Tag's Please!!!

It was about 6:00 last night and I was exhausted. Ryan was working late at the restaurant and I needed to give Avery a bath and put her to bed soon. I walked by my front door and saw a man standing in the street with 2 dogs talking to my neighbor Melissa. She motioned for me to come outside and asked me if I had ever seen one of the dogs this man had on a leash. It was big dog, some kind of chocolate lab I was told. The man had seen the dog running around as he was walking his dog and saw it almost get hit by a car. Melissa and I had never seen this dog in our neighborhood but were saying how friendly he was. The man was just going to walk him back over to the park, near where he found him, and let him go. That sounded a little sketchy to me, especially since the dog almost got hit by a car already. I thought for sure something bad would happen to him if was just "let go". So, I offered up my fenced in back yard for the time being until we decided what to do. Melissa and I ended up walking our neighborhood looking for an owner or anyone who recognized the dog. No luck! Melissa drove around afterwards trying to find someone out looking for a dog but still no luck! So, the dog spent the night in our back yard and we spent the night listening to the dog bark! It wasn't constant but it was fairly often and of course the barking would make Scooter (our 12 pound mix) start growling. It all made for some really great sleep! haha We called animal control this morning and they came and picked him up. They seemed pretty positive that he had an owner and they would come claim him. The moral of my story is that if you have a dog and you let it outside make sure it has a tag! It's a real pain trying to find a lost dogs home and it's kind of sad too! So, tag up your dogs - they deserve it!