Dog Rescue!

This morning, we were doing an early morning hike at Calavera Preserve when we happened on a dog walking toward us without a human.  He was tired and hot, so we slowly walked him up to the trailhead, tried to give him water, and brought him home.

 At the house, we gave him cat food and water.

 We knew we had to make a good effort at finding his owners, but we were already falling in love with him, even naming him Curly.  He had an Oceanside Humane Society tag, but when we entered it in their database, the number came up as invalid.  Curly was well mannered, affectionate, and liked retrieving a ball and dropping it at our feet.  We both felt that this was a well cared for and loved pet.

We next started searching the internet for lost dogs, and Gail hit pay dirt on Craig's List.  It turned out that his name is Paco, and he lived in Oceanside, about 5 miles away from where we had found him. He somehow had crossed the I-5 and the 78!  The Craig's List notice wouldn't let us get a phone number, but did show the address.  We drove to the home with Paco who sweetly placed his head in Gail's lap.

 The happy reunion!  It was a pleasure to see how happy the family was to get Paco back.  We learned that Paco is a Spanish Water Dog. Someone had set off fireworks last evening (the 8th of July) and Paco freaked out and broke through the fence.  We had a nice visit and learned more about the Spanish Water Dog - the Lind's have two.

Isabel Lind is a portrait photographer and brought out her 1st place award shot of Paco, all coiffed and duded up.  She offered to do a free portrait of us sometime in the future.  We love happy endings!