Lost and Found

Marie, one of the girls here at the office, found a dog today. He’s a young black lab, and is very friendly. He was running around outside, in and out of traffic, and was in danger of getting hit.

Marie has a soft spot for dogs, so caught him and brought him into the office for safe keeping. She posted a notice downstairs in hopes that his owner would come looking for him.

The dog, as mentioned earlier, is a very friendly guy. He ran all over the office, checking everybody out rather enthusiastically. Somebody gave him a stuffed toy, in hopes of calming him down a bit – but that only gave him something to chew on and toss about while running around the office.

Deanna, another girl here at the office, tried to corral him in her cubicle space by blocking off the area with bookcases, boxes, chairs, and whatnot. But the dog, being the amateur Houdini that he is, took all of 30 seconds to break out and continue his exploration of the office.

This dog apparently does not believe in confinement. One begins to see how he ended up out in the middle of the street. He even has a shock collar on – which obviously has no effect on him at all.

In desperation, Marie finally took the dog to her house and locked him up in her room so that he could not get in to any more trouble. When she got back to the office, she got a phone call from the maintenance guy at the apartment complex saying that the dog had jumped out of her window and is now running around in the streets again.

What makes this even more amazing is that her bedroom window is on the third floor!

The dog jumped out of a third story window onto the pavement below and is running in and out of traffic on very busy streets – his guardian angel is definitely being over-worked and under-paid.

Thankfully, his owner has contacted Marie and is on her way over to pick him up again.

His name is Sparkie.