The Dog rode up with me again to feed the birds this morning, then I stopped by the Police Department and spoke with a really nice guy named Chad. He was in street clothes and looked like a detective.

It turns out that the Animal Control unit there has shut down, but he took the green tag I removed from the dog's collar and ran it through their databases, to no avail. Then I called the Vets in town and they said since it's a green tag it had to have come from the shelter.

So I called them and left a voice message with the tag number, 000129. This is a 2023 Rabies Vaccination so it's recent. Now I'm just waiting to hear back.

Folks on Facebook suggested I keep him. He's too big for me to handle, I'm having walking problems and I can barely control him. He almost launched me down a ten foot embankment into the creek yesterday. I just really want to find his family.