A friend found the poor chap wandering aimlessly in the park without a collar. She asked around the entire estate where she found him if anyone knows the dog or lost a dog, but yielded no success. At which point, she was totally desperate and called me for help.
So, there goes our 6:00pm walk. But hey! It's not everyday you have 3 hours timeline to find a roof for a Retreiver. Even if it's just temporal.
Anyhow, the happy ending is, another friend of mine was good to house Goldie for a while till we can (hopefully) find his owners.
So by the time we went for our 7:00pm walk, I was completely exhausted. I have forgotten how it feels to be working against a ticking clock and honestly, after yesterday, I'm glad those are distant memories.
The 7:00pm walk was fairly uneventful. (Is that good news? :)) We went to the big green field and realized it had been taken over by night frisbee players, so we did our usual rounds round the park. By the time we were done with our rounds, the night frisbee players have left and so I off leashed him for his nightly run. All went well.
When we were leaving the park, we met the Labrador (the one he didn't spot the day before) rather oddly. We had stopped by the side of the walkway because a lady approached us to pet the dogs. So whilst in conversation, the Lab and his owner sneaked by us. And I mean sneak! The walkway was left with barely walking distance for a human, much less a BIG dog and a human. I am trying very hard not be mean here, but you know, there were aplenty of walking area infront and behind us and the walkway we stopped at was not really a critical junction to get to any specific place, so why did she have to do that?
OF COURSE her dog tried to lunge at my dog. OF COURSE her dog was choked back on his choke chain and had his poor breath taken away. Sometimes it just maddens me why dogs have to suffer for the stupidity of their owners. Oh well.... As for Tristan, he was not as calm as I would like him to be. He wasn't really lunging towards the Labrador, but he did got excited and started pulling towards him. I have no idea if he just wanted to make friends or what and I guess with an owner like Lab's, we might never find out.
I've come to notice that these days Tristan displays pretty much 2 different reactions when he meets his fellow canine species.
1) He pulls towards the location the dog has been after the dog has left and sniff! - Anybody has any idea what does that mean?
OR
2) He pulls towards the location while the dog is still there. But once he gets within 30 centimetres or so of the dog, he will come right back to me and completely ignore the dog thereafter. Even if the dog was still standing right infront of him - Personally, I think that is his self control working here to avoid confrontation with the other dog. Cause when he gets back, he will not even look at the dog and only stares intently at me.
Anyhow, (1) was exactly what happened with Labby and 2 other Shih Tzus we met later on during the walk.
I can't really tell if the Flowers make him calmer or not today. I was exhausted and also worried for this guy.
Keep him in your prayers today, yah?
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