I didn't want to take dogs for walks. It is cold and so windy today. But Dahlia was so hype and I just had to get her out of the house. Doug was absolutely not interested in walking a dog. So I took it upon myself to do both. Because if one goes, the other is very disappointed and upset.
I started with Dahlia, and the goal is always get her to poop and start back. Tonight, we headed to the park, where there's a trash bin. And that's where she pooped so hallelujah, hooray, I sang joyfully while pitching the bag into the bin. We headed home, I didn't take any big detours or elongate the stroll. It was Toffee's turn.
Dahlia and I came back into the house (20 min walk) and I was all ready to get Toffee and make it a 30, just go up to the pokegym and come back.
I asked him where Toffee was and he said "outside, she didn't welcome you?"
No.
So I went out to get her, and no Toffee. Literally no dog anywhere. She was gone. How? She's too short to jump the fence, but maybe she found a spot where it was possible?
I started looking for her. I was very mad that Doug let her out. But to be honest, she's always been so trustworthy. She's the good one!
No Toffee anywhere, so I walked around the block, Doug walked up the street. I came back to the house and put Dahlia in the car to drive around looking.
We spent about an hour. I was starting to get incredibly anxious. Where is my baby bean?!
I was in a text conversation with my neighbor J (the one who owns Toffee's BFF Meg), and she said her husband went out looking too.
My phone rang while I was in the kitchen getting a glass of water - a toll free number so I thought it was spam.
I got an email.
From 24 Pet Watch, the company her microchip is registered to. "Great News! Toffee has been found!" I called the phone number and the representative had me verify our info. She said that the County ACO had her, and they were trying to get in touch with me (that must have been the toll free number). In the meantime, the ACO texted me, and my neighbor J's husband R was with him. Somehow he saw the van and flagged him down.
In a minute, they were at the house, dog delivered. Boom like that. I logged into the 24 Pet Watch site and declared my dog home. Full circle.
When we adopted Brodie, she came microchipped but I had to pay 100 bucks to sign up for the service and at that time, well, we were drop dead poor so I didn't register the microchip. Phineas was chipped, but his owner's info (and her old address and old phone) were on the chip record.
This is honestly the first experience I've had with a missing dog, with a county Dog Officer (he was super sweet), and with a successful chip read and my contact info being found.
So right now, I'm going to say hey everyone. Hey. Microchip your dog, and make sure your information is up to date on the record. I read stories all the time about strays or lost dogs who get picked up and the owner info is not accurate. And it's heartbreaking.
To be reunited with her, well that was great. Also I'm a little mad that wherever she went, a neighbor "a block away" according to the officer was the one who picked her up and called their unit.
I'm getting her a new collar, with her name and my phone number on it. That's it. Let my neighbor call me and not the cops.
Guilty dog right here, but one I'm happy to have back.
digits
exercise: 12/12 hours. Dahlia walk, followed by a Toffee Search Walk. 35 min/1.5 miles 10k+ steps by bedtime
blood glucose:
9:15am: 124
4:30pm: 154
11pm: 138
food:
coffee/water
9:15: phentermine; met+glip
10:45am: ramekin of Mac&cheese with bacon
1:30pm: BLT salad
5pm: met+glip
6:30pm: chicken parm w/2 small pieces of garlic bread
9:45pm: jardiance
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