Found: One Female Boxer Puppy

So I went on my usual walk today, and as I was halfway along it I saw this dog running along with its retractable leash skittering along behind her. There were some people nearby, so I didn't think much of it. Then on my way back, this puppy (a boxer like my brother's) was still running back and forth, and all signs of human life were gone. (It was around 10:00pm.) So I called to it, thinking I'd catch it for whoever lost it. The puppy was extremely skittish. I cajoled and sweet-talked and made happy puppy-calling sounds, and it would come near . . . then bolt if I so much as reached for it. So, of course, I got more determined to catch the little sucker. ;D

Well, it took me twenty minutes or so to get enough on her good side (I eventually discovered she was a girl), and a bit of trickery to get her close enough that I could step on her leash and get hold of her. She calmed down after that, and let me pet her. She never tried to bite or even growl at me, so I wasn't worried. I was just sad/concerned that she was so jumpy. But maybe it was just the fact that her rather noisy leash had been hounding her all day. ;) So, a collar and leash, but no tags, and no people left around the park that I could see, except for a group of laughing teenagers who didn't seem to be missing their dog. So, yeah. I brought her home with me. So sue me. ;)

I'm keeping her in my room for tonight, so she doesn't get all mixed up in our posse of boy dogs. Wouldn't want them to fight over her or knock her up, or anything like that. :) Tomorrow I plan to call Animal Control and maybe take her on another jaunt up by that park and see if anyone's looking for her around there. So, no, I'm not gonna try and keep her . . . I just didn't want to leave her all by her lonesome out there. :(

;)