A dog-gone good deed.

On Friday Corinne and my mom and I were driving down the street when Corinne noticed a cute dog running around in a parking lot. The dog was tiny and looked like it was about to run out into traffic. (a very busy intersection) Corinne kept driving but I made her turn around and go back so we could find out if the dog was lost. When we returned we found that the dog was obviously lost. There were no people in the parking lot and it had a very panicked demeanor. It was shaking and very nervous and ran under a car. Corinne and I were down on our knees trying to get the dog to come to us, but it wouldn't. In fact every time I grabbed for it I was bitten. So after my bloody hands were proving ineffective, Corinne remembered that she had a little blanket in her car. That was just the ticket. I threw it over the dog and was then able to grab her. She immediately stopped growling and settled down all cozy into the blanket in my arms. We drove to my vet so they could scan her for a chip, but found none. They said I should take her to the animal shelter because that's where owners check first for a missing pet. She was a Yorkshire terrier and looked very much like the one pictured above. So we took her to the animal shelter. I felt terrible about that but they said they wouldn't put her down unless no one came for her and no one adopted her and I could keep checking back with them to see if her owners came for her. It was hard but I left her there knowing that she would have food and a safe place until someone came for her. They said since she was such an expensive dog I didn't have to worry. So I went home and did my visiting teaching. When I got home I was really anxious to hear if anyone had called about the dog so I checked my messages and the animal shelter had called to say that the dog's owners had come for her and they wanted the shelter to call me and thank me for saving their dog's life. I was so happy. It really made me feel good to know that I had made a difference in a little doggy's life and in the life of her owners. It was a good feeling.