A Kohut Adventure

Today we had an adventure!  I was heading to Stony to get this weeks groceries when I noticed a dog walking down the middle of the road.  A car was coming towards me and had to slow down as the dog would not move off the road.  I had to come to a complete stop as the beautiful brown and white Husky walked up to my bumper and eventually walked around the car to let me by.  I proceeded on my way and as I approached the top of the hill, I glanced in my rearview mirror and saw him sitting in the middle of the road, looking around seeming kind of lost.

Many things went through my mind at this time, but two that I remember clearly are:
"I am sure he will find his way home eventually, I really need to get groceries."
"What will happen if on my way home I see that he got hit by a car, boy will I feel bad"
Then I realized that I was just being selfish.  The very least I could do was try to help him, so I turned around and pulled into an approach.  The dog followed my car and when I opened the door to see if he had a collar, "Harvey" jumped right over me and sat in the passenger seat.  He looked at me like he was saying "come on, let's go!".  So I drove back home to figure out what to do next.


Mike was in the middle of supper so "Harvey" (the kids named him immediately) caused a bit of chaos to the Kohut household.  Between three dogs running through the house, trying to find "Harvey's" owners, getting supper ready, kids ready for school, finishing up the spring cleaning we had started, and figuring out what to do with "Harvey" if it will take a few days to find the owners. Everyone pitched in, it was awesome!

After a few hours of the chaos, Mike and I decided to take him for a walk where I had found him. His owners must be missing him by now and maybe we will get lucky.  "Harvey" rode in the vehicle better then either of our dogs, or our kids for that matter.  I put him on a leash and away we went.  He walked right to a house and sat by the garage.  I rang the doorbell and asked the elderly man if he owned a dog.  He told me that he does not have any animals and then looked down and smiled.  "But that guy is Thor and he keeps running from the family that is looking after him right now".   He introduced himself and phoned the owner of the dog to let him know that he would hold Thor until he could be retrieved.  I had a nice conversation with his wife as well and they asked us to come back and visit on another day.

As Mike and I drove home, we laughed how this little wrench in our day had us meeting "Harvey" (he will always be Harvey to us), making a new relationship with a couple down the road, and seeing our family pull together to get a lost dog home.  We didn't get any time to reminisce though as we drove up to our yard and found OUR son trying to get OUR dog unstuck from under OUR neighbours shed....but that is another story for another day...

My wish to you is that you may have the opportunity to have an adventure this week, you just never know where it will take you.