G was on a bike ride on Wednesday afternoon and noticed this dog hiding under a truck. When she went to try to get the dog it ran under another car. She called Jim to come with a harness and a leash and crawled under the car and talked her out. Poor little thing had been running around the neighborhood for at least 4 hours and people were trying to catch her.
G brought her home and she was terrified. She sat in the crate and shook. G took her to the vet to see if she was chipped - she was not. We posted her pic on nextdoor and facebook hoping that when someone got home from work noticed her missing, we would hear from them.
But we heard nothing.
G and I took her out in the neighborhood on a long leash hoping she would lead us to her house.
But she didn't.
So I put her pic on paw boost which is a lost dog app. In the middle of the night I got a message from someone saying the dog look like a lost dog out of Fremont, which was about 25 miles from where G found her. I sent a message to the person who posted the pic and she said she was certain it was her dog.
I asked for pictures and asked her questions to obtain information about the dog that only the owner would (i.e. she had 5 bumps on her skin). The answers and pics made us 99.9% certain she was the owner. She told me that the dog was named Daisy and had gotten out with her others dogs. She had found the other two but not Daisy.
I set up a time for her to come and see the dog that night. While Drew sat in the window anxious to see if the dog would act like she knew the "owner", Grace and I waited outside.
When the "owner" got out of the car and called her, the dog looked and then ran behind us. The "owner" came closer, talked to Daisy some more and Daisy ran to her and jumped up on her, clearly happy to see her. The owner, Alicia cried and thanked us over and over. She gave us a little gift and said she didn't have the words to thank us enough. Her son, who was about 8, leaned in for a hug when I asked if Daisy was his dog!
That has got to be one of the luckiest dogs in the world. She got out of her house, then someone likely picked her up and dumped her in or neighborhood. Multiple people tried to catch her. Then G, who has the patience of a saint, came along and laid under a car and talked to her until she could calm her and grab her. Then we did all we could do to find the owner.
My personal belief is our beloved Daisy Mae brought this little Daisy to us because she knew we would help her. Daisy Mae, you are such a good girlie!
