Sometimes the planets align, and you just do the right thing.
Yesterday was a rough little day in the dog world. Linda, who is the head of the rescue I work with lost her little guy Wiley rather unexpectedly, and that kind of put a damper on things. She's had a rough year, and that was just a kick in the gut she could have lived without.
So, thinking about that, and discussing how depressing it was, the members of Team Budge convened for a trip to Home Depot to try and stimulate this struggling economy of ours, and lo...fate intervened, with an opportunity to put things right.
As we were going down the road to hardware nirvana, there she was. A little dog wandering around a street corner. So after a brief debate, we figured we better see if she had tags...nope, nothing identifying, though she did have a rabies tag. So we took her door to door to see if anyone was either missing her, or recognized her as being from the area. Nope...so, off to the vet, to scan her and see if she was chipped. Hooray! A chip. But...the owner had failed to switch the address from the APA to their own address. And the APA was closed. So, the "Bu" part of Budge got a house guest for the evening, and we'll try and locate her owner today.
She's a cute little thing, with horrible cataracts, so it doesn't appear that vision is her "thing".
Anyway, I'm feeling good that I did the right thing, and I'm feeling better that my friend DeeBee even did more of the right thing, by keeping her for the night. Full props, Little Bee.
Instant Karma's gonna get you...and sometimes it's good karma. Yeah!
And an UPDATE!!
Buttons went home! DB called the APA, and though they didn't have the current contact number and address, she was able to locate them, and Buttons-Gidget (her actual name, as it turns out) is now safe and happy. Turns out she is 14 years old, and pretty much deaf, as well as blind. Oh, and arthritic. Maybe her name should be Lucky?
