I saved a dog today. She was two seconds away from getting killed, and I saved her.
Approaching a very busy intersection after getting my daughter from preschool, my daughter sees a little schnauzer walking on the sidewalk on the other side of the street. She had a collar on, but was all by herself.
I couldn't stop where I was, as there are eight lanes of traffic going in all directions. So, I turned left, went into the first neighborhood, pulled into the first driveway, and my daughter and I got out and started running.
By the time we got to the corner and looked east, I didn't see the dog. Darned little kids can't run very fast.
As I kept walking on the sidewalk, I noticed the dog was walking in the gutter, and kept darting back and forth into traffic. She was obviously very confused, very scared, and had no prior traffic experience.
She would go six inches, stop, go back, walk a ways, then do it again. She started to walk into the street again, and the light had turned green. All the cars started coming. I let go of my little one's hand (we were on the sidewalk, so she was safe), and I ran as fast as I could.
I held my hand up to the oncoming car, and the guy stopped. I knelt down into the street, and called her. She just stood there. I kept talking high puppy talk, and she eventually came to me. I grabbed her collar, and gently coaxed her onto the grass.
She was sooooo scared, shaking all over. She was obviously really old, as she was blind in one eye and had a very thin coat.
I got her onto the sidewalk and checked her tag. Had the name of her vet on it, which was just up the road.
I was afraid that she would bite me if I picked her up, seeing as how she was old and blind and scared out of her wits, but I bit the bullet, picked her up, put her in my car, and took her to her vet.
The girl at the vet's office was so glad to see the little dog, whose name is Susie. Her owner is an elderly man who had just lost his wife. She called him, and he was on his way to get his baby when I left.
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!