Like a Little Lost Puppy
Actually, quite literally a little lost puppy.
On my way home from dropping little_ribbit off at the vet clinic where she works today, I encountered a small dog, looked like a miniature terrier of some sort, running in and out of traffic on the edge of Stevenson Blvd. For those of you who don't know Fremont, that's a big, busy street with fast traffic.
So, I parked near by, and chased the dog down. I managed to corner it on somebody's front porch. Of course, it occurred to me that maybe it had run to this porch because this was it's house, but a knock and a brief conversation through an unopened door revealed that this was not, indeed, it's owner.
So, I went back to the car, got out my jacket, and used it to wrap up the poor little dog (I had to use my jacket because it was scared and cornered, and therefore nipping at me). Once I had it in my arms, it was quite docile.
Then I went right back to where I had come from, being the vet clinic where little_ribbit works. The puppy has no tags, and no chips, so beyond the shot in the dark of putting up some posters, we have no way of tracking down the original owners. We're getting it's basic vaccines right now (since we have no idea if it's been vaccinated already), but it was also very visibly an un-fixed male.
Once no longer cornered by a giant mammal of unknown hostility, he was completely docile, leading us to conclude that he probably is, normally, a house dog. Unfortunately, we can't keep him, because we already have 2 cats that he probably wouldn't get along with, plus we're not really dog people. So, anybody looking for a cute little terrier-ish dog?
Edit: Well, we found a good home for it. My fiance's brother is very much a dog person, who had been lacking a dog, and the two took an instant liking to each other. Of course, if we find the original owner, they can still have their dog back, but in the mean time he's well cared for, and if his original owner never turns up, he'll still have a home.
On my way home from dropping little_ribbit off at the vet clinic where she works today, I encountered a small dog, looked like a miniature terrier of some sort, running in and out of traffic on the edge of Stevenson Blvd. For those of you who don't know Fremont, that's a big, busy street with fast traffic.
So, I parked near by, and chased the dog down. I managed to corner it on somebody's front porch. Of course, it occurred to me that maybe it had run to this porch because this was it's house, but a knock and a brief conversation through an unopened door revealed that this was not, indeed, it's owner.
So, I went back to the car, got out my jacket, and used it to wrap up the poor little dog (I had to use my jacket because it was scared and cornered, and therefore nipping at me). Once I had it in my arms, it was quite docile.
Then I went right back to where I had come from, being the vet clinic where little_ribbit works. The puppy has no tags, and no chips, so beyond the shot in the dark of putting up some posters, we have no way of tracking down the original owners. We're getting it's basic vaccines right now (since we have no idea if it's been vaccinated already), but it was also very visibly an un-fixed male.
Once no longer cornered by a giant mammal of unknown hostility, he was completely docile, leading us to conclude that he probably is, normally, a house dog. Unfortunately, we can't keep him, because we already have 2 cats that he probably wouldn't get along with, plus we're not really dog people. So, anybody looking for a cute little terrier-ish dog?
Edit: Well, we found a good home for it. My fiance's brother is very much a dog person, who had been lacking a dog, and the two took an instant liking to each other. Of course, if we find the original owner, they can still have their dog back, but in the mean time he's well cared for, and if his original owner never turns up, he'll still have a home.