Posted on 04/11/2005 7:46:37 AM PDT by Wolfstar
FReeper dog lovers, this little male Chihuahua mix (about 15 lbs.) desperately needs either a good, loving home or a foster home until I can find him a permanent situation.
On Good Friday evening, I spotted this little guy in a blind panic at a very busy intersection in the city of Gardena, CA, a Los Angeles suburb. He paused a moment, then took off running down Gardena Blvd. I made a U-turn and did everything possible to try to catch up to and get ahead of him in an effort to save him. But he kept going.
He turned north on an ever bigger, busier street and kept running. In all, he easily ran at least two miles from where I first saw him. Finally, he ran into a major intersection that feeds to and from the Harbor Freeway. The traffic made him pause a moment, then he tried running with the traffic and got clipped by a car. (Fortunately, he was not hurt severely; just a skinned patch on his forehead.)
As luck (or God) would have it, there was a police car crossing in the direction the dog went. Either the cop car or the one in front of the cops hit the dog. Because the cops stopped, all traffic stopped. Otherwise traffic would have just kept going, and the little guy would have been hit multiple times.
I had parked about a block away and went running over to find this little dog flopping around in the street with a male and a female cop standing over him seeming to not know what to do. I immediately scooped the little fellow up and told the cops where I first saw him. They asked, "Can you take care of it?"
So they brought me back to my car. Although it was about 7:30pm, I just took a blind shot and brought him to the nearest animal shelter where I happen to know one of the officers. Again, as luck (or God) would have it, this officer had not yet gone home. He arranged for vet care over the weekend and then picked the little dog up Monday. The dog has been in the pound ever since.
Continuing the story down below...
Wonder how much airfare would be? If you're serious I'd sure contribute!
Read a little further down...offer to transport was made...offer to accept the dog was withdrawn.
Have you and Sean worked out any details yet? Hoping to hear that you have a home found for the sweet little guy.
Alas, I live in Florida.
There's a special place in heaven for you, Wolfie. You put yourself in a great deal of peril to rescue the pup.
There's so much goodness on this thread, I know this doggie tail will have a happy ending!
Leni
As long as he's out of the pound and safe, I know you'll find the right place that finds adoptive "parents" for dogs who need homes. I just adopted two new ones (one small, one big beagle-y type) from a pet adoption center after my three elderly doggies passed away.
I like the way you add the extra "g" to dog. It makes dogs seems badder than they really are it really ups your street cred.
Og boy! This is dejavu all over again... remember Rusty?
My son, MarkV found him a wonderful home in Ohio (Hi, Dutchess!) and Rusty was a lot bigger and also handful! I cannot take the little fellow in, but I am willing to help out financially if needed be. Count me in!
Didn't mean to sabotage your thread Wolfie. :')
Thanks, Trussell, I didn't see it.
Yes, it is about 25 miles from me.
It is in a very rural area of Southwest Illinois between Sparta IL and Marissa IL.
(which is about 70- miles from St. Louis)
We look forward to it and the county is pretty excited about it.
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