Claim's Cabbies Corner. UPDATE! Warren gets an official complaint and bollocking!

[warren t claim]

6 minutes ago, Homersimpson said:

A bit (very) late to reply to this but in 2022 I was driving to work one Sunday morning for a power shutdown (around 7am so not that early) when I came across a dog running loose trying to get onto the dual carriage way.

I have to confess I'm not a massive dog person but I couldn't see the poor thing run over so I stopped and called it over and it came to me.  It had no tag so I had no idea where it was from but it was in a small hamlet so there weren't may houses around.

I managed to tie a rope to its collar and for the next half hour we walked to all the nearby houses to see if it recognized anywhere, I rang a few bells and was greeted with deep suspicion by a lot of people (well I was wearing a t-shirt, track suit bottoms and had a greyhound on a rope walking around peoples expensive houses!) .

Now the problem was that it was in the middle of a heat wave, I couldn't leave it run free, I couldn't tie it up as it would be scorching a few hours so I had to take it with me.  It was a nice dog but daft as a brush.

I tried to get it in the back of my car but it was having none of it so I eventually had to put it on the front seat.

Fortunately on my way to work their was a dogs trust place and they took it from me.  It was chipped but they rang the number and it was for the original breeder as the owners hadn't registered it to them.  The breeder reckoned they had a number for who they sold it to and would dig it out.

I left my details with the dogs trust and then left, I rang a couple of days later to check on it and they confirmed that its very upset owners had collected him (as it turns out he was a boy).    Apparently he was a Whippet and worth a fair amount of money, no idea why the new owners hadn't registered his chip.  If he hadn't been collected I think I might have become a dog person

 

My Laguna (yes, that's right) Whippet approves of your post.

[warren t claim]

Last night I had the pleasure of dealing with a knife-wielding homeless woman. Oddly enough, I actually got paid. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, warren t claim said:

Last night I had the pleasure of dealing with a knife-wielding homeless woman. Oddly enough, I actually got paid. 

Interesting. Aroused too?

[yes oui si]

On 14/12/2024 at 19:15, twosmoke300 said:

Roadkill Cafe - you kill ‘em we grill ‘em 

Efa. 

[yes oui si]

8 hours ago, Homersimpson said:

 

I have to confess I'm not a massive dog person 

Thank god, that'd be terrifying. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

11 hours ago, Homersimpson said:

A bit (very) late to reply to this but in 2022 I was driving to work one Sunday morning for a power shutdown (around 7am so not that early) when I came across a dog running loose trying to get onto the dual carriage way.

I have to confess I'm not a massive dog person but I couldn't see the poor thing run over so I stopped and called it over and it came to me.  It had no tag so I had no idea where it was from but it was in a small hamlet so there weren't may houses around.

I managed to tie a rope to its collar and for the next half hour we walked to all the nearby houses to see if it recognized anywhere, I rang a few bells and was greeted with deep suspicion by a lot of people (well I was wearing a t-shirt, track suit bottoms and had a greyhound on a rope walking around peoples expensive houses!) .

Now the problem was that it was in the middle of a heat wave, I couldn't leave it run free, I couldn't tie it up as it would be scorching a few hours so I had to take it with me.  It was a nice dog but daft as a brush.

I tried to get it in the back of my car but it was having none of it so I eventually had to put it on the front seat.

Fortunately on my way to work their was a dogs trust place and they took it from me.  It was chipped but they rang the number and it was for the original breeder as the owners hadn't registered it to them.  The breeder reckoned they had a number for who they sold it to and would dig it out.

I left my details with the dogs trust and then left, I rang a couple of days later to check on it and they confirmed that its very upset owners had collected him (as it turns out he was a boy).    Apparently he was a Whippet and worth a fair amount of money, no idea why the new owners hadn't registered his chip.  If he hadn't been collected I think I might have become a dog person because he was lovely

 

Had a couple like this.

A few years ago, we were down in Devon.  Just before joining the A30 around Whimple, a small dog of questionable breed suddenly ran out of a lane into the main (NSL) road.  I slowed down immediately and it continued running as fast as it could until it got to one of two roundabouts that make up the main junction.  I pull over and whack my hazards on to try and block traffic, get out and my partner does the same.  I manage to get the dog to come towards me and grab it.  My partner then gets back in the car and parks somewhere slightly less obstructive.

We call the number of the tag and a grumpy sounding woman answers and says she'll send her husband down.  He arrives five minutes later and takes the dog.  No word of a thanks.  No word of anything.  I was pleased to have rescued the dog but I was seriously fucked off about the lack of thanks...

The second one is more similar to your story @Homersimpson.  About 4PM one Sunday, driving about a mile from where I used to live near Ashford on a  hot summers day, we come across a whippet-like dog by the side of the road looking a bit lost.  I get out and grab it and it's obviously quite young.  Incredibly sweet-natured and quite calm but it has got a few small scars, etc.  We ask around a few houses but nobody knows anything.  Nowhere is open, the local dog warden is off duty and we can't really take it home to our rented place.  Eventually, we get a vet in Ashford to agree to take it in.  We drive over there with the dog.  We tell the vet the full story, where we found it, etc.  She says that she's 'legally obliged to try and find the owner' but then also explains that there's a gypsy camp up the road from where we found it and that it looked like the dog had been used for illegal hare coursing.  So she wasn't going to try too hard and assuming all is well the dog will likely be rehomed.

We go home.  A few months later, we see an advert from a local pet charity called Lord Whisky and there is the dog.  They had named her Florence.  If we'd been in a position to take in a dog, we'd have been over there like a shot but unfortunately we weren't at the time.  Nevertheless, we were obviously delighted to see her and a few days later the advert had been taken down, so she must have been rehomed.  Beautiful dog.