we can still trust some of them

It's been awhile, but... Neck left the country on Saturday for the Ice cube and as always something went wrong. After the last trip I got ACW and his wife's phone number for the next emergency, but this time even those two could not have helped.

Monday I came home for lunch to feed the boy. The house war very quiet and my trusted pooch didn't greet me when I came home. That is not unusual since she is 15 and deaf. On my way back to work I decided to check the house for the dog, and found her missing. If any of you are in the Baltimore area you know that Monday night was cold, to cold for an old dog. I combed the whole neighborhood looking for her yelling for her, knowing she most likely could not hear me. That whole night I slept down stairs running outside anytime I heard a dog barking...hoping it was her. I didn't spend 15 years with her to have it end with a dead dog in a snow bank.

Tuesday morning I called animal control, and no one had turned in a old yellow lab, but they suggested I call back later in the afternoon. And I did. The person on the phone told me that someone had called saying they had found a very old male yellow lab mix. I called thinking not many very old yellow labs were running loose in the area, and the caller was only a few blocks from my house. One of the children answered and I asked to speak to mom or dad and I got the lady of the house. I described my dog and we found that most likely she had ol'Pila in her possession. She starts crying and asked if I had seen the flyers. The family had posted flyers with pila's pictures all over town. In my grocery store and our ice cream place and on all light posts in their hood. To make a long story short. Pila is back on her bed. I will never be able to thank the family that kept her warm, gave her a bed and even a new name. In my heart I know they would have kept my sweet dog if they hadn't found me.

With thanks
Me