Stray redux

[calissa]

As I mentioned in the comments on my previous post, Sahaquiel took our visitor to the vet yesterday morning to be scanned for a microchip. It turned out that his name was Mitch but that the contact details on his microchip were out of date. This meant that he had to be turned into the pound.

Sahaquiel dropped Mitch off at the pound on the way to work. My sweetheart is a sensitive soul who tears up at weddings and movies that leave me dry-eyed, so this was the first trauma in what proved to be a very traumatic day for him. I was also very upset at the notion of leaving Mitch at the pound. I kept an eye on their website all day yesterday, hoping to keep track of his fate. However, they never listed him.

This morning I discovered the reason why: the pound must have been able to get in contact with his owner and return him. Because this morning (as I was pulling out of the driveway in the car with my own dogs on the way to walk them with Sahaquiel's mum), I saw Mitch cross the road and come trotting in the direction of our house. I immediately stopped the car and went to pick him up.

Sahaquiel called the pound and explained the situation. The pound were able to get in contact with the owner (again) and gave him our details. The owner came by not long ago and picked Mitch up from our house. It turns out that Mitch likes to dig holes, is a bit of an escape artist, was adopted from the pound and has been through a few different owners. His current one was possibly just a little exasperated by the digging, but seemed to care a great deal for Mitch. I was a little sad to say goodbye to Mitch, but it comes as a great relief to know that someone cares for him.

Comments

[sweet_sparrow]

Awwww. I'm glad to hear all's well with Mitch. <3 I hope his owner has gotten the microchip information updated, though!

I hope Sahaquiel is feeling better. Traumatic days are horrible. T-T

[calissa]

I believe that the owner has attempted at least once to have the information updated. The failing is with the system; it took a while for Chippa's information to be corrected as well.

Sahaquiel is doing better today, so thank you for asking. *hugs*

[sweet_sparrow]

Uuugh. System failure. T_T *crosses fingers it gets updated before Mitch does his escape-artist-thing again*

*hugs back* I'm glad. ^-^ May it continue on an upward slope!

[sidheblessed]

Such a relief that Mitch's owners were found. I hated the idea of him being in the pound! It's good to know he has an owner who cares about him and is doing their best to keep him safe. Now, let's hope they can get the microchip sorted out (I did see in the comments that it's to do with the system, not them. Makes me a little worried that Willow's chip might not be correct, though we did do our bit to update it.)

[calissa]

It is definitely a relief that Mitch is loved.

Perhaps next time you're at the vet you could have them scan Willow to make sure all the details are correct? I think we may do the same with ours, too.

[wispywillow]

Sahaquiel sounds like a real sweetheart! And I know the dilemma well >_< I'd found Mister a home but got attached to him. And my search for a home for "Jasper" has ended with 2 failed attempts; if those women had gotten hold of me, it would be fine... but I think both me and my mom are too attached to the little furball now. *sigh*

[calissa]

*hugs* I do hope you'll post a few pictures of Jasper sometime. It is far too easy to become attached. I think the only reason we haven't ended up with more here is because our backyard isn't big enough and I can only manage to walk the two dogs (who can be a bit of a handful sometimes).