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Our sharpening shop is connected to our store by a door with another room between them. We usually leave the back door open at the shop for some fresh air. That's the only way I can explain how this must have happened...
There were three of us left, closing up. M, my friend who works with me; T, our store manager; and me. T locked the front door and we were going to leave the back way. I had Alice (my dog) with me on her leash. M walked through the door first as T and I were shutting off lights and stuff. Less than a minute later, he came back in and said, "Guys, there's a dog walking around in my workshop."
At that point, all the doors were closed and the lights off in the shop part. M's "workshop" is where he fixes slicing machines in between the store and the shop, but separated from the store.
Of course, we assumed he was hallucinating or something, so he held Alice while I walked back there. No dog. I wandered around and finally spotted it in the other room where we sharpen knives. It looked scared and I didn't know if it would bite, so I carefully squatted down and talked doggy-talk to it and called it over, and it came over to me pretty quickly, head down and tail tucked, a little damp from the rain outside, and very sweet.
M wanted me to just let her outside. I couldn't leave her like that outside our store on a busy road without any food or anything, and in the rain too... So I volunteered to take her to the shelter on my way home as long as she and Alice got along. I got a spare leash from my car and looped it around her neck and held her while M held Alice and they sniffed each other. They got along fine; they are both the submissive type, fortunately.
The animal shelter is open late on Fridays, so I drove by it on my way home (taking the "scenic route") but as I was driving there, I changed my mind. This has to be someone's dog. She willingly walked very politely on a leash, jumped right into my car, and even ran to my door when I got home. Yes, I took her home!
So now I have this dog. I called the animal shelter, my groomer, my vet, the radio station, the pet supplies store I go to, and the local police to see if anyone had reported her lost. No luck so far, but I left the info with all of them. I told the shelter I would keep her overnight and I might bring her in tomorrow. I'm going to see how things go with her overnight. Right now she is relaxing in Alice's crate (maybe she was crate-trained?) and Alice is outside. I thought she needed a little time alone because she was pretty nervous still, even though she warmed up to me and rolled over while I brushed her and let me brush her belly.
I hope I find her owner! I don't think I can keep her. Anyone want a free dog if I can't find the owner? I'm serious. I live in northeast PA and I will meet you half-way if you live close by. She kind of looks like a fat, long-haired fox, but with less white on her. She's mostly yellow/orange. She has a sweet, pretty face. But she also has that thick undercoat (kinda like a Chow) and I brushed her and got about three handfulls of hair off of her. Alice doesn't shed, so these two are like night and day! Anyway, anyone want a shy, sweet, pretty little dog?
I just thought it was funny about how she showed up at work. She must have knife-radar; that makes her cool already.
~ashes
There were three of us left, closing up. M, my friend who works with me; T, our store manager; and me. T locked the front door and we were going to leave the back way. I had Alice (my dog) with me on her leash. M walked through the door first as T and I were shutting off lights and stuff. Less than a minute later, he came back in and said, "Guys, there's a dog walking around in my workshop."
At that point, all the doors were closed and the lights off in the shop part. M's "workshop" is where he fixes slicing machines in between the store and the shop, but separated from the store.
Of course, we assumed he was hallucinating or something, so he held Alice while I walked back there. No dog. I wandered around and finally spotted it in the other room where we sharpen knives. It looked scared and I didn't know if it would bite, so I carefully squatted down and talked doggy-talk to it and called it over, and it came over to me pretty quickly, head down and tail tucked, a little damp from the rain outside, and very sweet.
M wanted me to just let her outside. I couldn't leave her like that outside our store on a busy road without any food or anything, and in the rain too... So I volunteered to take her to the shelter on my way home as long as she and Alice got along. I got a spare leash from my car and looped it around her neck and held her while M held Alice and they sniffed each other. They got along fine; they are both the submissive type, fortunately.
The animal shelter is open late on Fridays, so I drove by it on my way home (taking the "scenic route") but as I was driving there, I changed my mind. This has to be someone's dog. She willingly walked very politely on a leash, jumped right into my car, and even ran to my door when I got home. Yes, I took her home!
So now I have this dog. I called the animal shelter, my groomer, my vet, the radio station, the pet supplies store I go to, and the local police to see if anyone had reported her lost. No luck so far, but I left the info with all of them. I told the shelter I would keep her overnight and I might bring her in tomorrow. I'm going to see how things go with her overnight. Right now she is relaxing in Alice's crate (maybe she was crate-trained?) and Alice is outside. I thought she needed a little time alone because she was pretty nervous still, even though she warmed up to me and rolled over while I brushed her and let me brush her belly.
I hope I find her owner! I don't think I can keep her. Anyone want a free dog if I can't find the owner? I'm serious. I live in northeast PA and I will meet you half-way if you live close by. She kind of looks like a fat, long-haired fox, but with less white on her. She's mostly yellow/orange. She has a sweet, pretty face. But she also has that thick undercoat (kinda like a Chow) and I brushed her and got about three handfulls of hair off of her. Alice doesn't shed, so these two are like night and day! Anyway, anyone want a shy, sweet, pretty little dog?
I just thought it was funny about how she showed up at work. She must have knife-radar; that makes her cool already.
~ashes
But they won't charge me anyway because I have some good friends at the paper too! 
(The little orphan with red hair, lol. I would have named her "Sandy" but that's my neighbor's name, and my animals names all start with vowels. Some kind of OCD thing, lol.)
I don't care if she IS old and senile and I don't want another dog; I'd still keep her.