Today, when I was walking home from school, I saw this very small dog running around loose. This was on a side road, but not far from an extremely busy main road. A girl that lives up the street first went up to the dog, "Moe". Then I went over and picked him up. Her and I didn't know what to do, but Moe had a collar on, so we called the phone number on the collar. Noone answered the phone. The other girl said that she knew the guy whose dog this was. She said that his wife died a few years and since then he has stayed to himself a lot. She said his grown kids are supposed to be taking care of him, but they don't. So we brought the dog to the address his tag said. We went into the backyard (the house was behind the other girl's house, so we walked through her backyard into the guy's backyard) and saw a cage for Moe. So we went over and walked around it. The door was locked and there were no holes or anything. So we can't figure out how Moe got out. The other girl said that the guy walks him on the road she lives on all the time, so maybe Moe got loose then. Then we went to the front door and knocked and noone answered. We knocked a few more times and noone answered. Then we went around the back door and knocked a few times there. Noone answered. There was a sticker with three phone numbers you could reach his son at in case of an emergency so we tried those numbers. None of them worked. Some emergency numbers they are. 
So then we went next door thinking maybe the neighbor could take him or knew something. The neighbor is an older guy. He seems very lonely. I felt bad for him. He told us his wife died a year ago yesterday and he doesn't think he'll live much longer and he can't hear very well and he is 88 years old. He was very nice. He brought us a rope to tie to the dog so I didn't have to carry him. He told us that you can never reach the son with those numbers. Real useful, huh? He also told us that the guy should be home and it is very unusual for him to not answer the phone or the door unless he was sleeping. At the point me and the other girl got a little concerned.
Then we went back over to the guy's house and tried to call him again. We also knocked on both doors several times. At the point we didn't know what else we could do, so we called the cops. A police officer came and we told him what the neighbor had said about it being very unusual to not be able to reach the guy. The police officer said "Well, lets look in the windows to make sure he isn't laying in there on the floor." OK then. So the cop walked around the house and peeked in the windows. The cop noticed the same thing the other girl and I did. He said that everything was like placed and it was very neat and orderly, almost like a woman or someone with OCD lived there. It was very strange. So the cop took Moe and will try to get a hold of this guy or his son. I am just hoping they find this guy. I'm not worried about Moe. He is a very friendly dog and I know he will be ok. This guy is lonely and older. I'm just hoping that he didn't fall and get hurt upstairs in his house or hes out looking for Moe and fell then or anything.
So then we went next door thinking maybe the neighbor could take him or knew something. The neighbor is an older guy. He seems very lonely. I felt bad for him. He told us his wife died a year ago yesterday and he doesn't think he'll live much longer and he can't hear very well and he is 88 years old. He was very nice. He brought us a rope to tie to the dog so I didn't have to carry him. He told us that you can never reach the son with those numbers. Real useful, huh?
He also told us that the guy should be home and it is very unusual for him to not answer the phone or the door unless he was sleeping. At the point me and the other girl got a little concerned. Then we went back over to the guy's house and tried to call him again. We also knocked on both doors several times. At the point we didn't know what else we could do, so we called the cops. A police officer came and we told him what the neighbor had said about it being very unusual to not be able to reach the guy. The police officer said "Well, lets look in the windows to make sure he isn't laying in there on the floor." OK then. So the cop walked around the house and peeked in the windows. The cop noticed the same thing the other girl and I did. He said that everything was like placed and it was very neat and orderly, almost like a woman or someone with OCD lived there. It was very strange. So the cop took Moe and will try to get a hold of this guy or his son. I am just hoping they find this guy. I'm not worried about Moe. He is a very friendly dog and I know he will be ok. This guy is lonely and older. I'm just hoping that he didn't fall and get hurt upstairs in his house or hes out looking for Moe and fell then or anything.
for being such a great involved person!
