So today is my 25th Birthday (woot!) and while I was walking to the bus stop to go to work, I saw a chow chow dog roaming around by himself. So I watched him a moment to see if an owner would show up and no one did and the poor guy was so dirty and covered in large, thick mats. I saw that he had a collar with tags and I tried to approach him but he was shy and ran from me across the road, (nearly getting hit my a pick-up truck) and went to the park across the street from my place. I called the local shelter to come and get him and I stayed with him until they came. I walked by him through the park, keeping him in there since the roads around it are very busy. At once point he came up to me and almost let me touch him and I could see that he had a tick on his nose and that even though he was fury and matted, he was very skinny and dehydrated. The shelter worker was really nice and gave the poor dog some treats (he was very hungry and ate them all up). The shelter worker placed a looped leash on the ground and put some treats inside and after 2 tries he was able to gently slip it onto the dogs head and take him to his truck. The dog will be well looked after (vet check, shaved, washed and fed) and hopefully his owners found. I was so glad that I could help out the poor dog out and it seems on or off the job (I work as a veterinary assistant) I will always have a soft spot for animals and will always go out on a limb for them (saved a wild owl once, ran outside a few weeks ago when there was a car accident in front of my place as I thought a dog was hit but a guy just hit a pole and was ok)
PS I made it to work on time too XD