats my new neighbour who lives behind me asked what was going on and we start chatting. She also a dog lover took them in for a bit and bathed them as they were quite dirty and very smelly)

4:15 pm: Animal Control comes to my home and we go over to my neigbour's home where the dogs are . The officer scans them no luck no chip! When Leslie (my neighbour) asks them what will happen he explains they would be put in a shelter and adopted out if their owner does not claim them. Leslie and I looked at each other and realized we couldn't let that happen so she offered to keep them in her backyard until the owner came.


5:15pm: Owner who lives about 2-3 blocks from us finally comes over to Leslie's home  ( A mother and her son) Who were very very happy to have their dogs back.

Turns out these two sweet dogs (Picture below) are 8 and 9 MONTHS OLD!!! One of them dug a hole under their backyard fence and that's how they got out. Before the owner left we did politely tell the dog owner to get their pets collars i.d tags or chipped. ( I really hope she got the message and these two sweet dogs don't get out again!)

These two sweet things bonded with me instantly and I would love to have taken them in if worst came to worst. Thankfully they are now home safe and sound and a lot cleaner!

Tip to all pet owners (though this should be common sense):
DON"T LEAVE YOUR PET UNATTENDED IN THE BACK YARD
DO PUT A COLLAR AND TAG WITH NUMBER AND ADDRESS ON YOUR DOG

Glad I was able to do a good deed and make my crappy Monday end on a positive note !

Next blog post will talk about the Princess of Wales Theater being turned into condos.