Hi, Wolfstar :) And thank you (I meant that).
I know and am touched.
Ugh! I wanted to join the 24 thread tonight, but about 5:30pm I took my dogs for a walk in the park. What should I come across but two loose dogs. They had collars with tags, plus harnesses. The tags had only the names of the dogs, the owner's last name and a phone number.
I asked a couple of people who lived nearby to call the phone number, but no one answered. I hung around until 7:00pm hoping the owner would call one of the people who called for me. No luck. Finally, I bundled them in my car with my own dogs, brought my dogs home, then went over to the local police HQ. I thought it was odd that two dogs belonging to the same owner were running around in the park with harnesses on, so I just wanted to check in case someone had been sick or injured and the dogs got away. Nope.
I brought them back to my place. Called and called and called the number. No answer. Finally I had no choice but to bring them to the local pound before the placed closed for the night. Turns out the pound did have a record of the dogs, and an address. They called and left a message for the owners. I drove to the address and told the next door neighbors where the dogs were. (The owners were still not home.) The address was about three blocks from the park where I found them three hours earlier.
Hank, a German shephard, and Lucky, a Basset hound mix. Say a prayer that those idiot owners get their act in gear and protect those to sweet dogs better.