Yesterday was an adventure day! My two brothers, Daniel and Timothy, found a little dog running around the lakefront all by his cute little self this morning. He had no collar or tags and after walking up and down the lakefront several times asking around if anyone knew where this pup belonged, they gave in and took him home with them. He was as cute as could be and followed between the two of them where ever they went.

I left the office early today so around 2pm I headed to my parents house to meet the little dude in person. I was worried because my brothers, not knowing what to do with him, had called the last place that had space for him, which was Animal Services. They had tried the Humane Center and they were packed to the brim. Having heard stories about Animals Services 72 hour hold policy had me panicking and rushing to find a better solution. My brother Daniel who had found him was moving to Colorado in less then 48 hours and already had 2 pups of his own, one being very territorial, couldn’t take him. Timothy, my other brother lives at home with my parents and had no choice in the matter. And I have 2 pups of my own that are also pretty protective of their space.

I figured I’d try Facebook to try and find a foster home for him while we tried to find his family. Hey why not?! You never know!

I had quite a few responses relatively fast!

After chatting back and forth with a friend that I hadn’t seen since high school, I had a complete plan to take the little guy to the opposite side of the lake to Metairie to meet Erika at the end of the causeway so she could take him to her home in New Orleans.

Having 2 hours or so to go before the meet up time I figured it would be a good idea to stop in at the vet nearby and check out what the little bumps on his nose and body might be. Erika has 2 pups also so I wanted to make sure he wouldn’t be spreading cooties or anything. Also, I wanted to check and see if he had an ID chip in his shoulder! I doubted it as most pets I’ve known have never had one, but just maybe we’d be lucky!

My brother and I hopped into the car and headed to the vet down the street. On the way, we chatted about possible names for him. I kept saying, “Mmmmmm… Merv, Marvin, Murphey!! Kino, Kiley….. Nah, he looks like and M name!! Mmmmmmmmmelvin! Hmmm, this is tough!” LOL! Erika said she had already decided on Willie! Hehe!

When we pulled up, we explained the situation and the ladies there were more than happy to check for a chip. After scanning over his back and shoulders a bit we started to lose hope, when out of nowhere, on a second pass over the little transmitter thing picked something up! YAAAY!!

We were ecstatic!!!! We could take this little guy home to his family!!! The lady called around a bit and finally got the story. The owners were in Italy and the house sitter hadn’t realized that he had gotten out! There were 2 other pups, but it seems Mickey (I knew he looked like an M name!) was the only one that had snuck out somehow! I was so happy! I couldn’t imagine coming home from vacation to find either of my pups missing. So, I’m so glad we were able to return him home!!!! What a perfect ending!!

P.S. – the little bumps on him were… WARTS! Eeeeeewwwwww!!! LOL!! He had a little wrap on his back leg that we had been worried about, turns out he had just had one of warts burned off recently! HAHA! How funny!