How Much is That Doggy in the Window Well?
This morning Edwina and I were enjoying a last cuddle before I had to get up. I heard a dog but that is not unusual. All my neighbors have dogs. Eddie came in all agitated. It sounded like the dog was crying.
So I got up and looked out every window. I didn’t see a dog. I did see a woman walking by the house and looking intently at my house. Then she went by with a young man --- looking anxiously at my house.
So I put on a coat and boots (it is cold and we still have a lot of snow on the ground.) It sounded as if the cry was from the front yard. I went out the front door and there – in the window well, was a big dog. Looked like a boxer/pit mix. Didn’t bark, just looked at me. The window well is very deep and he couldn’t get out.
I did not want to call animal control – worried what they would do with a boxer/pit. So I got dressed, opened my front door to find two police officers, the woman, and her son in his pajamas. I said I was going to put a board down in the well for the dog to get out (this worked once with a possum.) The son is concerned because the dog has lost his collar and might run if he gets out. I thought of offering Edwina’s leash but….. so the one cop says she thinks they have a rope in the squad car, the woman runs to her home to look for a collar, and I am asked to look for something - boxlike we can put down there for the dog to climb on and get out.
The son managed to get Bruno out -- collared and leash and they left.
Meanwhile, Edwina and Eddie STILL haven’t settled down. Such excitement!
