As most of you know, I was very VERY involved with dog rescue for several years....until I decided to focus on having babies every year. As most of you might not know, I still keep a leash on the driver side door pocket just in case I see a stray. R is not a fan of this and always encourages me to take it out of the car when I am prego so I am not running down the middle of the street trying to catch a dog. When I am in rescue mode, R says doo-doo-dooo-dooo-doooooo and tells me to fasten my cape. Today, I moved so fast that he didn't have a chance to remind me to fasten anything....
It started innocently enough at the gas station. R, the kids and I just pulled up to the pump when out of the corner of my eye, I saw the cutest little Sheltie running down the middle of Waukegan Road (super busy road - think Frogger - for those out of town readers). In no time flat, I was out of the car, leash in hand trying to catch the little guy. Lucky for him (and maybe Baby Bow too), he turned to a side street and ran. There were three other people trying to rescue him and one lady offered for me to get into her car. She looked nice enough so I jumped in her car, fastened my seat belt and off we went to rescue a dog. (Keep in mind, R and the kids were sitting at the gas station pump and I had no cell phone with me)!
* Disclaimer - under no circumstances is it ever safe to get into a stranger's car.
Once we got to the end of the side street, we noticed several other people trying to catch the little fellow. Long story short, we all came together and rescued the pup whose name happened to be Simon for those of you that care.
I asked the stranger if I could get a ride back down the side street (hey - it was a long street and she didn't hurt me the first time). She said she would drop me off at the gas station. When we pulled in, she asked me which car it was....I told her the one with the husband in the front that looked really annoyed and had the hot kids in the backseat!!! She and I got a good laugh.....R not so much but he came around....he always does!!!!
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3 comments:
You are quite the rescue Momma! I hope the kids get your love of dogs but not so much getting into someone else's car!
that is quite a rescue! glad you and the dog were safe in the end. At least it was a woman and not a man....
The dogs are luck to have you on their side :)
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