The Fascination

I don't really know what it is. I don't even know if it is "us" or if it is just the house... but we can't seem to stop being home to stray dogs! We have found another one, making it three in the last year. The first one was found on Valentine's Day last year, and the owners, despite the fact that they live two houses down, and we left a note on their door inquiring about their dog, took foreeeever to get back to us. The second one was Dude. Dude was cool, however, dude had poo issue, and Dude was not fun. BUT Dude had tags which made it easy. This time we found, what Jason fondly calls "Dorkus".



She is a super sweet dog, and very timid.  I saw her running around the neighborhood but couldn't get her to come near me so I just kind of left it.  She had a collar, so I figured someone had to be looking for her.  She circled the cul-de-sac a few times, and some jack-ass, driving like they always do, came flying around the corner, and decided to use the cul-de-sac as their race track, and almost hit her.  So I decided to beg Jason, who never wants to take them in, to help me get her, because I could not imagine having someone find one of our dogs, and just let them roam free without trying to find their owners.  He slowly approached her and gained her trust, and we put a leash on her.  We walked around the neighborhood a bit, and talked to more neighbors than I think we have the entire time we have been here, and everyone said she belonged in a different direction.  Ugh.  We tried to get her into the car, but she wouldn't jump into either one.  Jason went back to his homework, and I grabbed some homemade treats as he wished me luck walking out the door.  They aparently, are really good, because it got her into the car in no time, something the other treats I was giving her wouldn't do.  I screamed for Jason to get out there, and we headed to PetSmart.  Unfortunately, even though she had a collar, she had no tags, and no microchip, so we posted at PetSmart, and I posted on Pets911.com in the hopes that her owner missed her as much as she misses them.  She did not enjoy the shot car ride, and kept trying to jump into the front seat with us, and at one point, was climbing over my shoulder to do so, hence the name Dorkus that Jason gave her.

She is not a neglected dog.  She was very clean, he teeth were super clean, and he nails were trimmed.  She shed a lot, but I think that is because she is stressed.  She is super cuddly and is currently whining in our backyard because she doesn't want to be alone.  :(  I think that if we don't hear anything back from anyone tomorrow, we will have to call the Humane Society.  :(