On Sunday Timber and I went for a liesurly one hour bike ride on the Coyote Creek Trail near where we live. The weather was nice, the hills were green, and there were a lot of other people out enjoying the nice day. On our way back we came upon a small white dog, something of a Lhasa Apso mix on the trail by itself. We could tell that it was old because it walked around like the small robotic dogs I remembered seeing in toy stores as a kid. We stopped, looked at it, and thought about what we should do. We decided that we would find the nearest people and ask them if they had lost their dog. We found some people water skiiing in a small lake next to the trail and asked them, but no one had lost a small white dog. The dog had a collar, so we decided we would check the collar to see if the dog had a tag with a phone number on it. The only problem was that the little white dog didn't let us get close enough to grab its collar. It would run away or show its teeth if we got too close. So we made an educated guess as to which way we should herd it and either get it tired enough to let us check its collar or run into its owner who should be looking for it. Once we got closer to a group of houses we saw a lady walking along the street yelling something. I knew right away that this was the dog's owner. Soon she saw the dog and yelled to it, then the dog wagged its tail and ran toward her. Dogs are wonderful animals but sometimes they strike me as being very stupid. So with owner and dog reunited we were back on our way home. I'm glad that little white dog had a happy ending and I certainly hope that someone would help Wookie the same way if he ever gets lost again.
Posted by troutm8 at February 19, 2008 12:36 AM