I was on my way home today from running a few errands and on a busy road about 5 minutes from my house I noticed two loose dogs. One looked like an American Pit Bull Mix and the other some kind of Spaniel Mix. Happy dogs; sniffing up a storm and romping around. They didn't look upset or scared at all. But, again...on a busy road. I noticed that they had tags on as I drove by. I couldn't NOT stop. But, I had to go up the road a bit to turn around and when I came back, I didn't see them right away. I turned around again, and there they were across the street. They had made their way across. 
I pulled into a little nook off the street fairly close to them; and got out. I waited until there were no cars coming and called them to me. They both did come across the street, but only one of them came close enough for me to reach his collar. After I had him by the collar, he didn't want anything to do with me...poor thing. The other got scared and kind of zig zagged around, but didn't leave the area...and thank goodness didn't cross the street either.
The tags were customized with owners name and phone number. YAY! I was so relieved. I immediately called the number while trying to keep "Farley" calm and not slip away. Of course, I got voicemail, grrr; but I left a message saying I had his dogs and left my number to call. After I hung up, I realized I must have sounded like a kidnapper and was asking for a ransom or something. "I have your dog" "Call me" LOL
So, the guy called me right back and I told him that I had Farley and he was with another white dog. The guy confirmed the other dog is his too and his name is Willy. Willy would not come close enough to me to get his collar. The guy said that Willy is pretty much scared of everything.
Anyway, the guy says he is about 30 minutes away but he will come right now. I told him I would try to get both of them in my Blazer and get them off the busy road. He was very appreciative; thanked me and told me he would be there as fast as he could. I thanked him for having tags on his two boys. 
So, I'm down on my knees on the side of the road and Farley is laying down on the ground at this point, just trying to be a concrete weight. I couldn't pick him up and he kept trying to wiggle out of my grip. This very nice lady stopped and asked if I needed help. I said yes please...if you could just help me lift him up into the Blazer. She stopped because she thought I was dealing with a dog that had been hit. That was what we looked like as she was approaching.
She helped me get Farley into the back of the Blazer and while I was holding him...she got some popcorn she had and was trying to lure Willy. He wanted no part of that. But, he also didn't want to leave Farley...so he kept his distance. At that point we just didn't want him running off, so we just let him be.
The owner calls me back and says that his Mom lives close by and would be coming...she could get there faster than he could. So, we wait. Then Willy decided he wanted to run off. Scared the living daylights out of us. He ran one way, then we tried calling him back...he stopped and then went running the other way...about 4 houses down and then Willy disappeared into a hole in a fence. All I could hope for is that is his house. He didn't come back out so that was the assumption.
The nice lady had her young son in the car, so she asked if I would be ok at this point. I thanked her immensly and said we would be ok. I had a bottle of water and cut into the brand new bag of dog food I just bought. Farley was fine. He had food, he had water; and he was starting to accept me. He even laid down in the blazer and got comfy.
The Mom arrived and was so extremely grateful and talked about how her DIL would be so completely devastated if something happened to her dogs. I pointed out where Willy ran off to, and sure enough it was his house. Willey went home. She tried to give me $20.00. LOL I said that I couldn't take that...that I had 3 dogs of my own and if they got loose would just hope that someone would do the same thing. She gave me a hug and I said...Oh yeah, I'll take a hug.
So, Farley and Willy are safe and sound; and their Daddy has a big hole in their fence to fix.
Whew, I'm exhausted. But, boy I am so very glad that I turned around to save those boys.
"No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich." Louis Sabin
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