A nice, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard.  I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well cared for.

He calmly walked over to greet me.  I gave him a few pats on his head.  He then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.  An hour later he awoke refreshed, went to the door, and I let him out.

The next day my new furry friend was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside, lay down on his spot in the hall and slept again for about an hour.  This continued off and on for many days.

Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: “I would like to find out who is the owner of this wonderful sweet dog and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.”

The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: “’He lives in a home with six children — two under the age of 3 — and he’s trying to catch up on his sleep.  Can I come with him tomorrow?”

A dog in Australia is recovering from emergency surgery to remove 1,000 magnets from its stomach.

The dog’s owner, Cathy James, said her 11-year-old Australian cattle dog, Polly, swallowed the magnets from her office.  Polly was rushed into surgery the next day when she became very ill.  Polly is expected to make a full recovery.

James said Polly has always been a curious eater, having previously eaten a computer mouse, gardening gloves, large rubber band and several rolls of fax paper.

This gives a whole new meaning to the term “animal magnetism.”

Story at UPI

A Boxer mix missing from Texas for five months is found 1,800 miles from home, in Ohio.  A chip embedded in the dog’s neck enabled police to locate the owner.

A man and his dog were walking along a road.  The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that his dog walking beside him was his loyal companion that had been dead for years.  He wondered where the road was leading them.

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