awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, Breaks my heart
(ooops, did I just do a bump?)
I end up finding a stray about once a year. My inlaws think I'm nuts.
One year, in the winter, we saw a large dog wondering dazed in a busy intersection. I jumped out of the car and my wife pulled into a parking lot. Upon hearing me call him the dog trotted right along side me.
In the parking lot I pulled out one of Tenzo's extra leashes. When he saw the leash he walked up, turned around and sat down so I could leash him up. We quickly found that he understood every hand signal we knew.
She had a hand tooled leather collar that said "Tasha". We took Tasha to the vets in hope that one knew her. None of the vets did, but they gave her an exam and found that he teeth were broken "from trying to eat things that were not edible. She also had a yest infection in her ample fur from lying in wet areas. (a yeast infection I was wildly allergic to.)
We took her to the groomer to get it cut out. The groomer did a full cut and double wash. No charge.
I couldn't house the dog at home due to the allergy problem. But someones friend worked at PetSmart. When the store was closing they kept him in a back room overnight. We had to be back at opening or the guy would get fired for keeping dogs in the store.
When we picked him up at the store he had a new leash and a bag of dogfood to keep him going.
Outside the store an adoption event was going on. While we could not join them they said it was OK if I stood next to them.
Just when I was about to give up a couple in an SUV pulled up. Their dog had died 6 months ago and they had decided that morning to just go look at the adoption dogs. Just look they promised themselves.
The went up to Tasha to look at her. I gave Tasha the hand signal for sit and hold and she did. While they were looking at Tasha a big wind came by out of nowhere and knocked over a large metal sign. It made a horrible noise causing everyone to jump and the adoption dogs bark and scatter. Tasha just sat there. Refusing to move an inch until I gave a release command.
The two people were not sure about the dog. Not sure they were ready to replace their old dog. I went and got the bag of dog food and explained that if she was not adopted now, she would be going to the shelter. They paused to think and I gave them the bag of dog food, thanked them profusely and left.
A month letter I got pictures. The couple spent 6 months a year at their cabin in the mountains. Tasha was a Malamute. She was incredibly happy as the picture of her in the snow and sitting with them at the Christmas tree showed.
I have no idea what I got from family for Christmas that year.
Finding Tasha a home was my best Christmas present ever.
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