Bonnie has been acting squirrelly lately. We didn’t know if it was because of her allergies or the elements that animals can seem to sense better than any mechanical weather forecaster. I let her out yesterday and noticed that there was another dog near our unused black car.
I heard Jenna cry, “Why would you let her out?!”
“I didn’t realize there was another dog out here. Besides, why wouldn’t I let her out? Maybe she needed to go.”
I don’t know that Bonnie had even tried going potty. I tried luring back into the house. She wanted to check out the dogs (turned out there were two of them) but was not vicious about it – which must have meant they were both male. The border collie seemed a bit put off by Bonnie’s presence and would growl and then Bonnie would growl louder. Jenna did not get a picture of the three of them interacting on the hill but Bonnie was obviously the smallest of the three.
Jenna brought the other two dogs into our brand new room. I don’t think it was intentional at first, but it seemed a way to keep them safe. Unlike our neighbor’s menagerie behind our yard, we don’t recall ever having seen either of the dogs before. Especially the larger of the two. I would have remembered seeing a St. Bernard before.
Roland jumped the gun and called animal control to come collect them though neither Jenna nor I agreed with his presumption. She had taken pictures to post to instagram or other media in which others might be able to view. Her friend dropped by and they both hung out in the back room with the two dogs. They referred to the dogs as Collin and Bernard. Jenna said she was willing to keep Bernard and Ruth could take Collin as she seemed to have a better relation with the dog and Bonnie was more tolerable of Bernard than Collin.
Both seemed to be well-mannered and friendly dogs. They also appeared to be an added expense just in dog food alone. And it’s not as though our yard has the best room to house a St. Bernard. But there was a response to the post. The information gave Jenna an approximate location. The girls walked them to the area and let them off in a trailer – are you kidding me? A dog that big needs more room than that!
Just after the girls returned without the dogs, the sheriff went around the house to claim the dogs which had already been returned. The girls were happy that they no longer had them to put into his custody. They said he looked mean. I did not even see him. When I went out to talk to him I saw a white SUV backing out of our driveway.
I hope the owner of the dogs is okay and that the dogs do not escape again. I would love to ask them how it is they ended up in our yard.
