Brandon and Amanda were here this weekend and it was a great weekend. I forgot my camera for everything we did but I think they got some good pictures so maybe they will share. The only dampers on the weekend were that our washer decided to leak and soak the carpet downstairs and a dog I was taking care of for Rachel ran away.
Rachel has been taking care of this dog for weeks for one of her friends. He can't have the dog where he's staying right now and he is looking for someone to take it or waiting til he can find a place he can have the dog. Not sure which. Anyhow, her dishwasher backed up and she's not supposed to have the dog in her apartment. Plus it was getting on her nerves cause he'd chewed up the arm of her couch and done some other things. So I told her she should bring him over here. That way he could be with other dogs and wouldn't have to be stuck in her apartment all day getting himself into trouble. So she brought him over on Friday night. Well our dogs did not get along that great at first but we threw them all in the backyard while we were eating. When Rachel started to leave she saw that this dog, named Scoop, was running around in the front of our house. Our fence does have some holes that a small dog could get out of so we decided that we'd put some trash cans or something in front of the gaps the next morning so he couldn't get out. Well, morning came and neither Aaron or I thought about him getting out the night before. We threw all the dogs in the yard to potty and eat. Well it got really quite outside and that finally registered so Aaron went to check and Scoop was gone. We walked all over and drove all over but no Scoop. We were supposed to meet Rachel at her apartment so we finally ha
d to leave. I emailed our neighborhood association and Aaron put a lost and found posting on Craigs list. We didn't hear anything all day. Sunday morning came and no word on the dog. I was really starting to get worried and upset at myself by then. Rachel did not tell her friend his dog was missing hoping that maybe he'd be at the pound on Monday morning and we could get him back. All Sunday afternoon went by and no leads. Finally on the way to small group a lady that had seen my email called and said they'd seen a dog of Scoop's description running around in the yard right across the street from our house around noon. My hopes started to soar. When we got back from small group some neighbor kids had come by and said they thought they had the dog. Sure enough it was him. Talk about thankful! I don't think I have ever been so glad to see a dog in my life. I had prayed and prayed for this dog to come back and had our small group pray about it even though it seems like a silly thing to pray about. But God answered prayers and got this little dog home. I don't know how much longer we'll keep him, but he will not go outside unattended as long as he's here.
Side note: I don't mind watching people's dogs at all but I am starting to question the wisdom of them trusting me with their pets. Example: When we had Bambina she got out of the fence where a board was broken and I came home and let the dogs in. I did not realize Bambina was gone until 2 HOURS LATER. She is a pretty hard dog not to notice that she's not there.
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