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NickWheeler

NickWheeler

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Well my temporary mascot proved to be just that....temporary.

Last night he broke his rope and ran away. I was in the shop, came in the house to put something on the counter, went back out, and he was gone. I managed to find him down the street, but he got excited and took off like a race horse.

I get a phone call today from a guy claiming to be his owner, and sounds like the real deal. I have to tell him that he broke loose last night and is gone.

3 minutes later I get a call from a lady saying that the dog pictured in the posters I put up all over town (the ones saying he was here and we were looking for his owner)... looks just like the one in her front yard!!!! I call the guy to tell him, but the cell phone cuts out.

I go down there to this lady's house.... Sure enough, it's him. I take him home in the truck, and right then the guy calls me back.

Low and behold... it is his dog. His name is Buddy, and he's a 4 year old, pure-bred Malamute. Turns out, he only lives 1.3 miles from here... less than a mile as a crow flies. Even crazier, we have walked him several times down a road that is ONE BLOCK from his home.

I am very sad to see him go... but I am elated that after holding onto him for a month, he gets to go HOME!!!! :) :) :)
 
good news Nick or maybe sad news . Now your new women will say , Get me a dog . I miss him .
 
Well WTF.... I MEAN WTF?!?!?!

The guy just called me and asked if Angi and I would like to keep Buddy. :confused: :eek: :confused:

He said Buddy is acting all crazy and tried to attack his middle daughter and that he just can't keep him. Either we take him back or he's putting ads up to sell him.

WTF?!?! I try so hard to find his owner and then this????

Of course I'm wondering if this guy isn't really the owner and he just snowballed us on it... I mean, how could you just turn around and give up your dog of 4 years after having him back for a couple hours following a month of him being lost??? People confuse me!!!

What a frick'n emotional roller coaster. :grumpy:
 
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Nick,
Take him if you can!
It is really hard not to isn't it?
Good Luck with your decision!

Buddy is acting all crazy....my goodness why not, he has been around a "metal mangler" for a while now...no wonder he is confused....
(just kidding...best of luck with your maybe getting Buddy back)
 
Man this is weird... I guess some people just don't get emotionally attached... if they can give up an animal that easily.

He really did seem like the rightful owner... the dog cuddled up to him and followed him right to the truck and jumped in like it was old hat.

I guess we'll go get him and at least foster him until we can find a home that actually wants to love him like he deserves. I don't buy the attack bit... this dog has been a giant cuddle bug with EVERYONE here... unless you're a raccoon or a cat! ;)

Edited to add- I do love him like he deserves, I just think he needs a place with a big fenced yard...which I don't have.
 
I like more 4 legged animals than I do the 2 legged ones. Best of luck Nick . I've been there too many times to write about .
 
Good luck with that doggy. Hope he ends up in a good home where ever that may be.
 
First off if you miss him get him back. He is also a pure bread which is always a plus if your into that. BTW where are the pics of this guy.
 
This was the story up to just the other day nate :)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=779553

Angi and I had decided he must be Husky because he was on the small side for a Malamute and also his ears aren't real wide set... but he is pretty much right in the middle of the few distinguishing characteristics between a Malamute and Husky.

IF the guy that took him home really is the real deal (and we still think he is... just not that attached to this dog) then his friend bred Malamutes and this one hadn't sold by the time he was 4 months old, so his friends just gave him the dog. I'm wondering if he was the runt and that's why he didn't sell. Malamutes can easily reach 120-130 lb. and this one is only 60... which is the very low end for one. But the upper end for a Husky. LOL

We are going to bring him back tomorrow and just play it out to see what happens after that.

Here he was looking like a Husky upon his arrival Oct. 2
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Here he was looking like a Malamute a couple weeks ago
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And here he was around noon today, on the shop floor, laying on his bed WHILE his dad was here. Guess this should have told me he wasn't in a hurry to leave ;)

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Now I'm just pissed.

He called me back and said, "I think I might'a made an identity crisis."

:rolleyes: :grumpy: :rolleyes:

After the dog not acting like his at home, and his wife questioning the coloring... they sat down with pictures and realized he took a dog home that WASN'T HIS!!!! :eek: :mad:

Even worse, the dog ran away from his home.

Man, this is bullshit!!! :grumpy:

I guess if he ends up back here it was meant to be, and if not I just have to hope and pray that he makes his way back to his REAL home.
 
Well I'll be a Salvation Army Missionary!

We've got him back. The guy lied right from the start. We have a picture of him (thinking he was just happily reuniting with his lost dog) checking the dog's ear.

He tells me on the phone today that if we find a dog that looks just like him, but has a definite streak of black hair in his right ear, just like a marker line... then it's his dog Buddy.

Some people are just scum. :grumpy:
 
Nick,

I'm sorry man, I know I shouldn't, but I just can't help chuckling at all the twists and turns. By the way, that is a very handsome dog.

Hope it all works out.

Dave
 
wow what a drama, this is like a day time soap but the good thing is you end up with a dog instead of falling down an elevator shaft.
 
My BS alarm is going off nonstop about your neighbor.
We have a new puppy that we just got 3 days ago. If he disappeared for a while and someone showed me an identical dog from the same litter, I would still be able to tell you if it was the same dog. I think most people could.

I am guessing he heard of a similar missing dog and he was planning on a reward or something. Then found out it was not the right dog. I am suspicious by nature so I would probably be asking his neighbors if he even had a dog. Not that it's important, but it sure sounds like some kind of scam to me.

I don't know anything about your neighborhood, but is a fenced yard necessary? I know it is the responsible thing but the thought of letting the dog decide whether or not he wanted to stay would be going through my mind. If he sticks around you have a new buddy, if not, maybe he will find his own way home. That old movie "The incredible journey" comes to mind.

Enough of my rambling. I still wouldn't trust your neighbor. Maybe I lived in the city too long.
 
Holy crap Nick! A story like this is definitely the world's way of telling you you got yourself a new shop buddy for good. Dogs and women are alike in one way, a great one never comes into your life without an equally great story. ;)

-d

P.S. My wife just reminded me of an important fact of life. The dogs finds you, you don't find the dog....Guess what? :)
 
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Thanks guys :)

It sure has played out like an f'ing soap opera.

I had to work real hard not to beat this guy's teeth in today. He claimed that he found him this morning halfway to the next town, out in a field chasing horses... he had to chase the dog down and got bit by an electric fence in the process. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Funny thing is though, one of our good family friends that lives about a block from this guy sent us a pic text today of the dog in his front yard asking if our "new dog" got out.

Unless he would have called me back that last time today...I really thought that MAYBE this guy just wanted his dog back bad enough that he made an honest mistake yesterday and it wasn't clear until his wife and kids pointed out it wasn't their dog. But after watching him check the ear right when he got here yesterday, and then what he told me today about HIS dog having a black line in his ear.... it's clear he lied right from the start.

Now I'm worried he was just scoping out my shop. I WILL knock his teeth in if he tries coming back here sans invitation. And he will NOT be invited back. ;)

We are really going to do some figuring and decide if it's fair to him (Shadow----that's what Angi and I have been calling him for the last 3 weeks) for us to keep him here. If we can make it work to where it's fair to him, then he'll stay. If not, then I will take care of him until we find a suitable, appreciative, honest, responsible owner. They ARE out there... many of you reading this are a fine example!!! :)

Thanks for being a "shoulder to lean on" guys!!! :)
 
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I'm just glad my dog doesn't run away. He's in the garage/shop with me all day and usually not tied up unless there's kids playing outside.
 
LOL, Nick, while I'm really glad all finally worked out in the end, I'm with Ray on this. My shop is in my garage and I like the natural light, so whenever the weather is good I have the door open to the world. My boy Ozzy sits on the shop floor just behind me and absolutely will NOT go out to the street unless he's told it's okay or I go with him. I'm not the best trainer in the world, but I do my best. I think I just got lucky with this one because he is a saint in just about every way.

Enjoy that dog!

Here's my boy, who I refer to when people ask my wife and I if we are going to try for a boy after having two girls. I say I already did, and he's a Golden Retriever:D

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Nick, you might look into one of those electronic fences. Not sure how it works, except you put a small receiver on the dogs collar and he gets a shock if he gets too close. I've seen it work.

Dave
 
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