And the lost one has returned

[sraun]

Precious got out of the back yard yesterday morning. :-(

When I left the house this morning, the plan was for iraunink to go around and put up "Lost Dog" posters today. I saw a "Found Dog" poster at 40th & 10th that sounded very much like Precious - small black & white dog found near 40th & 12th on 5/31, with a phone number. I stopped and called iraunink, giving her the phone number. 6:45am was a touch earlier than I was willing to call the number.

About 9:30, iraunink called to tell me Precious was home. The person who had found Precious took her to their vet, who found her chip, looked it up, and called us. iraunink confirmed that she was our missing dog, and the finder helpfully volunteered to drop her off at home (since iraunink has no car today).

Yay!

Comments

[davidwilford.livejournal.com]

Woot! Any suggestions about keeping Precious safely at home will be greatly appreciated while you're both away.

[sraun]

She's not a dasher. Not likely to be a problem - the issue is that if she's left out in the back yard too long, especially if she's shut out in the yard, she can get out, and then she goes exploring. Since you don't have a fenced yard, you'll be either tying her out, taking her for a walk, or watching her - so I doubt it will be an issue for you.

Make sense?

[davidwilford.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. We've got four dog tie-out stakes (we use them to tie down Erin's art show shelter too) and a couple of cables, although the cables are too heavy for small dogs. If you've got some lighter weight lines I could use them.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh thank goodness.

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

Yay for microchips!

My dad had a cat returned thanks to the microchip, and I had one thanks to Lost Cat signs (pre-microchip). Sounds like you (or rather Precious) were covered either way. Love when redundant systems work.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Precious was recovered so quickly. I know how fretful it is when a pet goes missing.

[iraunink.livejournal.com]

After a brief inspection of the first floor, Precious jumped up on the lion-headed chair and slept for four hours. She is now sleeping next to me on the couch.

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear this!

[allyra.livejournal.com]

Hooray!!

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Oooh Precious.