Saving Lives is Exhausting!

So Austin’s mom Kathy and I went out in search of a new project, (We are both project junkies and are running out of things to do in our own homes) specifically furniture to paint.  We redid the furniture that is now in my master bedroom and wow does it look good! Even Austin was impressed. 

Anywho, we began searching at Good Wills and DAV’s around town.  After our 3^rd stop we excited the store to be rushed by a herd of dogs.  By herd I mean a Pitbull, a St. Bernard and a fat little Chihuahua. So yes I own a Pitbull myself, but being swarmed by monster pooches you do not know… a tiny bit unnerving. They seemed friendly enough and definitely knew each other.  They were playing and running.. right on to CENTRAL Ave. !!! Oh no!  Not the street you may be big, a tiny bit scary and slobbery, but you aren’t dying on our watch! We were able to distract the pooches long enough to read the pits tags and call the Vet listed.  They informed us there was not much they could do but we could bring the dogs in before they close.  Yeah, just bring the dogs in.  Like that’s easy… well easier than we thought.  Kathy and I actually were able to coax and hoist the two huge dogs into the back of my car, but the damn Chihuahua took off.  Well we can’t have that. Clearly these dogs are a family and somewhere there is a small child so sad his pets are missing and how devastating to only get 2 of the 3 back… well 2 is better than none, but …no we need to catch the damn thing.  So we take off in my car down a side road and the pudgy little fur ball is sitting in a driveway.  The house next to it was surrounded (front and back) by a chain link fence.  The sign on the fence read “BEWARE OF DOG” and the pitbull inside of it made me totally ok with heading that warning.  Kathy also smartly refused to step onto the porch so we opted for honking.   After a few beeps the blinds opened and a small child poked their head out… Don’t worry Kathy had everything under control. She yells “we’ve got dogs! We’ve got dogs!”

1.)    Our window is up and their window is closed so I doubt she can hear you.

2.)    Why don’t we just offer them candy to look in the back of our car?

Well they finally came outside and confirmed that we indeed had their dogs.  We were able to confirm that we were not neighborhood creepers trying to lure them into the back of my vehicle with false promises of puppies.  Pretty successful day if you ask me!

Always an adventure when the two of us are involved!