How to Find A Lost Dog

Last Saturday, I was looking out my front door and saw a dog run across the drive.  At first glance I thought it was the neighbor dog who is allowed to run free around the neighborhood, but it was not.  I had noticed he had gotten a haircut and that is who I believed it to be.  Apparently he is not going to run away from the neighborhood and he allows himself in and out of his own fence.  I hope he never has any trouble when out.  When I looked out to see where the loose dog was going there he was ready to relieve himself on my lawn.  I went out and asked "what are you doing?" and he began to run away.  Luckily I said something else and thank goodness that brought him back and he came to me.  It was not the dog who runs free and clearly he belonged to someone.

No one was calling for a dog and I immediately checked for tags.  I showed him to the neighbor owner of Toby, the dog who runs free, just to make sure.  When I brought him in to grab my phone, I just kept asking him, where do you live?  I have vowed no more dogs but this guy is a great dog, I would have considered keeping him if I could not find his home.  Shadow was tolerant of the visitor, but not at all happy.  She finally made up with him a little, but as I held him.  The 105 year old Shadow, always has to be a little snippy with other dogs at first.  I went back outside to make the call to an 800# on the tag and low and behold I heard the neighbor three doors up calling out for Walter.  I had met Walter aka Wally before and considered it to be him but he had grown and gotten a haircut since I last saw him up close.  I did not immediately recognize him, but low and behold…he was returned to his house and I hope did not get into too much trouble.

Walter, a Yorkie but not a really small one is a dog who just does not "get out", I am glad that everything ended up on a happy note within just minutes of his escape.  A lost dog is a very stressful situation until located and Leave it to Beaver, they can get out in a quick instant.  Keep a good eye on your pets and look out for the pets of others, you would want the same in return.  As soon as you recognize that your dog is missing, go out and call and call and call again for him or her.  Surround the perimeter if possible, check the yards who already have dogs first.  Posters, ads and billboards if needed but hopefully your dog being lost with not come to that.  If it does, we need an alert system for missing K-9's.  Let's call it Wally Alert!