I had a similar situation last spring with a little yorkie that appeared on MY front porch early one morning. That winch was on my mama's lap all day AND they took her on a ride around the neighborhood. Mama said it was to look for her owners, but I didn't like it one little bit. Anyway, they went to the local grocery store and looked at the posted stuff..no luck there, but might help you. Then that afternoon, my human brother saved the day..he went out on the front porch and there was a flyer with the winch's picture on it and a cell phone number to call. I found the phone really fast and got mama to call that number. The owners were thankful to have found their dog, but not near as thankful as I was. Whew! That was a close call there. Good luck!

I feel your pain Zeek. I was just fine being the only dog baby in the house and then big, stupid, knuckle head Waylon comes bounding into our life. They alwasy give you that lame "Oh the poor baby doesn't have a home, how would you feel if you didn't have someone to love you?" Well I tell you what--I ain't stupid enough to mess up a good thing. They didn't even know where he came from. Old street riff-raff is what he is. Now he is a permanent resident. At least they don't let him sleep in the bed....tee-hee. He has to sleep in a crate AND stay in there while Mom and Dad are out making our dog food money. I get my revenge when the parents are away at work. I like to sit in front of his crate and tease him about having to be in jail all day. Good luck Zeek. It has only been a few hours. Maybe you will luck out and like Peaches did and her family will be looking for her.

OH, man! This is giving me PTSD about having big stinky Ezra live in our garage and then MY house for what seemed like EVER! I don't know what it is with moms---getting in touch with some inner mama dog or something. I say, "move along, stranger. There's no room here." Then I get yelled at for letting them know the rules. And she always ends up trying to find their people. OH, don't even get me started about strays. Having never been one, I have no sympathy. Why'd they leave their perfectly good home in the first place? To see if there are better treats at Madeleine's house? There are, but I'm not sharing. That's what shelters are for. I feel like Ebenezer Scrooge---are there no workhouses? We must have a big neon sign out front, and maybe on mom's car that says "for a good home call Amy" Jeez Louise. I feel for you, buddy.

Try to be nice, Zeek. She is scared and anxious about not knowing where her people are. Or she is scared OF her people and ran away from them. Scared is no fun. Your mama is good people.

Calm down Zeek. You have know idea how awful it is to have to be a stray and it isn't always our fault. Not all people are as loving, caring, and responsible like our humans are. I was once a stray.....but don't let Dixie fool you. She don't mind me so bad now. I always let her have the toy I am playing with if she wants it. Besides, Zeek, it looks like you have just about lucked out. The are tracking down her peeps at this moment because they were good parents and got her chipped.

Mom took her for a ride in MY truck. Ravina, turns out that's her real name, had a chip. The office gave Mom the chip and phone number. She called Home Again. They said the chip was active, but it was 24 Pet Watch. They gave her the phone number, and then transferred her. She gave them the chip number, and they asked if it was an Australian cattle dog. Mom said yes, they told her that her name is Ravina, the owner's name, and then toom our name and number, and put her on hold while they called the owner. Turns out they weren't home, but they gave us their number so we could call. Mom called and left her number, work number and hours so that they could call. She also asked that if it was the wrong number to please call and let us know so we could find the right one. I'll have Mom post again when we hear something. I'm not out of the woods yet, but I'm closer.

Zeek, your mama gets extra kisses for being such a good samaritan! What would that baby have done without your mama?!!

Evidently the same thing she did to her owners: take off. Mom came home at lunch and she had ran off. I don't know how she got out of a 4' chainlink fence, especially with that bungee cord holding the gate shut. On top of that, the phone number on the chip was no good. The lady that had it said she's had the number two years and she STILL gets calls for those people that we were asking for, and she had no other number. Mom feels bad, but I know she did all she could.