Sooooooooo......last weekend we were down in Marion,
and out from the woods comes this lost animal....
not sure initially if it was a wolf or coyote.....
but it was HUGE with back paws the size of a bears.
Very scared....dirty....and hungry.
We left him a bowl of water and dog food....
and after 10 minutes or so....
he got close enough to where he started eating and we started to clean him up.
Got all of the burrs....dead ticks...and branches out of his coat.....
tended to his cuts....cut all of the matted hair out....
and now we had a new "friend".
Q-Tip....Snowball.....Snow....Cottonball were all names designated to him.....
he now seemed more confused than ever!
Katie texted a photo to one of her friends....
who happened to know that this was a
"Great Pyrenees" dog...
and her grandmother used to have one until he died a few years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyrenees
He spent Saturday night (indoors) and followed me everywhere I went...
but that's what they do...... a great guard dog.
No barking.....
No #1's or #2's during his overnight stay.....
We posted a local "found" ad....
left a message with the local shelter (closed on Sunday)....
and spoke with the neighbors but no bites.
Sooooooooo.....time to go home and what to do?
Pick up the 120 lb dog and throw him in the back of the van
with Murphy for the ride back home to LPort.
The grandmother of Katie's friend heard the story....
and now Q-Tip has a new home!
(and a new name...."Niko")
She lives in LPort and the girls went over for a visit this afternoon.
Mar and the grandmother took Niko to the vet today to scan him for microchips.....
but nothing.
Still no answers to the posts.....
so I guess this is a good ending overall.
The girls found some cats last month.....Q-Tip this month.......
I'm hoping for a Pygmy goat next time....
they don't bark either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_goat
Marty
Jackson, MI
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