One-day in October, a neighbor up the street from me hurried out of her car intent on speaking with me. It was unusual in the way that typically we are just like ships passing in the night. Calling out a “Hello, how are you?” as we wrestle our dogs past each other. As it turned out, her intent was quite sweet. She wanted to warn me there was a loose dog in the area and she wasn’t sure if the pit bull was friendly or not. She went on to tell me that they suspected someone had left it on one of the trails. *Sigh*
I filed this bit of information in the back of my mind and forgot completely about it, until the day I was walking up the hill and saw the dog round the corner of one of the houses. Of course, I had Sampson, the dog with the bad legs, who shouldn’t get excited and bounce around like he’s two. I’m not sure if the dog would have approached us or not, but as he got to the edge of the yard I said, “Stop puppy.” He looked at me, and moved on to the next yard.
Then the door of the house burst open, and the owner came out, dog treat in one hand, leash in the other, “Where’d he go?” She starts looking about, “Who wants a cookie?” I refrained from saying, “I do.” I mean, I saw the cookie, so it really wasn’t all THAT hard. She then tells me that Animal Control (that useless lump) has been looking for the dog for weeks. She tells me they’ve been ‘tracking’ the dog on Animal Control’s Facebook page. I oblige by calling Animal Control and leaving the useless lump a message, indicating the time and location where the dog was seen.
I happened to mention this to my next-door neighbor and told her I’d seen the dog and I didn’t think it was a stray. He looked to me to be in very good condition. His coat was clean, and he had a fed look about him. Not the look of a dog that’d been living on his own for three weeks.
He looks a little hot, but not like a dog on his own.
When I got home I checked out Animal Control’s Facebook page and found his picture. (See above. I shamelessly screen shot it.)
The next time I saw my next-door neighbor, she told me that the peeps on the page were fighting over the dog. Turns out the DADO’s were having a brawl on Facebook. I couldn’t help myself…it was like a train wreck. The thread went on and on. There were hundreds of comments.
Hundreds. Here’s just a couple. Click on the image to enlarge so you can read it. These two women went back and forth for about 20 comments. Each one kept trying to dismiss the other one. It was SO amazing.
The first volley.
It was like watching a tennis match!
The last lob.
Animal Control admonished them a couple of times, and threatened to ban them, each one kept thanking Animal Control and then they’d turn on the other again.
I can’t tell you how many times I hit the comment button and started typing a response, but seriously…you know my success rate with DADO’s.
You just cannot argue with them.
Free entertainment for you. Some people just don’t get it. We’ve had several folks open the front door and let their dogs out early in the morning just as we are walking by. Of course, the dogs run to us and won’t return to their house. The people are standing in the door in pjs, maybe some slippers, calling their dogs with absolutely no response. Really? I never let me dogs out, even into the fenced yard unless I know I can go out in a second to get them if something happens. What are people thinking…oh yeah, many people are not thinking!
Don’t get me started on DADO’S lol. It was nice of your neighbour for warning you.
Wow. That is quite a fight. I would be quite irritated at the dog’s owners too. We had a Pomeranian mix roaming my neighborhood for a few years. It would cone up to my fence and make my dog’s go crazy and then move on. I would have given the owners a piece of my mind if I had had the chance to discover who they were. You were smart to stay out of that one.
Remind me what a DADO is again? 😊
It’s so frustrating, and the sad bit is, if you say anything to most of these DADO’s (Dumb Ass Dog Owners) they will turn it around on you, as if you are the one in the wrong. Did the owners of the Pomeranian move, or how did the dog stop roaming?
I assume the dog is dead, was taken by animal co troll or the surrendered it. It clearly was owned because he would stop by after being groomed. I always worried he would be hit by a car.
You really can’t win arguments like that. Who has time to get into them? I hope the pup is ok.
Some people have a lot of time on their hands.
I hope you’ll let us know what happens. To the pup, I mean, not the DADOs. I feel like I’m watching a cliffhanger.
Animal control did catch the dog, and he was reunited with his owner. His name is Lincoln and apparently he is a Houdini dog, as he escapes from everything! He did continue his escapades for a bit, but apparently his owners were in the process of moving, and they must have settled that, since I’ve heard no more about it.
At the very end of that thread, the owner popped on to defend herself. Honestly, she was as bad as the rest. LOL
Oh Seriously!!! I just really don’t have any words for this type of bullshit.
I sure hope something good happens for the dog! I hope all the arguing people find a better and more compassionate way to spend their time. I admit to sometimes wanting popcorn when I read an online argument.
Oh my god! I love that idea. Settling in with popcorn, honestly, sometimes it’s better than a movie!
Your Facebook readers have all the fun! This is even better than a made for TV movie.
You must live in the DADO capital of the world .Your Facebook readers have all the fun! This is even better than a made for TV movie.
I think you were wise not to get into the middle of that! You definitely can’t win an argument with people like that. Arguments like that on FB can be pretty entertaining, and it’s hard to drag yourself away from them sometimes! Talk about a time suck…I can’t imagine how much time it sucks up if you actually get in the middle of one. LOL!
Glad to see in your comments that this dog is no longer roaming?
I can’t tell you how long I sat there reading comments. LOL
If Lincoln is roaming, he’s not doing it around our neighborhood, or if he is, he’s keeping a low profile. 🙂
Ugh…I’m so sick of the kind of people who make stupid comments or pick fights on FB (or NextDoor which is a whole ‘nutter world of DADOs). You would never say those kinds of things face to face (generally, if you have any decency or manners). Sadly our society has become so tribal, it’s just a rotten shame. And then, you still have a stray dog out there. 😳
Jumpin Jiminy!! Some people are just too much! Like Mary, I just don’t have any words for that kind of bullshit. The DADOs are as bad as those folks who argue over each others’ reviews of a product – good or bad – they’re just plain nuts.
Poor Lincoln, I hope his owner gets her shit together and a trainer to help them both! Kudos to you for calling that useless lump to report your sighting of the poor dog! Now, let’s all breakout the popcorn and have a party! 🤪
Oh gawd. People are tough cookies on social media, aren’t they?
Hmm…now I’m craving a cookie too Jodi. Thanks for that.
Isn’t that what Facebook is for?? Wait. What?
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Can’t I just be given all the animals in the world? I could keep them safe and loved and then no idiots would own them.