Zenith
January 19th, 2006 at 2:30 am (Unschooling Life)
A few days ago, we found yet another lost dog. Must be animal magnetism.
This dog showed up on our porch in the afternoon having eaten all of Orange Cat’s cat food. It seemed she was patiently waiting for me to put out some more. She was a beautiful catahoula leopard - gray and black with these amazing “cracked glass” eyes. She wore a collar but had no tags. She understood a few basic commands and was clean and well fed, so we knew someone was probably missing her. We were right.
After posting ads on Craigslist and placing a classified in the newspaper, we started putting up FOUND flyers throughout the neighborhood. At the same time, a woman was frantically taping up flyers about her son’s lost dog. Perfect timing. We learned that the dog’s name is Zenith and that she’s something of an escape artist. Good thing we kept her inside most of the time!
Turns out Zenith belongs to a wonderful six-year-old boy who lives a few streets over. We spent quite a long time at their house visiting and learning about Zenith (and the family’s three-year-old iguana!). Kenzie had a blast playing with the boy, and I quite enjoyed talking to his mother. Looks like we’ve made new friends.