Posted on 04/20/2009 11:31:13 AM PDT by Chet 99
Updated: 04/19/2009 11:32:46 PM PDT
UPLAND - Julia Clarke said she didn't believe an Upland animal-control officer when she said they had her dog.
"I told her that's not possible, my dog's dead," said Julia Clarke, of her 10-year-old schnauzer Missy. "I thought she had to be, after being gone for 10 months."
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Dog from Upland?
I swear, my first thought. ROFL!
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Nice story & it is a great idea to micro chip your pets.
Excellent news.
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The article says when the man went to the pound, the dog was totally matted with mud, and he couldn’t recognize him as his dog.
When we lived in Arizona, one miserable rainy afternoon, a large brown dog covered in wet mud came to our door. Right up to our door! He had a tag on his collar, so we were able to find his owner, who lived 3 or 4 blocks away.
When the man pulled up out front, this dog cowered behind my wife. She had no choice but to turn him over, but she quickly told the man, “If you ever want to give that dog away, we’d love to take him.”
A hour or so later the phone rang. It was the man, and he asked my wife if she was serious about wanting to take the dog. She said YES.
Soon, he was back, and gave us the dog, and his ‘papers’. We cleaned him up and only then realized he was a Golden Retriever. You see, in desert climes, some people shave their heavy-coated dogs, thinking it gives the dogs relief from the heat. So, Luke had been shaved, and it was impossible to tell what breed he was.
Then we looked at his papers - he was from a champion line of Goldens, and we got him for free. (We also got our second champion-line Golden for free, but that’s another story for another day.)
Doug’s dog?
Nice story. I have heard that one should not shave a dog’s coat in the summer. The coat provides insulation... from both the cold AND heat.
Yes, I agree with that. We’ve never done it, and none of our dogs have ever fainted in the heat.
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We shave our Aussie once a year when the weather starts getting hot...he pants hardly at all (he pants constantly in the FL summer when we don’t shave him) and we don’t have to deal with the “blowing coat” issue all summer. He’s happy, we’re happy.....
We had a Golden/German Shepherd mix, and we used to shave her in the summer. But we did it so she wouldn't shed all over the place because in the summer she was an indoor dog, enjoying the air conditioning.
Was this your dog?
No, Missy was a pretty dog.
My daughters used to nag me into leaving a little tuft of hair at the end her tail so she’d look like a lion.
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HERE MAY BE THE LAST TIME UPLAND MADE FR NEWS ---- the infamous plane crash
I shave my Shih tzus in the spring because they won’t stay out of our inground pool or our koi pond. Since their hair is long it mats up & they get smelly & dirty. I never knew they loved the water so much. They love to run over the pool cover all fall & winter. We almost lost our pekashih the first year we had her when we took the cover off. Sadie didn’t know it was gone & fell in the pool. Thankfully I found her in time. Now when the cover is taken off we dip their paws into the water so they know the cover is off. A doggie ramp was made for them that we keep on the side of the pool 24/7 & a hard rubber raft is always left in the pool in case they fall in.
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