12/7/10 - LOST DOG - HERE COMES MADISON TO SAVE THE DAY!

I was out on this night, when i received a text from Madison, "I brought a stray dog home."  Now perhaps a lot of parents would panic over such a comment from a child but for me - its just another day at the Sanctuary.  My response was, "Why?  and did you remember to do chores?" Her text back was, "yes, i did chores and she was wandering outside RCTC, it was dark out, she was next to busy roads, and she was freezing to death. I wasn't just gonna leave her there."  Ok, no problem, understandable.  And over the years of my experience with this, i knew that not every stray we take in now stays for ever like they used to.

When i got home i got to hear the whole story; she was seen outside RCTC all day long, people tried to capture her but to no avail.  However, no one had contacted the correct person in which to capture animals: Madison Adams.  Within minutes, using just someone's leftover burrito and her calm demeanor, she had the dog in her arms and carried her off to her car.

I called animal control in the morning to see if someone had reported a German Shepherd mix female missing yesterday.  They said they had not but an animal control officer had been out all day at RCTC trying to capture the dog and couldn't.  Again, they didn't contact the right person for the job!  I thought to myself, "Now this is what Maddie should do for a living; animal captures. She has this talent that no one else shares, i've witnessed the most scared, pathetic animals, that will not come close to a human, but the will go right up to Maddie.  Perhaps she can get her own reality TV show and become the new "Animal Whisperer."

About 10 minutes after my call to animal control, a woman called claiming to be the 'foster mom' of the German Shepherd mix, and was grateful for us finding her.  I asked a few questions just making sure we had the right connection and it appeared to be so.  Although my main concern was that this woman said she was working with a rescue, but couldn't remember the name of the rescue, or the woman in charge.  Now I had gone onto Facebook and put the dog's info on the SE MN Lost animal page, which is a direct link to all the associated rescue's in the 10 county area and no one said they had heard of a lost dog that was in foster care.  Suspicious I think, but the woman said she could come get her around 6 that night.  Well, at 4 she called to say it would be more like 7, at 7 she called to say it wouldn't be until tomorrow.  Don't Rescue's have some standards for becoming a Foster Home?

The dog wouldn't walk on a leash, so she had to be carried into the house at first.  The foster mom said she needed training in that.  So within the 24 hours she was with us, we had her walking fine on a leash. She finally starting eating some dog food and was wagging her tail happily.  She seemed to be uncomfortable in the house but much happier outside.  This turns out to be true; she was a Reservation dog and was just taken care of by the people on the reservation, never had a forever home, was feed scraps, and was taken care for by the community.  Until someone said that she needed to be rescued.

The foster mom did arrive exactly on time the next day and 'Baby' was returned to her foster home.  She was a sweet dog, hope she finds the right home to live the rest of her life .