I'm a little late to this thread. But odd thing, as I was reading it, my dog, who was fast asleep in the other room, picked this moment to come in the office for some love. Like she knew the topic of what I was reading....

Also, once when my hubby and I were driving to our soon to be sold house to pick up some papers on our way to the closing, we witnessed a van hit a collie pup. We stopped and the driver of the van stopped. There was no one home, but there were also 2 other dogs outside who kind of stayed away from the pup and from us. This poor dog had a broken hip, and was scared and whimpering, but also not afraid of us. We happened to have our own dog's kennel in our car, as she was at the vet and we were going to pick her up later that afternoon. The man who hit the pup took our kennel and we gently helped the dog into it so that he could drive it to the vet. We left a note on the door of the house so that the owners would know what happened.

Later, when we went to get our dog and the kennel, we found out that the pup had been claimed, and was going to be transferred to his own vet's later that day. I'm so glad of the outcome for this. It was so hard to see the poor dog, so trusting in our ability to help, yet in pain. Hopefully someone someday will do something similar if our dog (God forbid) ever is in trouble.

(((((((zen and her caring heart)))))))

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