Yesterday night as I was in Palmdale, I was driving past the AV Mall and saw two dogs running down the busy street. I freaked and went back as soon as I could to try to catch them but as they were running I noticed they would occasionally glance back and I saw no one.

I found them in the 24 Hr Fitness parking lot and grabbed some of our wolf leashes that I luckily had. I called to them and the little boxer puppy came instantly. He was so cute and adorable, licking me all over and thats when I realized a lot of blood was being smeared on my face, hands and being soaked into my clothes. He had a puncture wound on his neck. His companion, an older female mutt stayed close to the boxer puppy but refused letting me put the chain around her. So I used the technique I learned from Misha's handlers! I used the loop end of the leash and made it very loose, holding a Greenie treat in the center and I caught her! She was actually very sweet, just old and stubborn. She too had a punture on her chin and had blood covering her chest, legs and paws.

I called Animal Control and waiting in the dark, breezy, cold for an hour and a fortyfive minutes when it was supposed to be only an hour. Luckily for me Devan, Drew's younger brother showed up and kept me company. He was a gentleman and didn't want me to be alone at night and gave me his coat.

The Officer was nice as well, he apologized for being later than he had expected but had to pick another stray dog up on the way. He briefly scanned them and found nothing. The scanner made the old female tense up too but the boxer thought it was a toy. I offered him a Wolf Connection card with my contact information on the back so he could update me on the dogs.

It wasn't until this morning that I drove just a little farther up the road from where I caught them that another dog had been very recently torn in half by a car. Each half on either side of the road. Whether the two I found are related to that one I'm unsure but...it was very fresh.

I hate to see stray dogs. It gives me so much pain and guilt when I'm unable to stop and see what is wrong but at least this time I was able to make a difference.