"You can buy a pretty dog but you can't buy the wag of its tail."
Rich and I were about to leave for the store yesterday and we saw a dog walking right on the corner. I got out of the car called to it and it happily ran over wagging its tail the whole time. She didn't have a collar. I could tell it was somones dog because she had some white long hair and it wasn't dirty or all in knots. We sat outside with her for a while to see if her owner would walk/drive by and see her. No one came. Rich tried calling shelters none were open since it was Sunday. He tried calling vets to take her to so they could scan her to see if she had a microchip. None were open because it was Sunday. We called the police to see what they would do and to put in a found dog report. They asked if we were going to keep her for the night or if we wanted them to pick her up, they would keep her for the night and take her to the shelter the next day. We said we would call back because we didn't know just then. We thought about keeping her for the night but then since there are already dogs in the house we didn't know if she had anything and would infect the other animals. Also, we brought one of the other dogs out and she snapped at her. So we called the police back to come pick her up. The cop came. I thought he was just going to take her and leave, but he took her and walked around the block trying to see if he could find her owner. Not sure what happened after that because we left to go to the store. For some reason I felt that her owner let her get out because they didn't want her anymore. I hope that isn't true and they found her home. She was such a sweet dog. She sat there letting us pet her and licked my arm. It made me sad. I wish we could have kept her.