I want to take a second to brag on Meggan and myself. Today, as we were driving into the neighborhood, we saw a beautiful dog walking around unattended in a landscaped island in one of our cul-de-sacs. It was cold and raining and we had fresh tacos in the car. To say we didn't want to stop would be an understatement. But, our love of dogs and the fact that we couldn't leave this poor girl out in the wet weather forced our hand. Luckily, she was the sweetest dog in the world. She came to us when we called and even jumped into our car when we opened the door. I didn't feel great about her big, wet paws on my seats, but once she licked me, I forgot all about it. Meggan and I posted her picture on the neighborhood Facebook page and asked a few neighbors if they knew who she belonged to. Since we were pretty sure Olive would not take kindly to us bringing another dog home (she's still mad about Lucy), we drove her around the neighborhood, petting her, and reassuring her that it would be okay. Finally, we decided to drive back to the cul-de-sac where we found her and start knocking on doors in hopes that someone would know her. Despite not having a collar, she was clearly someone's very well loved pet. As I was trying to figure out what kind of parade float I wanted to ride on when the honored our heroics, a man came outside and it was clear she was his girl. We got out and opened the door to make way for their joyful reunion and ours heaps of praise. However, as it turns out, you apparently don't get that much affection and adoration when someone lets their dog out to quickly do its business and you pull up and kidnap it like a cartel soldier looking for ransom money. So, we didn't actually save the day and we probably won't get a parade .... but, at least maybe we taught that sweet dog a lesson about hopping into cars with crazy strangers.
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