There is currently a very smelly dog laying on the floor of my kitchen (probably in its own pee) with a plastic medical cone on it's head. This is another long story.



July 6th, while returning late that night, my roommate notices a dog running near the street, as she opened the garage the dog ran in and up to her car. So she calls me and I come down to asses the situation. It's a little black dog, I think about 6-8 months old, she was skinny but not that bad and she had a collar. We decide to take her to our apartment and then try to find the owners / figure out what to do with her.We posted a bunch of stuff on the internet saying we found her and checked the area for lost dog signs. A few days later my roommate takes her to the local animal shelter to see if she has a chip. Little did we know that when you take a dog to a shelter and tell them that you found it, they are legally not allowed to let you leave with the dog, something about how we could have stolen it (who steals a dog and then takes it to the shelter, stupid). So now the poor little puppy is in the big bad shelter, where they say they need to hold her for 4 days in case the owner shows up to claim her (they were not able in find a chip). These shelters are really really over populated and sad. Having already become attached to the dog there was no way we were gonna leave her in there knowing that it has such a high kill rate for the animals.



Come Saturday we show up to free her from the shelter. The plan is the take her and then try to find someone to adopt her ourselves (since the owners never showed to claim her). After a lot of confusion about whether or not we can actually take her, they let us know that since they have to get her fixed we can adopt her but they will keep her over the weekend and take her to the vet on Monday. We pay the $90 and fill out all the forms. It was sad that they would not let us take her for the weekend since she got all excited thinking she was leaving with us. My roommate picked her up Monday from the vet after the surgery. It was an additional $80 because they claimed that she was in heat (which may or may not be a scam). We wanted the vet to give her a bath before the surgery since we got sooooo dirty at the shelter and because you can't wash them for 2 weeks after the surgery. BUT they said it would be at least $50 just for a bath so we decided against it. Possibly a mistake. She is very stinky and has caked on dirt in her fur. Gross. Also she is way skinnier then we was when we first found her and she is shedding like crazy. However she is really sweet and having her around makes me really miss having a dog, even if she smells and is dirty.

If anyone is looking for a dog let me know!