Tonight, my partner and I were making wood slides mudslides because we are adults and can do whatever we want.
The entire time we were trying to blend them, we could hear the Great Dane that lives next-door barking.
We know dogs bark, that wasn’t a problem. But it was continuous to the point we were worried.
Their owners are usually really diligent about their dogs and wouldn’t have left them outside unattended, so I was like what is going on that they have been barking for so long?
Turns out he’d gotten out of his apartment somehow by unlocking the back door because big dogs are so mischievous. He was running around the parking lot of my complex.
There were already a couple people out there trying to keep an eye on him, but he was freaking out. He kept running away as we got closer.
I had seen the dog’s owner and knew which unit they were in, so I rang their doorbell camera. The owner was beside herself and said that she would be home in five minutes.
So I worked with another girl keep an eye on the dog. The other girl had treats. It was really cute and, we ended up meeting up with the owner because my partner hung out by the door their door to wait for them.
Seriously so many people tried to help and it was just lovely that it pulled people together and no one was like freaking out because he was a big loud dog.
The dog was honestly the most afraid poor thing. I imagine his bark was just like “Help! Help! What did I do? Fuck! Mom!”
It’s just a really nice story of community and I didn’t want to forget it and I feel like I just want somebody to do the same for me and sometimes people just take time out of their day to help one another even when they don’t need to and I just really like that and I’m not looking for attention. OK love you bye
This was actually the second dog I found at the complex since I moved in a few months ago and both were under such extenuating circumstances where the poor owners did everything right, but they still could’ve lost their poor babies without a little help from whoever happened to be around.
A Tail of Two Dog Escapes
The pet sitter was adorably flustered, the dog (Moma) was at the park and slipped out of the gate into the construction zone. So the girl was running all around looking for her, meanwhile Moma got almost to the front gates when I chased her down. Juan was so confused when I was like “That dog is alone. Oh no. Be right back” and sprinted out the door lol