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Dog from Upland?
Nice story & it is a great idea to micro chip your pets.
Excellent news.
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?
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