GREAT NEWS folks I found the dogs owner tonight, he is named Spot and is 14 yrs old , he had rang the SPCA who rang me ,it turns out he lived just around the corner from us and had recently shifted, Spot had been walking at least two days, he has had him since he was a puppy, he belonged to a young Japanese man, who said his wife was pregnant and he was a bit jealous, and unsettled from the shift, i gave him strict instructions on his care and told him to go back to the vets if he did not get better.

He was pretty happy almost cuddled me and my husband, so all in all this is a great ending,i have his phone number so will ring in a few days see if he is better, he said he had a collar and was registered, so maybe he slipped out of it, which is highly possible, poor old guy was trying to come back home, i told him make sure he does not get away again, as he nearly died and would not make it a second time, no wonder his feet were cut up and he was so exhausted, he was an old guy, going a long way, the owner said he did not have a problem normally with his back legs, i do suspect he has arthritis though, from his age etc.

I cannot quite believe it, i have to pinch myself, how lucky is this, he certainly did recognise his owner , he even got up on his wobbly legs for him wagging his tail.