Doggone good dog thread
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I was out salting tonight. This big ol dog wanders around the corner. Caught me off guard. Heavy commercial area. No really close houses. I opened the door because he was walking towards the truck. We get a feel for each other. I realize he isn't vicious. He is just happy to see a sign of other life at 3am. Rubbed his ears to warm them up. Called dog warden. No emergency number. Called sheriff. Read them the tag number. She asked if the dog would answer to "Sadie." I told her she might but Sadie has a penis so that's probably not "her" name. Then I find another tag with a phone number. Read it to the officer. They reached the owner. Hung out in the truck where the dog was chill as could be. An absolute sweetheart of a dog. Owner shows up at 323am. "Willie" was his name..I told the PD it was a black dog that looked doberman or maybe great Dane. The owner said Willie was a dober Dane. I guessed it spot on. If he walked in a straight line from where his owner said they lived, it was a 1.68 Mike walk. I don't know many dogs that can walk in a straight line. He did some running tonight. Lol
I am sure the owner really appreciated you taking the time to locate him
Owner acted like it was a common occurrence. He was wearing two electronic collars. Said he had just charged the one recently. Also said "this is the furthest he's made it." Pleasant guy for 3-330am. Maybe 65-70 years old. Not really the over the top thank you a person might expect for recovering their dog with temps in the teens. I think the majority of dog owners would have been profusely spewing thank you's. Made me wonder if it was due to a 3am call from the sheriff? Or maybe Willie deserves a more concerned owner? I'll write it off as: owner was dragged out of bed at 3am by a wake up call from the sheriff.
I have been to the point of realizing a dog was more than I could handle before. Maybe that is what it was. I runaway dog for a person that age is alot to handle. Could also just be watching the dog for a kid or grandkids. Or like my case, my damn wife's mutt that always becomes my damn problem!
I'm with you. Everyone i know on TOO would have been if I had to guess. Not my place to judge. It just caught me off guard. It was a 3-330am wake up call from the Sheriff's department. He was pleasant to talk to. Not a jerk or anything.
triple_duece
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The dog probably runs off on the daily and he’s over it at this point. Who knows, to some people they are just dogs, to me they are family.
Bigcountry40
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All of my dogs are deer carcass driven, my original dachshund piper who is dead was introduced to deer carcasses at a young age but was never formally trained in tracking, but accompanied a couple recoveries and was around hanging deer all the time. Piper taught Bella (14 years old ), who taught the doodles we have and now the doodles have taught the baby wieners. The moment I pull in the driveway with a deer in the back of truck all our dogs instantly know and begin running around with excitement. I have no problem with this and view this as a right passage for our dogs. I just find it so interesting that it’s a learned behavior.
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@Bigcountry40 Blitz will come out and go straight to the rear bumper, front paws up and head over the tailgate to see if I got one.
Mine knows when I walk in the house to change out of my hunting gear. Unless I let the deer lay. Then it is after I field dress and bring it home. They just know.
Reigning WGSD tracking champion in Carrol county Ohio! She’s netted a
percent find rate! She retired shortly after this due to little or no competition. Or I just didn’t need to have her track anymore.
