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Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

When my neighbor got a new bird dog last month, Dexter ran away from home and spends most of his time with me.

You're a lucky foster and he's a cutie.

I'm not saying this is your situation, but that reminded me of an experience from 10-15 years ago.

A family a few doors down from us got a German Shepherd puppy. It was an adorable dog. One day we were working in the back yard, and had the front and back doors of the house open to walk stuff through the house. I walked into the back yard, put my load down and turned around and there the pup was. He had followed me into the back yard. He just wanted to play.

A couple of weeks later, I heard the father coming down the block yelling "come, get your butt back here you stupid dog, etc...." Irritated me quite a bit.

THen a couple of weeks after that, the older daughter that i think was 13-14 came running down the block chasing after the dog sounding like her father yelling at the dog. It wouldn't come to either one of them, but it ran right up to me, and sat down looking up at me. I swear it if it could have spoken it would have said "help, save me from these morons."