Here I come to save the day....

"Help a stranger once a month"....check!

So I have January's resolution done!

Casey & I had just run to Hobby Lobby to pick up our gnome (who will be following us around everywhere we go) and were on our way to Meers for din-din when we decided we were famished and needed to get a snack at the McDonald's on SW Pkwy and McNiel. As we sat in the left-hand turn lane, Casey said "don't look." Well, of course I looked & saw a doggie coming from McNiel & crossing OVER SW Pkwy. The light had just turned green for straight-goers but they saw what was going on & waited. The dog was very confused and was coming right towards us. I immediately opened the door and called to the dog. I've called out to dogs before but usually they run the opposite direction but this one actually came over! He jumped in the car and promptly sat on my lap.

He was a pretty big dog so his face was right in Casey's "space" which wouldn't have been so bad but he was drooling pretty heavily. Well, our light was still red so we just sat there & sat there & Casey's freaking out "get his face away from me! He's drooling on me!" I couldn't help but laugh because the dog was so big (about 50 lbs) that there was no where for him to turn around or move to.

Our light finally turned green & we drove down the steet next to McDonald's that turns into a residential neighborhood trying to figure out what to do since he didn't have a collar (stupid pet parents!!). We stopped and I opened the door to let the dog out which he did but he kept circling the car. I felt so bad and didn't want him to head back towards SW Pkwy for God's sake so I called my friend, Traci who's hubby used to work in Animal Control. She told me Animal Control does work on the weekends so I immediately called & had them paged. A woman called back a few minutes later. I was sitting on the curb at this point with doggie with Casey safe and drying out in the car. She said she'd be able to come out to get the dog in about 35 minutes. So I suggested Casey run to Micky D's to get some water for the dog.

I got alot of looks from residents coming down the street. Casey returned & doggie drank some water but not the volume I'd have guessed he'd needed. So again, I thought he had to be someone's dog if he'd had access to water recently. This man in a red pickup drove by & asked us what we were doing. After we explained he offered to give us some rope. Then gave us his address in case we wanted to drop it by his house after we were done. He was Mr. Know It All because he asked if we knew what was going to happen once Animal Control got there. I covered doggies ears while he said "they're going to put him down." I thanked him for the rope and was very happy to see him leave.

Animal Control arrived about 20 min after we called them and this very nice guy talked to us for a little bit & explained they'll hold a dog in Reclaim for about 5 days and then it'd be up to the Humane Society to take him over there.

So if you know of anyone that has an Airedale Terrier/maybe German Sheppard mix dog that's about 50 lbs, I think male, lost Sunday afternoon about 3pm (i'd include a pic but my phone's being stupid), contact me so I know he's gone back home.