Dog Chases

Have you ever found a dog running up and down the streets aimless lost? What would you do: continue on your way ignoring it, yell out HEY who's dog is this, or look to see if they have a collar and help the poor fellow find his home?

Today a yellow lab roamed the neighborhood lost and confused. I was shocked by some people’s reactions and comforted by the maturity of others.

I witnessed a few skateboarding kids stop a cop and mention it to the officer. This seemed pretty normal and very mature of these middle school aged boy. 

That all seemed pretty normal, what happened a few hours later took me by surprise.

HONK! HONK! HONK! HONK!

All our attention was drawn to the window where someone on a motorcycle honked his horn in a very obnoxious manner. I thought at first it had to be some childish prank. Nope. This continued for about a minute before we became annoyed.

I went to the window yelling something to the intent, "Is that really necessary?" Tylan, a little more confrontational, went straight to the front door to yell at this hooligan. The motorcyclist informs Tylan that he was honking to get someone's attention because a dog was running up and down the street that looked lost. Seriously dude?

Honestly, you think the best option to help this dog is to create obnoxious noise till someone else comes out do deal with the situation. Why don't you pop that kickstand of yours and grab the dog yourself?

Is this the way city people think, or did I happen to run into just one crazy person? Any other place I've lived you'd take the dog in, especially if it had tags.

This I know the dog possessed, because later that evening I was running an errand and almost hit the poor pup. It was darting across the busy street with its tail between his legs. Poor pup. I walked the neighborhood trying to find the fellow with no luck.

I hope the yellow lab ran into some nice people who helped him home, or he found his way himself. I love dogs and hate to see them lost (especially scared and lost).