“(Update-dog is alive and well and was returned to owner)”
I hope “Returned to Owner” is a good ending; the owners have some splainin’ to do. Who left the elderly dog on the loose in a swampy area, where it would have died miserably if strangers hadn’t rescued it?
Aw, that sweet puppy face. <3
We fostered a couple of dogs which were escape artists. One was a 100+ lb. Mastiff mix named Zoe, and she managed to crawl under very small openings in our fence and meander the neighborhood. She got out on three occasions, and an Australian Shepherd mix managed to leap over our fence like it didn’t exist. He got out four times before we put a tether in the yard, but he wound up being adopted in the next few days.
We’re the rescue’s only foster now, and nobody is adopting thanks to the economy.
In any case, sometimes dogs, regardless of age, get out on their own. Zoe was a senior at 8, and it showed.