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Surprise House Guest

It was a beautiful day yesterday, so I decided to go explore the bike trail a bit and test my new Rino GPS Radio.

And what do I see on the trail? Swimming across the creek to meet me is a lost black labrador, weighing about 75 lbs. Of course, she has no collar, and shes evidently quite lost because she also decided that its a good idea to dart in and out of traffic as she follows me along the trail. So after watching that happen more than once, I decided I had to get involved and take care of the little darling before she got squashed in the road. A borrowed leash from a helpful dog owner and we were on our way just as natural as can be. This is one well behaved dog.

A quick trip to the SPCA this morning has revealed that she has a identity chip and her name is "magnum". So, I've been taking care of our little guest until her owners re-appear. She extremely well behaved and a perfect little house guest, but she hasnt been out of physical contact with me for over 24 hours, so Im a bit exhausted. I had to sleep in the office with her last night and when I say sleep I mean being awakened every hour on the hour and either entertain her in some way or guide her on the inevitable trips to the backyard ( for which I am actually most grateful that she is housebroken! )

Will I ever get a full nights sleep? Its like some conspiracy or something...

UPDATE: Here's a quick shot of the lovely 'Miss M':

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(awwwwwwwwww...)

Posted @ December 27, 2005 12:30 PM | Current Affairs

Comments

I looooove my dog - she's 14. Older than one of my finacee's kids. :)

Labs are very "close" dogs. They need to be near you. At 75 lbs, she's too big to be a lap dog, but she probably doesn't know that.

A good dog has no equal.

Posted by: _Jon at December 27, 2005 02:24 PM

Good writing. Keep up the good work.

Posted by: Brian Utter at December 27, 2005 03:01 PM

Good for you. Not everyone would've stepped up to help her, and it says quite a lot about you that you did. I had a Lab during my childhood years, he was with us for 13 loving years.

Posted by: BenD at December 27, 2005 04:54 PM