And so it was one medium sized dog and a small dog over the fence and through the woods to follow their nose they went. This is time number 9 total but time number 3 for today. When I got in my car to look for the rascals I first found Ladybird in a ditch shaking the life out of a rabbit. When I called her name she came running to the car and leapt from the ground through the driver’s window and into the car. The car shifted, went into a mail box and left a small dent on the box. No charges were filed against me. I pulled the car up to my house where I saw Brody trying to find a way back into the fence. I calmly walked into the house with both of them and put them both in a large cage in my bedroom. I laid down for a nap because I was exhausted. It didn’t take long to find the dogs because 7 of my neighbors helped me search.
When I got up to let them both out to use the restroom I did so with them on a leash. I put Brody on a long tie out then went to transfer Ladybird from the leash to the tie out. As I tried to do the transfer she bolted and over the fence she went. Out of my mouth was, “Oh fuck this.” Brody did his business and we went back inside. About two hours later there was a knock at the door. A young man had Ladybird on a leash and asked if the dog he had was one I was looking for earlier. I said, “No, that’s not her but thanks.” He kept talking about how pretty she is and stuff. I said, “Yeah, she really is, what a sweetheart.” He told me he’s going to take her home and then to his vet’s office tomorrow morning. I told him I hoped she found a good home and thanks for checking with me to see if that was my dog. I closed the door and thought to myself, “I am soooo going to hell.”
This is the dog that jumped from my moving vehicle a month or so ago. Now I’ve wrecked said small car because said stupid dog caught me off guard when she ran and jumped through the window onto my lap then in the backseat. I have a very tiny ding on my bumper from the wooden pole and the mailbox has a tiny little ding in the door. The lady said it still works just fine so don’t worry about it.
Call me horrible for lying through my teeth to that guy but damn this is insane and I’m so over it. I’m done. She can’t come back here. If the animals has shots and is properly tagged it costs $140 to get your pet out of Animal Control. I will not go through that again and again. So now I’ve got Brody and Halo. Halo is promised to a family in one month’s time when she turns 8 weeks. Brody is an inside and outside dog but I think he prefers the outside. Right now he’s inside napping. He’s had a long day trying to follow Ladybird around.
I’m tired, I’m hurting and I’m emotionally spent and I will not keep chasing this dog who will not stay in the fence and who has the strength to pull out of my arthritic hands and run. Don’t jump out of a moving car and don’t jump into the driver’s window for the love of Pete. I’m done. She can not come back here. Part of me is just pissed about the whole thing and another part is sad about it. I think for now I’ll just stick with pissed and disappointed that things went sour so quickly.
No Return - Friday, November 14, 2008-10:33PM EST
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