June 6th, 2010

So I took my camera out last night on our walk hoping to get a picture of something interesting, and then we saw these two dogs running down the middle of R street. They were a little skittish and went from yard to yard, and then crossed the busy road the leads up to Lea Hill without even looking. Mom followed them across and we ended up getting them cornered in this tiny laundry room in the apartment buildings by the bridge. They whined and paced and the guy that was helping us went inside to calm them down while Mom got her car. We took them back and put them in Pokey's pen behind the garage and they spent the night in the dog house. We called animal control and they were going to come by for a pick up since no one responded to my signs or craigslist ad. When the lady came by she said she had located the owner (an old family friend) who had called her on the way over. She said these were Basenji's and they are African show dogs, who have zero street smarts, and her mom used to breed them. The lady that had called her was a friend of her mom's and she said they lived in auburn and had lost their two Basenji's the night before and they thought they might have already got hit by a car. So i was so relieved! These dogs were so close I didn't want to split them up in the shelter, and they were already so scared. All's well that ends well! And we feel like good Samaritans.