oh yes, the schnauzer

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Date: 18 March 2009 23:41:36

Well, there were a few hours of barking (at one point Pooka was at the balcony door barking and the other dog was at the back door barking - they both wanted to come inside, but that would not have stopped any barking AND the schnauzer was not very house-trained it seemed... or just liked widdling on things) and no doubt gaining bad "neighbour points" (actually our neighbours are great). I gave Pooka an early breakfast, then took her inside and gave the other dog some breakfast. Quietness descended for a few minutes, then started again. I went back to bed and was half asleep. At some point, a barking Pooka was deposited in my room for a while. At 8:30, my mother rang the council to send out the dog man. I took Pooka to the park. Came home and the dog catcher was there, he scanned the dog for a microchip then took it off to find its home. And he liked Pooka :D

A while later, the dog man called to say that the dog was a repeat escaper (apparently there's a hole in the fence that the owners know about), and the owners would be fined for that ("public nuisance"), plus for the dog not having a collar/tag on, and because the dog was not well cared for. Apparently this last charge was partly based on the dog being dirty when picked up by the council man. Mum did point out that this was probably because Pooka had been rolling it in the dirt, but I think there must have been other reasons.

Then we all lived happily ever after except everyone was very tired yesterday, except Dad because he always gets up at stupid o'clock to go walking and find dogs.