Saturday, March 13, 2010

Miss Stella Has a Sleep-Over

My son Bly was traveling down the Post Road minding his own business around 8:00 pm this evening. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted this beguiling girl trotting down the side of the road. Of course, being my son, he got out of the car and persuaded her to get into the car. (Actually his friend's car, who was as much into rescue-mode as Bly was.)

And, of course, Bly brought the dog here to our house. His words: "Dad, Mom come out to the driveway - I have something to show you!" Those are never words a parent wants to hear. Trust me. It almost always means you are going to have an additional animal/person living under your roof.
As you can see, my Stella-dog is tolerating this insult with great dignity and aplomb. Good girl! Don't forget mommy loves you!

As much as she is an endearing dog, tomorrow will be a day of trying to find her owners. And if owners aren't found?? Anyone want a loving and adorable basset hound named Edna? Oh, had I mentioned she's been named? That's not a good sign, is it? Welcome to the family, Droopy Edna...O dear!

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xoabb
expect strays every now and again!

10:00am Ed/Edna/Dolly update! Got a call from Officer Smith this morning at 8am. (A bit early to be calling on a Saturday morning don't you think, Officer Smith??) "Is this Mrs. Blystone? Yes? Good. Got your message from last night. That dog's name is Dolly! Did Dolly have a good night with you? Yes? She's a bit of an escape artist. We spend lots of time together." He called Dolly's owner, (who turns out to be a dear friend of Lauren/Mental Mama), she called me and Miss Dolly will be heading home in just a bit! Dolly's mom said Dolly's human siblings came home and left the door ajar for approximately 5 seconds. That's all the time Dolly needed to make her escape. And she can't wear a collar because she's so fleshy and collars cause her to develop sores. Lucky dog this time around!

15 comments:

  1. Ed is precious. Stella and Ed. Has a nice ring to it...

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  2. Ugh. Call the animal guy...she looks well fed. Wonder if she has a chip.

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  3. HOW did Officer Smith know you had her and doesnt LaLa know everyone .. second part doesnt need an answer ...

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  4. Yeah, I wanna know too. Who spilled the beans to the cops?
    Can you tell I grew up in Joisey?

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  5. Dolly is so sweet looking. She's lucky that your son picked her up. One suggestion for her owners... have a chip implanted because she's too adorable to lose.

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  6. I love bassett hounds but her owners should be thanking your son big time.

    I have a friend who had a dog that was an escape artist but he was also dumb as dirt. Everytime he got out he headed straight to his vet's office where he sat by the door until they let him in and called her to come get him.

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  7. I was ready to adopt her! What a journey. What a lucky girl.

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  8. I am glad for the happy ending...for all concerned. She does look adorable...if you hadn't found her owner could you have given her up?

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  9. So glad you found the owners. I was wondering if microchips are used a lot over in the states, but guessing from the comments above they must be. Such a good idea as they get scanned as soon as they get handed in at the vet or lost dogs home and the owners gets called straight away. Mine can't wear a collar either as she's too fluffy and it mats her wool all up.

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  10. Aww you big-hearted family you. I'm glad she found her people and so cool that MPM knows them.

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  11. What an adorable dog and I'm glad she is going home. The last time I heard those words..."Mom, I have something to show you" I ended up with 3 abandoned kittens! I still have two and they are 14 now :-)

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