Fred and Ethel or Why Are The Cops At My House?

My son Drew is a friendly guy. The kind of kid that dogs would follow home from the bus stop. Like today, when two actual dogs followed him home from the actual bus stop. The dogs were wearing collars but unfortunately they didn't have ID tags. The dogs are obviously well cared for. And they are happy and friendly, and...slobbery.

For some reason they remind me of Fred and Ethel Mertz. Not because of the slobber, because I've never actually seen Fred or Ethel Mertz drool, but because....well, they just do. See for yourself:

Fred and Ethel

Not knowing who Fred and Ethel belong to and not wanting them to wander the neighborhood, I decided to put them in our fenced in backyard until we could find the owners. I am a very responsible citizen, as you can tell.

The kids and I whipped up some flyers to post at the both entrances to our subdivision.

"2 Dogs Found

*golden retriever/lab

*pitbull mix

(insert my phone # here)"

Again, evidence of my devotion to the fellow man.

Drew and I hopped in the MTC (the Mobile Trash Can aka my van) to go hang our signs. On the way we asked a fellow neighbor if he had seen the two dogs earlier.The neighbor said that there was a police officer who just happened to be driving through the subdivision looking for those dogs. We took off in search of the police officer (which felt very strange as I usually avoid those guys) and found him right away. Evidently Fred and Ethel had "jumped" a man who was out walking his puppy and said man called the po-po.

The police officer followed us to our house and parked his cruiser in our driveway for half an hour. (the phone calls from neighbors started immediately) We waited for Animal Control and eventually also had **their** van in our driveway. (again, phone calls from the neighbors)

It was sad to see Fred and Ethel get loaded into the Animal Control van. I am hopeful that their owners will be reunited with their dogs soon. Fred and Ethel have to spend ten days in the pokey and then...?

**BEWARE Lucky and Winston: we may be adopting two dogs soon....**