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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Another Dog For The Farm?
A week ago, I posted about us going to the school and signing up to be
volunteers. What I didn't mention was that there was a dog hanging
around the school. Linda had told me that it was hanging around and if
someone didn't get it the dog catcher would come and take it away. As we
went inside, one of the teachers stopped me and told me that very thing.
I told her that Linda had said she didn't want another dog. The teacher
said OK. On the way home, Linda and I talked about the dog. Linda was
worried about another dog at the farm getting hit on the highway. I told
her that if she didn't take the dog the dog catcher would take it and
then it would be put down and at least at the farm, the dog had a
chance. We didn't say much more about it until yesterday. I asked her if
the dog was still hanging around the school. She said yes. This morning
Linda called home and said the dog catcher had the dog in his truck and
was ready to leave with it. She wanted to know if he could bring it out
to the farm instead of taking it to the dog pound. I said OK, so about
15 minutes later he arrived with the dog in a cage in the back of the
truck. I had set a couple of bowls in a barn stall and put food and
water in them. He put the noose around the dog's neck and let her out of
the cage. I picked up the dog and carried her to the stall and removed
the noose. The dog catcher and I talked for a few minutes and he told me
to keep the dog pinned up for a few weeks or she would run away. I told
him we would and that we would feed her and get her used to us before
letting her run loose.
It
remains to be seen whether the dog will stay around or not.
Anybody
have any suggestions for a name?