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Posted by Joy Butler May 22, 2008 |
Don't you just love happy endings? A simple flyer tacked on a pole was the key. I listened to the phone message and the voice on the other end described her 17 year old dog who had wandered away. I returned the call and the lost dog I found is now safely home. It was a happy reunion that had beaten the odds. Most dogs without id never make it back home. Being a runaway is dangerous for any dog but is even more so for an arthritic dog who doesn't hear or see well.
The lady told me all about how her dog was 17 years old and had been in the family since she was very young and how they fed her nothing but the highest quality dog food. Granted the dog was arthritic and exhausted when I found her but for a 17 year old dog who had just wandered across several brushy lots and spent a night out alone, she was doing quite well. You just don't see that many 17 year old dogs. How wonderful that she avoided an unpleasant end and can now live out her days in the loving home she has known for so many years.