Monday, February 18, 2008
It followed me home.. Can I keep it?

I took my human for a run the other day. Maybe it was the other way around, it doesn't matter anyways. We were heading back towards home. We were a little less than a mile from home during this three mile run. Yes we run a lot. I enjoy the workout that much. If you ask anyone they'll tell you my ears perk up every time I hear the word "walk". Apparently it's cute, and there is often much giggling.

On this trip a little toy poodle or toy poodle mix dog appeared out of no where and began chasing me. He was cute, and yes he was a male. He paused frequently to pee on every tree, pole, rock and shrub we passed. He ran laps around the scooter and I as we continued on our run. Then he'd dart off to the sides or ahead to pee again. We'd lose sight of him for a bit, then he's pop up again and zoom right past us.

People we passed on our journey thought it was so cute how he was following my human and I. They thought he belonged to us until we stopped to ask if they knew who he actually belonged to. Naturally they didn't so we kept going, hoping he'd get tired and go home on his own. He didn't.

The little tan ball of curly fur stayed with us all the way home. Now my human had a problem. If she opened the house and he got inside, would she be able to catch him. She didn't want to risk it, so we trotted across the street to the neighbors and the little dog followed. I played with him a bit while my human went to the door to find assistance.

The little dog was sure cute, and friendly and very playful. I would have loved to keep him but my human said he needed to go back to his own family. He was, thankfully wearing a collar and tags. The neighbor kids helped catch him and put a leash on him. They also called his owners and were sweet enough to walk him back home. My human would have taken him herself but the battery on the scooter wouldn't have had enough power to get her home again.

As a small side note, he continued to lift his leg to just about everything he could find; even long after he had run out of pee. The leg went up but nothing came out. It was very funny to watch.

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