I took my foster to the dog beach yesterday and found a rottweiler. She seemed nice but she wouldn't follow me so I hooked her on to the leash and took her along with me. She was wearing a choke chain without a license. There weren't many people out but I asked if they knew if anyone was looking for her. Nobody knew her. So I took her home.

She looks to be about 5 years old. She's not in the greatest of shape -- she's very fit, not fat at all -- but she's very dirty and has an open tumor on her stomach that is literally dripping everywhere. We put some hydrogen peroxide and polysporin on it, and then pu a t-shirt on her and tied a long-sleeved shirt around her stomach.

We're going to bring her into work today and give her a good bath, groom her, and shave the area around the tumor.

She has a faded tattoo in her ear -- I'm going to see if I can make it out and then I'll call all of the vets in the area -- they can tell me who the owner is, right? I can tell she has an owner somewhere and somebody loves her -- She has some nailpolish on her nails. If I don't get off work until all of the vets are closed, then we'll put an ad in the paper.

Anyways, she's a very nice girl. When I first found her she had no personality, she just walked beside me nicely on the leash. When I tried bringing her into the yard she became very frightened. I had to drag her in. She gets along well with the other dogs and the cats and my rats -- she pretty much just ignores them but not in a mean way. And she loves to kiss and cuddle and be loved. Right now she is looking out the window growling at people outside, but she's too scared to go out because it's pouring rain. Wish her luck, she's a real sweetie.