3’s A Breeze – The Evidence is Mounting

Upstairs 

I’m starting to believe that my mother-in-law is a dog-snatcher. Let’s review the evidence.

Some of you may remember one of our first blogs about “Snow” the pitbull, who my mother-in-law had “saved” from wandering in traffic just outside our home. Some key elements to consider; she was on her way to Costco when it happened, she had one of her daughters with her, after “catching” said dog, the dog was left in the care of yours truly (while I had no pants), and the dog mysteriously had a collar, but no tags.

Fast forward to last week. My mother-in-law “catches” another dog. This time a doodle, also on the street just outside our home, also on her way to Costco, also with a collar but no tags, also with one of her daughters, but this time the dog was left with the other daughter, who happens to know about doodles.

I will also submit that my mother-in-laws eldest daughter (also sometimes known as my wife) has a penchant for pinching dogs. Over the years I have received a number of texts with adorable accompanying pictures of “found” dogs. It has gotten prolific enough that she keeps an “emergency” leash in her car. The apple, it seems, doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Some of you may point out that Penny, the Boston recently added to our family, wasn’t snatched. Do we really know that? Did anyone go with my mother-in-law to the “Chilliwack SPCA.” I’m not saying that Penny was snatched, but her back story of being found on the mean-streets of Chilliwack bears a certain familiarity and fishy-ness. However, this would be a significant change in modus operandi, normally she snatches them, gives them some skritches, and leaves them with one of her children.

There you have it, faithful readers. The evidence is in. I look forward to the defendant’s case.

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Downstairs 

Hmmm….

Well, aside from Penny (who was found by someone else and then officially and legally adopted by yours truly) the evidence presented by ‘Upstairs’ is certainly compelling  – unfortunately it is also lacking.  Truth always lies in the details (included or omitted) of a story and where my stories are sometimes embellished someone else (as in ‘Upstairs’) might cherry-pick details to present a skewed version of the same story.

I am not a dog snatcher nor a napper nor a stealer – I am a dog lover.  

It’s true younger daughter and I were enroute to Costco a couple of months ago and found a wandering pitbull, caught it and left it in the care of elder daughter while we went on our merry way. (What elder daughter did with said pitbull after that is on her).

It is also true elder daughter and I were enroute to Costco a couple of weeks ago and found a wandering doodle, caught it and left it in the care of younger daughter while we went on our merry way.  (the doodle received a warmer reception than the pitbull but neither daughter hesitated for a second when called upon to house a weary wanderer).

Both of the aforementioned canines were found wandering on a very busy street – thankfully neither dog stepped into traffic mid rescue.  Both were friendly and easy to catch and, as it turned out, lived within a stone’s throw of where they were rescued.  ‘One’ could argue said strays were merely out for a morning stroll when a crazy woman grabbed them.  ‘One’ could point out the rescuer didn’t hang around long enough to see if the rescued made it safely home.  And ‘One’ just did.  What ‘One’ forgot to mention is that he would have done the very same thing if the circumstances were reversed.  

I am not a rookie in the dog-catching department and ‘Upstairs’ isn’t the first (or the only) innocent bystander to get caught in a rescue operation.  Once a dog is safely contained I rarely hang around to witness the reunion, it’s not my style.  I generally find these strays when I’m enroute to somewhere like Costco and everyone knows time is always of the essence when one is heading to Costco….

The defense rests