Unexpected Visitor

It was 10.00 p.m. I wanted to go out for a drive. When my husband and I stepped out of the house, we found this cute little doggy loitering in front of our house. By the tag around his neck, I knew he was someones dog and not a stray (do they even have strays here??). It was quite cold outside and no one seemed to be searching for a dog as far as our eyes could see. He was very playful and seemed to take an instant liking to H... and of course yours truly! We didnt have the heart to leave him out in the cold all alone. Nor could we keep him through the night in my house because of the carpet and lack of doggy food. we were in a quandry. But decided against leaving him unattended in the cold night. H was trying to lure him so that he could check the tag for name of the owner. Giving H the slip, in a blink he was inside the house running up and down the living room and the kitchen! :-) We finally managed to calm this excited fella and found a phone number. We found out that the dogs owner lives in our street but the phone number was that of his father!! Luckily, the owner was at his dads place and we managed to catch him there. He left right away and it took him about 10 mins to reach our place. In that ten minutes, the doggy managed to go out the door and run down to a house two doors away. I whistled to him and he came running! and once i lured him inside the house, the imp found out that he wasnt that scared of the dark after all and went to the bedrooms on the first floor. Made my poor hubby run behind him. He was quite obediant...really. He responded to commands well. And we used the "Stay" command most of all! :) The owner was real grateful. This morning, i just keep thinking of that cute doggy. BTW, his name is Bear!! :-) Funny name for such a friendly and cuddly puppy! Hope to see him sometime soon!

Before i sign off... I did get to go for a ride!