This is Mickey....About a week after we were home from the hospital, I looked out the front window and there was a dog wandering around the front lawn. I panicked, because I wanted to catch him as we live on a very busy 55 MPH road. So I set Riley down, grabbed a collar and called for him...he came right to me. Although I was very surprised when he came bounding right over to me and let me put the collar on him. So, I put him in the breezeway because he was covered in mud, and I didnt know how the girls would react to him. He didnt have a collar or tags on him, so Kennie said he would drive around when he got home from work to see if anyone knew where he belonged. While, long story short, he ended up spending the night in a crate in the kitchen and he was a very good guest. Never barked, whined a little in the beginning, but was a well behaved dog. When I fed him that night he sat on command and gave me both of his paws to shake. Then I realized that it looked like a dog that was loose in our yard in the summer of 07...His name was Mickey...so I kept calling him Mickey and he responded. Of course, Kennie thought I was nuts...but when he found Mickey's dad driving around looking for him, we both had a chuckle that he ended up at our house for the second time!! Mickey keeps slipping his collar or the gate gets left open, and he takes himself on an adventure of visiting...and crosses the busy road, and stops at our house!
Just when we thought we would never see Mickey again, I heard Kennie say...theres a loose dog in the front yard, when he took Long Dog out the other morning. My first words...."Is it Mickey" ?? Sure enough it was him...Long Dog started to play with him...So I just let him in the house, and he sniffed around, helped himself to some water and grabbed Longies bone and made himself comfortable chewing on it. This time his collar was on, with a brand new name tag w/his names and numbers. I called his owner again, he was even surprised he was at the same place, again!! Of course I wanted to chew the guy out, asking why the dog got loose again...I think hes an irresponsible dog owner...I know it happens sometimes, but I just dont think anyone pays attention...So he came and got Mickey. I kept telling Kennie we should just keep him...he is well behaved, and very happy, and a lab(one of my favorite dogs)....but Kennie said we might get caught...when the owner drives by!! My dad had seen him trotting down the road that morning on his way home from work...he is just a curious lab, that had really good luck crossing the road! I will be devastated if I ever see him get hit, because of a careless owner!
I have a feeling this isnt the last time we will see Mickey...he is such a cutie!
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