When Ferrari first came on the scene, she was just some random dog that Mouse Doctor had found while hiking one day. Then she went from being Ferrari to Ferrari Ali and she was my dog. She was the fourth member to our 3 four-legged K-Crew, a new running partner to join me on my weekday morning runs, the greeter at Hulk's, and a very loved pup among our members.
A friend of mine looking for another lost dog had been searching some lost dog websites and stumbled on a picture of a greyhound. She texted messaged me the link and I clicked on it. I think I knew it was her but I had totally fallen for her and let her in so there was also me not wanting to believe it was really her. I saw the link last night and all night I had time to digest it and get over my inital shock. I'll admit it, I cried because of it.
When I woke up today, Snickers and I talked about it. He was quick to bring it up with Mouse Doctor because for some reason or another he thinks Mouse Doctor has some kind of say in the matter because he found the dog. The discussion quickly went from a simple chat to an all-out argument. I don't even want to get it into it again here but I will say this, K-A-R-M-A, If that was any one of my pups who had gone missing, I would hope that someone would be decent enough to call me if they saw my posting online. This person lost their dog two days before Christmas, that's rough, and now she's been gone for about two weeks. As far as I'm to assume, the original owner may think she's dead now but I think to not know for sure must leave them restless at night.
I think Ferrari Ali is an amazing dog but she was clearly loved and someone put in a lot of effort into training her and teaching her excellent manners. I would love to keep her, of course, but she's not exactly my dog. Having said this though, she's not Mouse Doctor's either and when he handed her over to me this past weekend he gave up all rights and responsibilities regarding her. The fact that the issue of whether or not to call the number on the lost dog ad was even an issue because of him really ticked me off beyond belief.
OK, so perhaps I went into it more than I wanted to or should have but it really shocked me that it'd be suggested to me to keep a dog that I now know the name and number of its owner. I own and operate a boxing club, a boxing club that has had over 600 people come for training. Six degrees of separation baby, there's going to be a day when maybe not Ferrari's owner but one of their friends comes walking into the club and is like "hey, that looks exactly like my friend's dog they lost!" What am I to say then?! Or what about if I take Ferrari running with me, someone recognizes her, calls her by her real name, and she runs to them?! Sure this could happen too even if I didn't know the owner's number but the fact of the matter is I do and now it's only right to call them.
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