We Found A Dog

Chris and I have been out looking for homes in our area and just getting an idea of how much we'd like to spend and all those things you think about when getting a home. When we go out driving we always take the truck so Kyra can go along for the ride. It was Saturday August 16th. We were driving East on 7800 South and were about to 2200 West in West Jordan when we saw a Chocolate Lab running down the sidewalk. We decided to turn around and see if he had any tags. When we pulled over the dog wanted nothing to do with us and he ran off so we drove down the street and was calling to the dog. He stopped for a moment and we rolled past him and came to a stop. Kyra then proceeded to jump out of the back of the truck and went up to him which she gets in big trouble for doing that, but this dog stopped and Kyra went up to him and they sniffed each other and Chris put the tailgate down and he jumped right up in the back of the truck. He did not have tags so we decided to drive around in the neighborhood that he was wandering in but nobody had ever seen him before. We decided to call the vet to see if we could bring him in to see if he was chipped (which is something I highly recommend!!! So if you ever lose your dog he can be tracked). Sadly, he was not chipped. The vet told us to take him over to the humane society and they have kennels that you can put found animals in until Monday morning when they open. We drove over and it was the saddest, most inhumane place I had ever been to. There were 2 SMALL kennels (THAT'S IT) in the first kennel there was about 3 cats and 15 kittens, and in the second kennel there were 2 dogs already! With hardly any water! It was ridiculous! I started crying so hard and I told Chris I couldn't leave him here. He is such a sweet lab. His toenails were painted red and he knows how to sit and fetch. He is obviously a family dog. So we took him back to our apartment and him and Kyra have become best friends. For Joey though that's a different story. Joey ran away from the dog although he didn't ever go far just far enough where he could keep his eye on that dog. We're still not sure what we are going to do with him. We went and bought a travel kennel for Kyra to stay in and we put "Buddy" (we had to give him a name) in her big metal kennel. He's already house trained although we have a patio and Joey's bed is out there and he obviously wanted to prove to the cat that he's the boss cause he peed on it. Luckily! It was outside and we can get him a new bed. Other than that he's been a great dog. Yesterday afternoon we took them both to the dog park and played fetch with Buddy and Kyra played with all of the other dogs. I only have one photo of Buddy at the moment the others are on my camera and I will post them a little later. If anyone knows of somebody that lost a lab on Saturday in the West Jordan area please tell them to contact us.

UPDATE!!! We found the owner!

Love C&M