I was walking my dog as usual. I couldn't walk him far on account of his heart. I just had him outside the elevator. I was trying to deal with the dog and the leash and I just dealt with it in the wrong order. I realized it about the same time as the dog and the dog- I made a couple of sudden movements and the dog bolted. I ran after it and he ran faster. Suddenly, he ran into the street and I screamed. Cars screeched to a halt, no one got hurt. The dog just kept running across the street.

I am not sure how I got to the other side of the street either, quite frankly. I just ran and ran until I couldn't see him anymore and then I ran some more.

I went back and I got some treats and my phone and I wandered the streets for hours, first with a friend, then by myself just looking for the dog. I knew that if I called out to him, he would hide even more. The dog hates people. He hates being around them. Everything they do is too noisy, too sudden, too scary.

"It could have been handled better", the shelter said. They were angry that they weren't the first ones to know, but, I lost their number and besides, all I was thinking about was finding that dog. He said that not calling him immediately probably cost the dog his life, because he was used to dealing with the pounds and said that they euthanized the dogs almost immediately after receiving them. It's a pretty dark picture.

The way I had it painted was not much better, but at least the dog was still alive. I knew that he was still attached to his collar and his leash when I last saw him. I also knew that everyone I talked to said Koreans gave dogs to the animals hospitals before they gave them to the pounds and that the animals hospitals were obligated to keep them for up to ten days. I am contacting every animal hospital in the area.

If I know this dog, which I do, he is hiding in some drain or ravine somewhere. He's is somewhere quiet as far away from people as he can while still being able to get water and food. If I know this dog, no one knows where he is. That is why he has not been found.

That is why tomorrow, I am going to dust off my bike and look for him in those places. I am going to look for every little nook and cranny that no one will look in, because that's the only reason I can think of for why he hasn't turned up yet. I will look and I will find him. Or at least... I hope I will.

So... you be the judge. Am I irresponsible or am I just unlucky? Here's another one:

Say you were on a beach filled with dying star fish. You had enough time to throw back and possibly save every star fish on that beach, but you knew there was a chance that 50% of the starfish would die simply because you touched them. The question is, would you try to save the starfish? Or would you leave them to die in the sand?

Ah, my dear. I hope you find him. Maybe you could put up pictures of him around on telephone poles with your number or the number of the shelter people?

I think that your dog was making a crazy dash for freedom. You know how many times we lost Honey when she made crazy dashes for freedom. It happens to people a lot, that's why you see 'Lost Dog' signs on every telephone pole.

The only things you can do are the things you're already doing. If you hadn't taken him in, he would have died. Now he's well enough to go dashing off faster than you can run.

I think the better analogy would be to say that the beach is covered by dying starfish. You can throw them all back, but half of them will die no matter what you do, you just don't know which half. It is still worth it to try to throw them all back.
» Zanzibar on 2011-04-01 01:42:05

Dogs just get out, sometimes. I couldn't tell you how many lost dogs I've had to usher home, nor how many times I've had to chase down my own dogs for HOURS on end. You just have to be very wary with dogs, or get professional training so they DON'T run. You made a mistake. It happens. The real test is whether you learn from it or suppress it.

I'd still throw all the starfish back.
» Unicornasaurus on 2011-04-01 02:31:11

Seems more like bad luck than irresponsibility, but I don't know if that's the important thing right now.
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