Something else though about shelby, and my dad told me this tonight after seeing shelby. He knows the man who owns shelby (or who owned her..heck i dont know--read the rest!) and said that this man usually has his gate open, and his dogs often get loose. He added that shelby probably still belongs to him and he's the kind of guy who doesnt care whether his dogs come in or out of the yard. My dad leaves in the morning for work and said the past 3 days, he has seen shelby in the man's yard with the other dogs. So he's thinking that shelby is still the man's dog, but she escapes but is smart enough to come back home when she needs to. He said that this morning, the other dog was out and at the end of the street. So with this, I dont know what to believe. Sure, my dad is concerned about the dog, but he thinks that she still lives with the man but just roams around as she pleases and then comes home. But I told him that why was it recent that shelby has been on our street and in the yards. He said that the man might have had his gates open recently and the dogs started escaping. Truthfully, I dont know the real story about this. First I am thinking the man just abandoned shelby, but now we are finding out shes in her yard at times like normal. Sounds kind of mean, but i dont know if i believe my dad LOL. I think hes making stuff up so I wont feel bad about the dog running around in the streets, but i myself did see her one day in her yard (then i saw her back on the street and figured he kicked her out of the yard). Dad said when he was little, dogs from the neighborhood would roam around and follow him to school, but they always went home...and he thinks shelby's like that.

After he pointed this out to me, i wondered if i should still call the pound and go through all that. I mean, i dont want to give the man's dog away. Maybe he's the type who lets his dogs run around but always know they will come home. But then again, I hate seeing her roam around like this. I dont want to call the man and ask if he's letting her go..he's a loser and theres no telling what he'll say to me. I'm still feeding her now and keeping an eye on her like usual. But my father had a new insight that makes me think differently now. What do you all think about this? Ever heard of dogs who had homes but kind of just roamed around? I've seen alot of dogs in the country do this.