My first Dog Rescue

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I was driving back from a family event on Sunday with my mother, brother, niece and nephew. My brother has a station wagon, which is just big enough for five people and our luggage.

Driving down the interstate, we spot a pair of what I thought were sheep by the side of the road. With my niece begging my brother to stop and my mother-the-dog-lover wondering what dogs like THAT were doing out on the interstate, my brother obligingly pulled over. He walked to where the dogs were, and they started trotting towards him, as friendly as can be. They appear to be purebred Great Pyranees dogs.

They are thin and ragged and matted and stinky, but so happy to see us, it's like they knew us already! We gave them some water, and then wondered, Now What? My brother said we have no choice, so we rearranged the luggage, my niece and nephew lost their legroom (I was in the middle of the backseat, so I didn't have any to begin with), and we loaded the dogs into the way back. I wish we had taken a photo of them back there--they arranged themselves among the luggage with hardly a complaint!

We found a rescue group to take them the next day, so we drove them 7 hours to my mother's house and then the following day I made the rendez-vous with the rescue lady. That's my mom in the photo with them.

They are awesome dogs--friendly and laid back! We think they are mother and puppy about 8 months old. Neither were fixed. Perhaps they were dumped by folks who could not keep them anymore, perhaps they were escapees from a puppy mill, who knows. In any case, they will be well taken-care of, owners will be searched for, and if no owners are found, they will be placed in good homes. It was quite a day!