little kitty… claimed

The neighbors that put up the signs for the kitty told me while I was out taking down our Chrismtas lights today, that the kitty's owner claimed him yesterday.

I was wondering about that, since we didn't hear the kitty last night, nor did we see him this morning. It's good to know he's home again.

I must be a magnet for animals or something, because while I was outside taking down the lights, a different neighbor's dog got loose from her yard and made her way to my yard. I would guess the dog was probably less than a year old, since she was rather shy and piddled when she first approached me and sniffed my hand.. and then after I checked her tags to see who she belonged to and we started down the street, she nearly dragged me the whole way back to her house (two houses down). I'd imagine it was pretty funny looking, since I did not have a leash on hand so all I could do was hang on to her collar.

Turns out she belongs to the neighbor whose golden retriever had gotten loose about two and a half years ago. That dog also ended up in my front yard. I had ended up making a make-shift leash out of a belt and walked the neighborhood (it didn't have tags then) to try to determine where he lived. At the same time the owner had been driving around looking for her dog.. When she spotted me walking him she pulled over in tears, grateful that someone had found him.

Today she didn't even have time to notice their newest dog had gotten loose, I returned the dog to their back yard and then knocked on their front door to let her know the female dog had gotten loose, and that their gate latch seemed to not be closing all the way so she may want to check it out. She thanked me for returning her dog, then about 15 minutes later she took both dogs (the golden retriever and the newer one) for a walk, and thanked me again (I was still outside putting the lights away).

It's the least I can do, even though I don't really know any of my neighbors that well. I'd want to have my own pet returned to me if one of them were to become lost, and having lost pets that had run away in the past I know how it feels to lose them.

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