Early yesterday evening we were sitting in our front patio having dinner when we saw a silver mini-van come down the street with a white mix female husky running after it. The car disappeared down the street and a few minutes later returned going the opposite direction and the dog was still running at full speed chasing it. The vehicle was traveling at 15-20mph. I laughed and said, "Well that's one way to exercise your dog." A few minutes later the same vehicle and dog returned. I could see that the driver was looking in his rear view mirror as if keeping track of the dog. The same vehicle made a few more passes and the Fetching Mrs. Mikey commented that the dog's feet must be getting sore. I also noticed that the dog was starting to run on the grass lawns where possible instead of running in the street. The silver mini-van made one more pass, driving a little slower this time but the dog was about 100 yards behind. When the dog got to the intersection where we live she stopped to look around for the car. Our neighbor has a silver mini-van parked at the curb and the dog saw it and ran over to it, sniffed at it and then plopped down on the grassy parkway beside the vehicle. She was panting heavily. The Fetching One got a bowl of water and took it over to the dog. Once there she saw that the dogs paws were bloody and the blood was smeared partially up her forelegs. The Fetching One became angry and called our animal control but no one answered and she left a message. In the meantime the exhausted dog laid there catching her breath. She had no interest in the water and carefully looked at every passing vehicle.
About five to ten minutes later the same silver mini-van came slowly down the street. As it passed the dog saw it and immediately began pursuing it down the street. The Fetching One said she would stop the vehicle if it came by again and she would find out what was going on. Soon the vehicle returned and stopped for the Fetching One who was standing in the middle of the street. The driver explained in somewhat broken English that the dog was his and he was trying to catch it. The dog came up to the driver's door and tried to jump on the Fetching One but she pushed her away because of the bloody paws. She explained her concern to the driver about the bloody paws and he then got out of the vehicle and tried to get the dog inside. The dog was less than cooperative and wouldn't budge. The dog clearly was his but she didn't want to get inside the car. The dog let him approach her and pet her but resisted being pulled over to the car. He tried picking the dog up and the dog snarled at him and spun away. The dog wasn't wearing a collar and the man eventually was able to calm her down and grab her by the nape of her neck and pick her up and get her inside the car.
