We couldn’t figure out from where the dog barking noise was coming. There are nearby hiking trails, so on the way upstream we just thought it odd we couldn’t see any person or dog, and jokingly laughed it off as a tree’s bark.
when the barking started again as we passed on the way downstream, our curiosity compelled closer investigation. Given the dog’s black and white markings, it was really hard to see her tucked in the shadows of a hollow in the river bank. She was shaking, either from cold or nerves. I’m wary of unfamiliar dogs and was too scared to try and go pull her out.
I phoned the local county animal control. They matched the description of the dog to a report of a lost dog they received earlier that day, and they contacted the owner who arrived at the river about twenty minutes later. He’d been walking her that morning and took her off the leash because she’s always a good dog and doesn’t run away. Then she saw the geese and took off after them. He was very happy to get “his baby” back.
I’m just not a dog person. I almost did nothing about the dog. But, I thought of the posts some of you wrote about your dogs and the heartache that loosing a dog brings on, and I made the call. So, pat yourselves on the back. You saved that dog as much as anybody!
when the barking started again as we passed on the way downstream, our curiosity compelled closer investigation. Given the dog’s black and white markings, it was really hard to see her tucked in the shadows of a hollow in the river bank. She was shaking, either from cold or nerves. I’m wary of unfamiliar dogs and was too scared to try and go pull her out.
I phoned the local county animal control. They matched the description of the dog to a report of a lost dog they received earlier that day, and they contacted the owner who arrived at the river about twenty minutes later. He’d been walking her that morning and took her off the leash because she’s always a good dog and doesn’t run away. Then she saw the geese and took off after them. He was very happy to get “his baby” back.
I’m just not a dog person. I almost did nothing about the dog. But, I thought of the posts some of you wrote about your dogs and the heartache that loosing a dog brings on, and I made the call. So, pat yourselves on the back. You saved that dog as much as anybody!
