Ichabod and Icarus - Fixing them up - Central Dakota Humane Society

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Focus on all Fours
2104 37th Street
Mandan, ND 58554-8230
“Doing great things for pets and people.”
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PERMIT NO. 419
BISMARCK, ND 58501
Out running some errands and ended up rescuing a dog
By Tana Pendergast, shelter employee and volunteer
The tree was decorated, the stockings
were hung, and we were waiting for our
families to arrive later in the day. Katherine
(my daughter-in-law) and I decided to take
advantage of the time and do a couple
errands. While traveling on Highway 83
Katherine pointed to a little dog running
on the road. After I pulled over, Katherine
jumped out and we made numerous attempts
to coax the dog over to us. He didn’t care
if we had the best doggie treats ever. He
took off running and disappeared. We drove
around and finally pulled over to watch. Our
biggest concern was that he not make it back
to the highway.
He showed up walking through a parking
lot and Katherine slowly got out and tried
to coax him over for a treat. He stopped and
watched her for a while and took off at full
speed so I did my best Dale Earnhardt and
cut him off on the corner. He did a quick turn
and ran under a van. Yikes! – reverse lights
on! I jumped out and held my hand up to stop
them. The passengers jumped out and scared
him to the other side and the driver did a
quick pin and capture. We got him! Yahoo!
We got him in the car and discovered he
had an ID tag. Another Yahoo! We called the
number (thank goodness for cell phones). His
people papa answered and I did say the pup
was OK and we had him. What???? He was
supposed to be in the hotel room where they
were staying. They had asked the cleaning
staff to not clean because Harley was in
the room while they were out doing some
errands. Apparently, someone didn’t get the
memo and had opened the door to clean and
out he ran.
Harley’s family was at Cracker Barrel
eating breakfast. We drove to the restaurant
and when we pulled into the parking lot it
was clear the guy on the porch was Harley’s
papa. Harley’s little tail wagging answered
that he was happy about the reunion. Frank,
Harley’s papa decided that he could hang
out in the truck while they did errands
today. Harley is a rescue dog which helped
explain why he would not come near us. I did
thank them for tagging him. That was the best
hanging ornament Katherine and I saw during
Christmas of 2011.
Please remember to
put identification
tags on your
animals.
This is not the dog that
was lost.
Central Dakota Humane Society 16 Bismarck-Mandan’s No-Kill Shelter