Yoda the rescue dog is doing so well. He’s gone from being a very nervous puppy to a lovely affable dog and we adore him. <\/p>\n
But I’ve been working in an office recently, so I’ve had to get a dog walker to look after him during the day. She’s absolutely brilliant with him, he gets to socialise with other dogs – very important for a rescue – and he’s perfectly happy with her. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, however, I got a panicky phone call to say that he had gone missing while on a nearby common. She had been looking for him for 45 minutes, no sign. <\/p>\n
You can imagine how I felt. <\/p>\n
I raced home to find a message on the ansaphone. ‘I’ve found your dog, and I’ve taken him back to my house.’ <\/p>\n
I burst into tears, I was so relieved, and rang up straight away. A woman answered. ‘Thank you for finding him, I’m so glad he’s OK,’ I said. ‘Whereabouts are you?’ <\/p>\n
And this is where it all gets very strange. <\/p>\n
Because the woman who had ‘found’ my dog told me she lived over an hour’s drive away. And then she said something very weird. ‘I think dogs need a lot of love,’ she said. <\/p>\n
‘Where are you?’ I repeated, starting to panic. ‘I’d rather not say,’ she said. ‘I’ll bring him to you.’ <\/p>\n
You can imagine how I felt. <\/p>\n
It took a further 15 minutes of me persuading this woman for her to tell me where she lived. And in the end, what worked was when I said to her ‘Look, you’re telling me you’ve got my dog, but you don’t want to tell me where you are so I can get him back. You must see how strange this sounds.’ <\/p>\n
I’m not sure why she took my dog home with her. The usual thing, surely, would have been to take him to a local vet’s. He is chipped and that would have told them instantly where he belonged. I also know he wouldn’t have gone willingly into a car with her. He’s just not that type of dog. <\/p>\n
He’s back home now, safe and sound. But I do wonder why that woman took my dog, and what it was she was hoping for. <\/p>\n
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