Thread: Wild dogs - Discussion

Few years back, staying at Lang Cove, Waipu, mid-winter, cold and raining hard. Driving the Cove road after mid-night and there was a dog in the headlights looking footsore and buggered. Stopped and opened the passenger door, handsome young dog with an electronic collar of some sort, tracker I think. It climbed in and hunkered in the footwell. Took it home and parked it on the back doormat inside with a bowl of water. Friendly as. Told it to stay and it never moved. Checked the collar in the morning, found a number and called it. Guy's missus answered and said he was out pig hunting in the hills. Gave me an address about 20km away. She had no vehicle and he was not due back for a couple of days. So I dropped it off and she just said it would get a hiding when he came home. Never heard any more. certainly no thank you call. Spose it would have found its own way home, if it hadn't got run over. Should have just left it and maybe someone else would have given it a better home.