Edit - heard from Officer Riddle, got the dogs all settled out - the kids have already named this stray dog - lol !
However, if he has a loving home, let us know. We'll be making the decision to keep him til he gets home or having him go to the shelter in the morning.
Animal control came by, her sensor first showed that he had an encrypted chip, and when she reset it, it showed no chip at all. Got a response from a woman who said she saw a craigslist listing from people whose older dog jumped out of their truck a while back, but she cannot find the listing now. So hopefully they see my listing.
Actually, Tpp- you didn't. What you saw was another larger, furrier, younger black dog, playing with a golden lab. I know, because the dog above - Buster- did not leave my house until 7:02 pm, and was reunited with his owner at 7:15pm, in same parking lot. Buster went from my car to his owner's car. As we stood talking, we saw those other two pop out from behind the 285 Grill.
Sorry, I don't let dogs in my care run willy nilly if I can help it.
Now, for the rest of the story: The beagle is named Max and is an escape artist. What he is wearing is a collar extension in hopes of keeping him from getting out of the fence. But, sometimes he chews through the fence, quite literally and gets away. This round of escape was teenageritis - a door was not closed, dogs took advantage and out they went, as dogs will do. The red dog the beagle was with today is from the same family. Said teenagers are in trouble.
So, if you see these dogs in the future out and about, please let me know- I have the owner's number and will let him know asap.
Note, the lab pictured above is a bit deaf, going a bit blind, so its not surprising the highway confused him. be kind to him if you find him in the future - he's a very old, very good dog.
