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On Sunday, Barrett got a call from one “Kirk”, who lives less than a block away from us.  Seems that Kirk was about to put up Lost Dog signs when he saw our Found Dog signs and realized that his Sasha had been found. 

Kirk was able to identify that this little dog had hip dysplasia and she’d had seizures since she was a pup.  Barrett advised Kirk to pick the dog up at the animal hospital.

I am led to understand that the animal hospital did charge Kirk for Sasha’s stay.  That is good.

Barrett had contacted multiple pet adoption services, only to be told that this dog was unadoptable.  Even the rescue league for older pets said the dog will not be adopted.  We could either keep her ourselves or take her to an animal shelter where she might be euthanized after 3 days.  Nobody wants a 10-year-old dog with seizures.  Barrett is now thinking in terms of doing some sort of community service regarding animals…maybe volunteering at Petco/petsmart to hold/walk some of the dogs/cats up for adoption.

I’m thinking the following:  We found Sasha on Saturday.  I spent several hours trying to find her home, trying to make her comfortable, and trying to get her medical treatment.  Sasha had to spend the night (and most of the next day) at the animal hospital.  Had she had a tag, I could have simply taken her to her home.  Even if she’d been microchipped, I could have contacted the owner that night and advised him to get her.  But no.  She was not chipped, she was not tagged.  I spent hours of my time trying to get her taken care of, something that not everyone would have done.  And Sasha spent a full day away from her home, unmedicated, away from the one person who DID care enough about her to keep her.

There is a moral to this story.

Freaking TAG YOUR PET people. 

–Em