Remember last week, when I saw a dog standing beside our gravel road, and he ran after T-Hoe like he was lost? I think he really WAS lost! Now Farmer H has provided a piece to the puzzle.
"Our neighbor put a picture on Facebook, asking if somebody has seen a dog. It's a DALMATION! Must be the one she said was Pepper, down by the mailboxes. She should be able to tell the difference in a Dalmatian and Pepper. It's got big black spots!"
"Well, she's only seen Pepper a couple of times, I think. The first time when he was new, and the next time when her husband said he makes their dogs bark at night. I'm still not convinced that was Pepper's fault, even though I know he went over there."
"I felt like getting on Facebook and leaving her a message. Like, 'Oh, is that the dog you said was mine?' But I didn't."
"So it's just a lost Dalmatian?"
"No. There's a picture of two dogs. One is brown."
"Wait! I saw that brown dog last week. Does it look like part German Shepherd, but with longer legs and shorter hair?"
"No. Not really. Here. I'll show you the pictures. Somebody out on the county blacktop road lost them."
"That brown one looks like it! Like the one I saw."
"It says he's part beagle."
"Oh. I could see that. But he's got longer legs than a beagle. He's brown and black, like I saw."
"It says that's the one they're looking for. She said there's a $500 reward, if that makes anybody more interested."
"It wouldn't surprise me if he's around here. That's why our dogs are going crazy at night, and Pepper has been trying to breach the fence down by the creek, and past the Freight Container Garage for the past two days."
"Maybe. Because he usually doesn't go down there."
"Wouldn't it be funny if we found that dog, and got the reward? It would pay for Pepper's collar. I don't think I'd want the reward, though. Those people must really love that dog, to offer so much to get him back. The one I saw had tags. If he's found, the people should be able to get him back."
"Yeah. They must really want him."
"If somebody was keeping him, the reward would make them likely to give him back."
As I type this at 9:30 on Friday night, Jack is barking in the front yard...
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Jack is barking? Go down and see if the lost dogs are there and maybe call them with treats. Their people would be so glad to have them back.
River,
When I look out, my dogs come running up on the porch. I don't see anything in the light from the porch light and the big dusk-to-dawn light on the pole. I can never tell what they're barking at. Even in daylight, I can only (sometimes) see the direction they're looking before they come running to me.
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