Interesting day with dogs yesterday.
I had a meeting in town and took the mostly rural route. About half way there there were cars stopped in both lanes...an older Cocker Spaniel was on the center stripe looking lost and confused.
I turned my warning lights on (no one was behind me and, since no one else seemed inclined to get the dog out of harms way, got out and called to Sparky (not his real name) who came over and let me pick him up.
A Subaru rocket ship pulled up behind my LC at this time and a young, hat on backwards, tilted to the side, man leans out his window and asked me if the dog had a collar.
It did but I could not find a tag right away. He gets out of his car right away, looks the collar over and finds a number to call embedded in the collar. I tell him to call the number while I take Sparky and put him in my car.
No one in any of the cars ahead or in the opposite lane move or honk. Very cool.
Once I get the dog in my car I wave the opposite lane cars through and the two cars in front of me scoot, leaving Vanilla Ice and me alone.
We get the owner on the phone and tell him where we will meet him..a school bus lot about 1/3 of the mile up the road - I drive this route a lot.
VI follows and we have a few minutes to chat. What a great kid. He waits until the owner shows up and gets Sparky. VI tells me to have a blessed day and they both depart.
Here is Sparky, concerned at first.
Then I tell him the story of the Cocker Spaniel who saved Christmas.
Goodness all around.