On a lovely spring morning, I took Daisy Mae for a hike in Howarth Park. When I pulled into my driveway, this little guy ran around my front fence and down the street.. My neighbor was out in his front yard with his dog...so I called down to him...and he caught the dog. Neither of us had seen this dog before. We know the dogs that regularly walk in our neighborhood (and their owners). He held the dog while I put Daisy Mae in the yard.

I walked around the block talking to people (most people know me because I am always out walking a dog. No one had ever seen this little guy. He was very clean and fit and I knew he must belong to someone...he was not a stray. So, my neighbor helped me put him into Daisy Mae's car crate and off we went to Pet Care (Fulton Road). They scanned him for a microchip...nothing.

Since they act as an intake for the animal shelter, I left him there. By the time I got home, my neighbor had left a note on my front door...he had found the owner! He left me the person's name and phone number. I called the man and told him where he could pick up his dog, then called Pet Care and gave them the man's name and number.

Below is the sign that got my neighbor's attention. The dog lived 2 streets over and a block down from me. I love a happy ending:>)