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| How to lose a new dog in less than 4 days |
Maybe she was bored. Or wanted to get to know the new neighborhood.
Maybe, disoriented, she was trying to find her way back to the shelter and a life she knew.
Most probably she was just terrified.
Whatever the reason, last Thursday she bolted out the front door, took a left at the end of the driveway and disappeared for good into a steamy August morning.
We searched on foot, on bikes, in the car. Despondent, I called out to her in unfamiliar places, my voice still unknown to her, using a name she hadn't yet learned.
It was hopeless.
We put up signs. We waited. I walked the neighborhood for the tenth time. Shelter volunteers that had grown to love her in her time with them came out to help us look for her. Nothing.
Until the phone rang that evening and someone had rescued her, yet again. It was incomprehensible to me that she'd been found; I thought I would never see her again.
How she spent that day, we'll never know... how she navigated two very, very busy roads without being hit to end up 3 miles away... how a Good Samaritan convinced her to stop in her running long enough to be caught...
I am so thankful for this happy ending and for this dog I barely know and already can't help but love...
12 comments:
Whew that was scary!!! Hang on to her.
Sometimes they just run . . . I'm so glad she found her way back home. Poor girl.
She's found such a good home, and hopefully soon she'll relax and enjoy every bit of love.
That was scary! I'm so glad you found her again.
It takes a while to get settled.
So glad you got her back!
Whew--glad I read quickly to the end to see how this turned out.
How did the rescuers know to contact you? The signs you put up? Or the shelter?
Dopey doggie! I'm glad she found her way home!
Lucky dog!
Oh my gosh, those are the scariest moments: when you think your baby is gone for good. I'm so glad someone found her and brought her home to you! There are tears in my eyes just thinking about how scared and sad you must have been.
I hope she finds peace and comfort at her new home. It's amazing you were able to get her back.
I'm so glad you found her! She is beautiful and looks a lot like our dog Shasta, who we lost just a few months ago. Good job giving her a new life. Love it.
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