Am I back to my old tricks again?

Today, I spent more than 8 hours doing work for Job #2. So much for a “relaxing” long weekend.

Also, I spent an hour in the morning playing dogcatcher. I’ve been known to stop what I’m doing to chase down dogs so they don’t become roadkill. I saw a skinny, stray dog run across a VERY large, busy street several times, and I really didn’t want anyone to have a new brown & white hood ornament.

Despite the fact that I had my hands on the little brown & white dog TWICE today, he was so unhappy about being handled that I dropped him for fear of being bitten and going into a rabid fit. Actually, he DID manage to (just barely) break my skin through a leather jacket. I guess it really wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but I couldn’t stand the thought of letting him run around until he got run over.

The funny thing is that after I let the first one go (the lady whose yard I chased the dog into called animal control after he’d wriggled through a hole in the fence and already taken off down the street), I saw ANOTHER dog (a Chow with a collar) running across the same big, giant street and down the same residential street as the little brown & white one.

Since I saw the truck from the pound heading over, I stopped to give the animal control lady a quick report of the two dogs & went on my way, set back one hour in every task I had to do today.

What a way to start the day.

6 Responses to “Am I back to my old tricks again?”


  1. 1 BaldFatGuy

    Two in one morning. wow a dogs best friend.

    blessed be. BFG

  2. 2 sassylittlepunkin

    hey, aren’t you supposed to rest and relax on the holiday weekend? i mean, that’s what i hear. i never get to myself.

    LOVE the eggplant. love love love it.

  3. 3 keith

    Yup, you and YorkieMom both do the same thing. A few weeks ago, she brought home a female pit bull she found wandering. Sweet dog, but you’ve just gotta wonder how many fingers you’ll have left when it’s all over.

    Still, you did the right thing.

  4. 4 gingersmack

    Good karma :)

  5. 5 Meeta

    You did the right thing, I’m sure those dogs thank you…probably haven’t had good experiences with the human kind.

  6. 6 ann

    There is a place for you in doggy heaven! I have been frequenting my local humane society page lately. I have a feeling we will have a wet nose and a wagging tail around here some day:)

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