Little George
We had a little friend for the weekend. While driving home from work, Joseph passed a small Shih-Tzu running down one of the busier roads in our area. Seeing stray dogs is sadly nothing out of the ordinary during the drive, so we only pick up (or at least attempt to) dogs that are in the road and are in danger of being hit, or that look like they aren’t savy enough to make it overnight on their own (such as little dogs that could be picked up by an eagle or eaten by a coyote). This little guy fit both criteria, so Joseph picked him up and brought him home, then, since he had no collar or tags, called all the animal shelters in the area and posted it on “Dog Gone News” which is a local radio show that announces lost and found dogs. No one called for days, so we began acclimating George (we named him that because of how curious he was). He was overwhelmed by the other dogs at first, it seemed clear he came from a one dog home, but he adjusted quickly, and by the second day he was rough-housing with Buckwheat and the other house dogs. He was also extremely sweet to people. He accompanied Joseph to work during the day, and would curl up with him at night when Joseph always reclines in a Lazy Boy. We were just beginning to think George was going to become a permant addition to the house, when on Monday afternoon his owners called. They said he had escaped from the garage and they had been driving around looking for him over the weekend and went to the animal shelters on Monday, which is how they found where he was. They came and picked him up, and while we were happy he was returned to his home, it was sad to see the little guy go. We’ve never been fond of Shih-Tzu’s as a breed, but little George won us over. I’m not ready to run out and get one, but had little George stayed, he would have been a welcome addition. I hope he fares well with his other owners.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Should’ve named him Wicket, he looks more like an Ewok.