January 4, 2005
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My girlfriend was walking our pet doggie, and she noticed that there
was a stray dog (or a runaway) following them. It was a large
brown dog that looked like a golden retriever. He seemed friendly
enough, so my girlfriend let him sniff our dog and such, but our doggie
seemed annoyed (she always acts too proud to be sniffed).
Anyways, my girl noticed that the dog kept following them, all the way
home. Being that my girl loves dogs, she felt sorry for the poor
thing and brought out a bowl of water through the side gate. But
when she did that, the dog quickly dashed into her backyard.
Since her mom would not allow her to keep more than one dog at her
home, there was no way she would be able to keep him. Which is
unfortunate since the dog is soo cute and well behaved. The dog
seemed domesticated because he follows the commands of sit and shake
rather well. He is a really well behaved cute dog, and we soooo
wanted to just keep him. I also believe that our own dog was
feeling jealous, which was kinda cute to watch as well.My girlfriend calls Animal control and tells them that she has a stray
dog that they’ll need to pick up. They said they would pick him
up in a couple of hours, but they never showed. It turned out
that since we live in the far west corner of our county, we can’t
request another county’s animal control for help, and had to call our
own. So we did that, but they told us that they won’t be able to
go by until the next day. I told my girlfriend that we should
take him there ourselves.So we took him there, and sure enough it starts to rain, so we’re happy
we got him indoors. We also found out that he didn’t have a chip
inside, so who knows who the owner is. I suppose it’s for the
best as well, because there’s a patch around his neck that looked like
they tied his collar around him too tight. Maybe he was abused,
so it may be for the best that he gets a new owner (I wish it was us
though). So we said our goodbyes and went on our way thinking if
there was some way we could have kept him. We are planning to
follow up on what happens to him for the next week or two, and will
also take a look at the website to see if he gets put up for adoption
or is sectioned off in the lost and found category. We pray he will be
alright.http://animalcontrol.co.la.ca.us/html/Main1.htm (Baldwin Park shelter)
