After days of driving and not seeing Dee-dee, I had just got to the point that I thought that maybe she was gone. I told myself that they found another home for her. That's easier to handle than telling myself she died cold, scared and alone. Then I was driving over the tracks one day and looked over and she was sitting on top of her dog box. She had reappeared. And, guess what. She actually looked like she had gained some weight. [surprised]. I think they had taken her into the garage because we had a really cold snap here. I thought if that's the case, well, that shows that they care some. The weight gain is a good sign also!!!
I'm hoping that animal control gave them a little speech on how to properly care for an animal and maybe they listened. I didn't keep animal control's number. I have to call one place that gives me the number of another place that gives me the number of another place where I have to leave a message on an answering machine. I never talked to a person. I'm pretty sure if I called they wouldn't give me any information anyway.
It would be great if she was treated as a member of the family but that's not the way these pepole are. She is a hunting dog, not a pet.
I'll probably get more info when the kids are out playing again in the Spring. As of now, she's still existing as an outside dog only.