SCENE TWO:

It was a very cold night in January, when the dog decided to take a very drastic chance and remain asleep following the sound of the morning alarm clock and my rising from bed.  I took care of the morning hygiene routine, prepared coffee and dressed for work.  As I prepared to exit the house, I entered my daughter’s room to find the dog sound asleep on the blanket.  I told him, I am leaving for work and he must go outside.  I walked a little closer and he jumped up and exited the room and the house.  By this time I had a carpet laid in the hallway so the dog would not slip and slide on his flight out of the house in the AM.  The cold evenings continued the next several nights and I began leaving the sliding glass door from my bedroom to the back yard, open in the evening..

I decided to move the dog’s evening meal of hotdogs to an area of the yard closer to the kitchen, still outside, but much closer to the house.  The next few nights, the dog came down off the hill nearly six o’clock PM.  He would not get near the plate of food until I went back into the house.  Following the meal the dog wondered a few yards away and lay down on the lawn.  After showering and completing the evening chores, I sat down to watch a little news at www.prisonplanet.tv.com .  Near eight o’clock, I walked to the bathroom and noticed the dog had entered the house through the open sliding door and was already on his blanket.  I ignored him and went to bed near ten thirty.  The next few days, a similar scenario took place.  I moved his blanket to my bedroom near the sliding door and he immediately began sleeping at that location.  The dog would get up in the AM, when I did and wander around the house while I readied myself for work.  The dog continued to favor his right rear leg, but I felt it and put pressure on it, from his foot to his hip with no unusual responses.

I began placing food and water outside the front door of the house and in the morning, once the dog was outside, I would place his blanket outside by the front door.  By mid-February, upon my return from work, the dog would be laying just outside my side gate on the front lawn.  Once I entered the house he would enter the back yard and stay a few feet away from the kitchen sliding door.  I would open the sliding door and make my evening meal.  Once my meal was completed, I would make a plate of food for the dog and take it to the back yard.  The dog began to come closer and closer and eventually began eating while I was still nearby.

I contacted the Animal Friends of the Valley (the local county animal control organization) and a local animal adoption agency.  Neither animal welfare group responded to emails nor telephone messages regarding my found dog communique.  I spoke to personal at a local Veterinary office.  They had no reports of lost dog, but told me they could scan the dog and see if he had an RFID micro chip identification implant under his skin.  By this time the dog was becoming used to being around me and would lay down in the yard when I was working or relaxing in the yard and in the house when I was in the house.

It was Saturday near noon when I decided to take the dog to the Veterinarian for an RFID chip scan.  The dog followed me to the car and when I opened the door jumped in and sat in the passenger seat.  Once in the vehicle, he acted quite nervous, but remained fairly docile.  We went to the Vets and I went inside, leaving the dog in the car.  The Vet said they would come out to the car and scan for the chip.  There was no chip found.

Over the next two weeks, I decided having a dog at the house would cost dog food, periodic required vaccines and licensing.  As far as the dog’s habits, he never makes messes, never chews anything up and rarely barks (all my “PET” peeves)!  As a matter of fact, I weighed the pros and the cons and………I could not think of any cons!  I decided to keep the dog and decided to name him Rusty!

This story will continue within the next few Blog posts.  Please return for the next chapter in this real life on-going saga.  Stay tuned and stay informed by accessing the news websites: www.infowars.com and www.infowars.net

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Signing out,

West Coast American Imperial Resistance