We had no luck finding his owner and decided to take him home. Since we didn’t know his name we began calling him Obie, as in O.B. (Ocean Beach), because that is where we found him. He was such a sweet, friendly dog. As soon as we brought him home he and Kaiser began to play. We immediately noticed that Obie was very dirty, as if he’d been outside for a couple days. We gave him a bath and groomed his coat to remove some of the tangled mats. Kaiser was a bit jealous of all the attention and care Obie was receiving, but he enjoyed having a playmate.
Obie felt so fresh and clean after his bath!
We found Obie on Sunday and decided if we didn’t find his owner by Monday we would take him the San Diego Department of Animal Services, to see if he had a microchip. In the meantime, we took a picture of Obie and posted fliers around the dog park, dog beach, and the softball field where we found him. We also posted an ad on craigslist.org announcing we’d found a lost dog. We received a dozen calls and emails in response to the postings, but none were Obie’s owners.
Obie stayed over night with us on Sunday. He was very well-behaved and trained which made us believe he came from a good home and that a very worried family was looking for him. On Monday morning we took him to the SDDAC. We found out he did have a microchip; however, the contact information on the microchip had not been updated so they were unable to get in touch with Obie’s owner. The SDDAC said they would keep him for four days and wait for his owner to contact them before he would be put up for adoption. We were sad to hand him over to the SDDAC. We told them we wanted to be notified if his owner didn’t claim him and he was not adopted. We were sure that such a sweet, well-behaved dog would be claimed by his owner or quickly adopted by a loving family, but, if not, we absolutely wouldn’t allow him to be put down.
We frequently checked in with the SDDAC after leaving Obie on Monday and within a couple days they informed us that he had been reunited with his owner. Yay! We were so happy and relieved to hear the news. We sure did enjoy having Obie as a guest in our home, and Kaiser loved having a temporary brother, but we’re so glad he is back home with his family.
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June 2nd, 2010 at 6:37 pm
We are so happy that Obie reunited with his family! He was a cutie!
Do you have any suggestions regarding curbing schnauzers’ suspicion and barking at poeple? We feel WallE is getting more and more suspicious at the whole world!
June 4th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Glad that it’s a happy ending
Woof,
Cobi
June 5th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
It’s so nice that you took such good care of little Obie & that he found his way back to his forever home!
June 6th, 2010 at 7:36 am
Hi all – we’re so pleased that this story had a happy ending. Poor Obie, he must have been so scared, no wonder he followed you, he knew you would look afer him. We hope he doesn’t run away again. You did a great job taking care of him, he was a lucky boy indeed to have picked you to be his temporary carers! Schnauzer snuggles – JD and Max.
June 23rd, 2010 at 6:44 am
Hi all – we’re so pleased that this story had a happy ending. Poor Obie, he must have been so scared, no wonder he followed you, he knew you would look afer him. We hope he doesn’t run away again. You did a great job taking care of him, he was a lucky boy indeed to have picked you to be his temporary carers! Schnauzer snuggles – JD and Max.
July 14th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Hi Kaiser and Brad, we wanted to stop by and say Thank you for all your good advice on your website and via email on flying with a schnauzer! It was very helpful in easing our nerves before and during the flight.
Many thanks!
We all hope you are well and enjoying summer. We are excited to read your next blog post!
Mami & Betsy
November 7th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
There are not many people these days that will help a lost dog. Obie was lucky enough to bump into folks who care
. Great story thanks for sharing!