Have you lost your dog?

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 05 Sep 2008, 20:19

Currently tied up outside Scotmid, sort of collie thing. It has been there for several hours apparently and the staff have now contacted the police. No name tag. Heading for jail unless someone claims it pronto.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 05 Sep 2008, 20:25

It's a job for Stray No. 666

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 05 Sep 2008, 22:58

Bob Jefferson wrote:Currently tied up outside Scotmid, sort of collie thing. It has been there for several hours apparently and the staff have now contacted the police. No name tag. Heading for jail unless someone claims it pronto.

Bit sad that it was left there for hours before anyone noticed/took any action. Hope its okay!

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 06 Sep 2008, 10:02

Maybe it belongs to Douglas?

Stray NO.666 · Post by **Stray NO.666** » 06 Sep 2008, 12:32

Did the police take it away? should have called dog and cat home they would have come along and picked it up

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 06 Sep 2008, 12:45

Dunno. It was late evening so probably too late for them? I'll ask next time I'm in, unless someone else gets the story first.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 06 Sep 2008, 13:22

poor thing

Stray NO.666 · Post by **Stray NO.666** » 07 Sep 2008, 11:13

well i was there this morning and there is a bit of string and a halti tied up on the peg so i presume somebody has taken it

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 07 Sep 2008, 18:27

That would be my dog.

My MIL and kids took the dog to Scotmid (MIL being kind and thinking about how much dog might like a walk), where he was briefly tied up while they were inside. When they came out, they untied him, picked up his lead and headed off home. In the process youngest offspring had his second copious nosebleed of the day, and in dealing with that, when MIL looked down, she obviously hadnt clipped the lead properly and dog was gone - off for a wander.

As for "tied up for hours", it would appear some eejit - presumably trying to be helpful

-, saw the dog on dog's return to Scotmid, and had the "bright" idea of tying him up again - meaning the hour my MIL and kids spent searching for him on the prom in the wind and rain was of course fruitless

- and also meaning everyone got to be all judgemental about how we left our dog tied up at Scotmid until he was arrested by the polis.

I arrived home at 10.30 from a very long day at work to be told the sad tale by MIL, to spend more fruitless time wandering the streets and prom trying to find him, and to call the polis frantically trying to find my very much loved and never neglected dog, whilst very upset and worried about him.

Poor dog indeed.

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 07 Sep 2008, 18:32

bellybabe wrote:That would be my dog.

My MIL and kids took the dog to Scotmid (MIL being kind and thinking about how much dog might like a walk), where he was briefly tied up while they were inside. When they came out, they untied him, picked up his lead and headed off home. In the process youngest offspring had his second copious nosebleed of the day, and in dealing with that, when MIL looked down, she obviously hadnt clipped the lead properly and dog was gone - off for a wander.

As for "tied up for hours", it would appear some eejit - presumably trying to be helpful -, saw the dog on dog's return to Scotmid, and had the "bright" idea of tying him up again - meaning the hour my MIL and kids spent searching for him on the prom in the wind and rain was of course fruitless - and also meaning everyone got to be all judgemental about how we left our dog tied up at Scotmid until he was arrested by the polis.

I arrived home at 10.30 from a very long day at work to be told the sad tale by MIL, to spend more fruitless time wandering the streets and prom trying to find him, and to call the polis frantically trying to find my very much loved and never neglected dog, whilst very upset and worried about him.

Poor dog indeed.

Oh dear!! Seems the gossips got it wrong again, I bet half of Porty heard about the dog apparently left abandoned outside the co-op!

Did you get it back okay in the end then?

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 07 Sep 2008, 18:40

Yes thanks - we left a message on the EDCH phone on friday night, phoned again as soon as they opened on saturday, and MIL was there with offspring (one bleeding copiously YET AGAIN

) as soon as they confirmed it was our precious dog.

Oh...and Scotmid told the polis it was an entirely different kind of dog, which also didn't help matters...as when I asked if they'd got my dog, and gave the description, they said no...

However, the rather frosty polisman (having heard the gossip about my poor abandoned dog) thawed considrably when he realised it was MIL who lost him and not myself, and couldn't have been more helpful.

BB

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 07 Sep 2008, 18:56

Oh dear! Funny, I wondered fleetingly about it being your dog, when Bob posted, but then every second dog in Porty has a bit of collie in them, so discounted it.

Glad it all ended happily. Take it MIL is in the dog house and dog is being pampered ?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 07 Sep 2008, 19:07

Marya wrote:Oh dear! Funny, I wondered fleetingly about it being your dog

I thought about that too, but then thought "surely not again".

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 07 Sep 2008, 20:51

Actually, I thought it looked a bit like your dog to be honest and was about to phone you but I wasn't sure, so I posted here in the hope that you would read it if it was yours. And I believe it was a member of Scotmid staff who tied him up outside because he kept coming into the store and jumping up at the counter.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 07 Sep 2008, 21:15

Bob Jefferson wrote: And I believe it was a member of Scotmid staff who tied him up outside because he kept coming into the store and jumping up at the counter.

seems sensible, better than the dog wandering about on its own and maybe walking out onto busy traffic.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 07 Sep 2008, 22:29

Bellybabe- have you got any tigers, crocdiles or poisonous snakes in your menagerie?

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 07 Sep 2008, 22:32

What a nightmare for you, BB. (And I do hope the poor child with the nosebleeds is better!)
Sounds like a clever dog you've got there.
When we got our junior cat from EDCH he was micro-chipped before we were allowed to take him home. We did try getting the cats to wear wee disks with our details on them, but they detested them.

Stray NO.666 · Post by **Stray NO.666** » 08 Sep 2008, 18:10

oh dear! well a very nice dog you have aswell, i had the pleasure of saying hi

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