A few days ago, I had to run to town and it was so hot, that I left Kota inside his cage inside the house. (Mike was asleep).
On the way home from town I looked down the highway and saw a big, black dog with a wavy tail running down Hwy 20! My first thought was “How in the world did Kota get out of his cage and the house and follow me?” To my horror, the dog that had been running along the side of the hwy suddenly veered into the road and almost got hit by the car in front of me.
My heart was in my throat and I pulled over and jumped out of the truck screaming Kota’s name over and over again. I had left the side of the truck door open and the dog appeared behind the truck and jumped into the truck. Shaking, I slammed the door and jumped into the driver’s seat and turned to give holy heck to Kota only to discover, it was NOT Kota at all!
I took the dog home, scanned him for a chip and he was chipped thank the Lord, and so I called and got in touch with the owner. She was driving the narrows looking for her dog when I called and was at our house within 20 minutes. When she got there, she was still in her pj’s. She told me that they had adopted this dog about six months ago and the dog hadn’t even been out of the shelter long enough to figure anything out. The dog was adopted out twice but returned the next day both times and they were her last hope for a good home.
The gal was really nice, I took her inside to meet Kota and Mike and she saw all the cats and asked why there were so many. When I told her we were a non-profit cat sanctuary, her eyes grew big and she smiled and said that she wanted to help out.
This morning, we received a delivery of several bags of Whiskas, a new larger than life litter pan, a gallon jug of Nature’s Miracle and a new four level cage! I can use the cage to continue Solo’s introduction into the house and the food was such a blessing. We met all over a rescue of a dog who doesn’t know what it is like to be a dog and we have formed a friendship that I believe will last a lifetime.
Here is our new cage-
Wow, how wonderful. I hope that poor Kota-look-alike will have found his permanent and loving home.
I believe she has. There are five other dogs for her to play with and two loving adults who have already invested a lot of money in various ways to help this poor dog out. Including agility training. But the dog originally came from a southern California shelter and was sent to Idaho to another shelter. From there, she was sent to an Oregon shelter after being deemed “unadoptable”. This family realized that her life had been so abnormal and they just want to give her a chance to be a dog. Apparently, she busted through the front screen door on the day I found her running on the highway.