A very sweet and well trained dog!
Reunited!
Quite the excitement today. Around noon this dog came running down the street and stopped at our neighbour, Susan's feet. She was obviously frightened and there were a couple of deer so perhaps they had been chasing her. No collar but obviously a well cared for dog...really just a puppy. Susan phoned the SPCA but no one had reported such a dog lost. The city's animal control was closed for the holiday so no one could pick it up until Sat.
Susan put Charlie's (her dog) leash on it and wandered around the neighbourhood hoping to find the owners looking for it. She arranged for another neighbour to take it overnight since Charlie probably wouldn't have appreciated a bedmate but gave her food and water and kept her in the yard. I came home after swimming and lunch at the Grand Pacific and heard about it all.
Susan went out and I thought of putting up a sign about a lost dog so the owners would be alerted. Within 15 minutes the sign had done its work! Coincidentally, the daughter of my friend, Carole, had been walking in the neighbourhood with a friend and they had come across a couple of young women who asked them if they had seen their dog. Within minutes they passed my sign so came to the door then went to try to find them. About 10 minutes later the owner came and it was a joyful reunion! It seems "Shayla" found a way out of their back yard.
We went out to see Jane Erye (excellent BTW) and have dinner and came home to flowers and a thank you on our front porch. All's well that ends well...
Update from Susan: Nikita, the dog's owner, came by with flowers for Susan as well and to thank her. It seems that Shayla just lives at the bottom of our block so Susan will have a chance to see her again...she had begun bonding with Sayla. She is a lovely dog!
