Dtc Dog Rescue Service.

[DTCwordfan]

Anyone want service....

an hour ago, came back from the pub, a young black cocker dog running around in the road, soaking wet....a lovely dog that turns out to be 4, not the 1-2 that I thought it was. Anyway, visited four folk, local farmers or a 'chalet tenant' and not theirs. Back here, keep the dogs separated, and on the first call to the father of a farming family with 3 farms, turns out he belongs to his eldest son - the son has just been around to pick him up, the dog missing 3 hours......

So good favour of the week done and I am soaking for it, a glass of Adam's Ale my reward.....

Any rescue stories of your own?

[stuey]

Good for you, DTC; a job well done...Have another glass or two of ale. I'll toast you with a glass of Red Bull (beer, not energy drink).

[DTCwordfan]

adams ale, a synonym for water, stuey.....might have a red wine as beer is forbidden at the moment.

[stuey]

"Adam's Ale" water? Well I just learned something...Anyway, good for you looking after the dog: Cheers.

[Buenchico]

I was driving along a winding (yet still quite busy) country road, delivering Yellow Pages, when I came across a Yorkshire Terrier happily trotting down the middle of the road, in the opposite direction. He was obviously at risk of being killed by a driver encountering him as he came round a corner, so I put him on the back seat of my car and carried on driving towards the nearest village.

My canine companion wasn't at all scared and immediately jumped over the seats and sat on my knee while I was driving. (I was wondering how I was going to explain that to Pc Plod if I encountered him!).

As I came into the village the road narrowed and I had to pull over to allow a Land Rover to pass me. As it did so, I waved the driver down and asked him if he recognised the dog. He said "Oh no, not again! Everyone around here knows him. He belongs at the Old Vicarage, two miles away"

When I took him home his owners seemed grateful but they still let him play in their garden with the gate onto the road wide open! Some people, eh?!

I've also rescued a wandering dog on Folkestone sea front. He belonged to the owners of a local café, who seemed unconcerned that I'd found him half a mile away.

When I worked at a railway station we found a stunningly beautiful Siberian Husky on the platform. While we were working out what to do with him we heard an appeal for information about him on the local radio station, so we were able to reunite him with his owners.

[queenofmean]

When I was about 7 or 8 I opened our curtains to this massive dog in our garden. 6ft fence on one side and a 6ft wall on the other. The dog used to be a farm dog apparently and could jump really high walls fences etc. thankfully it had only come 5 houses down

[Buenchico]

I have to admit to reading 'Adam's Ale' as 'Adnam's Ale'.

My excuse is living in Suffolk where the former is hard and horrid, while the latter is worshipped ;-)

[DTCwordfan]

Yes, this one is number three as well, the first two in the States, number one, soaked King Charles was four miles from his house - or so we thought - until the owners turned up and they had moved in six up from us, a hole in the fence. Then there was number two that bit the missus - well that was the dog compound called in and a ten day wait and $130 for the owner, the bite probably in self defence but one has to take care over there.

This one had no tag on his collar but was, apparently, chipped.

[DTCwordfan]

Haven't had a pint of that in ages and, yes, it is a tasty imbibement.

[stuey]

Nice to hear some good stories regarding our furry friends. Some people should just not have animals under their "supervision".

[AlwaysConfused]

Walking home from work one day last year in the p£ssing rain, I spotted a lost-looking dog roaming around the lakes. After standing with the dog for five minutes or so (felt like an hour), I rummaged around to find something 'lead'-like. I found my lanyard and attached it around the dogs collar. Not really a restraint for such a big dog, but better than nothing. I called the numbers on his tag, but no joy. I let the dog walk me, hoping he would take me to his home. He did, it was about 15 minutes away. The owners were really grouchy with me, saying that he likes to walk himself and go for a swim, I was freezing and soaked and not too amused by their response!

I have more successfully handed back dogs to more grateful owners in the past, where they had escaped from their garden or grip.

There is an ale called Adam's Ale. Have one then call trading standards saying that you believed it to be water

[DTCwordfan]

I would be pishsed off if someone was ungrateful, especially as I was pretty wet this time. Drying out now.....one way to work off dinner!

[Georgiesmum]

QWell done DTC, you have done your good deed for the day.
I knew adams ale is water and ive also known water called "council beer!"

[Retrochic]

I rescued a mouse from one of the barn cats today and put it down a hole out of harms way -does that count?

[anneasquith]

hell yes !!!!!!!

[Ann]

Well done DTC! Our AB hero ;)

[Buenchico]

(With apologies to DTC):

Ann:
There are people in East Anglia who are still waiting to find out where you went in Suffolk! (Or are you too embarrassed to admit that, after all the suggestions we gave you, you got no further than the local pub?)
;-)

[sandyRoe]

You get nearly as dishevelled going through a hedge forwards as you'd be being dragged through it backwards.
I learnt that when I got tired of playing silly *** and crashed through one to catch a runaway pooch a few days ago.

[Buenchico]

I'd have no worries there, Sandy.

I always look as if I've just been dragged through hedge (in both directions, multiple times)
;-)

[janbee]

Well done DTC

[waterboatman]

Well done DT. Salutations mate.