Dogs in the Snow

Yesterday we drove MIL back home, we didn't stop long as the roads were pretty slippery, and there was frozen fog making visibility not great. On the way back, we were only about 50km along when we spotted a dog sitting at the side of the road. In the middle of nowhere! No houses anywhere in sight, no cars stopped, nothing. So we stopped, and opened the car door, when the dog promptly leapt in! Then we realised that there was another dog sitting off in the snow. Both dogs got into the car and we decided to head off towards civilization. The dogs were very well behaved, they sat calmly and quietly on the back seat as we drove along. We went about 15km till we came to a police station. Both dogs were well fed, well cared for, they clearly had their teeth cleaned regularly, and were well behaved. Neither dog was covered in snow, considering it was -20 degrees out, they weren't even that cold. It was pretty obvious that they hadn't had to walk far because their feet and legs weren't covered in snow or ice, and we wondered if they had been dumped off! Anyway, the police were able to trace the owners because one of the dogs had a tattoo in her ear. The policeman commented that he knew the owners and that they were "good people", but I have to ask the question how did the dogs get there? Why were they there? And what the hell were the owners doing letting the dogs run out to the highway (transcanada) in -20 degree weather?

Of course this time of year there are bound to be any number of dogs and cats abandoned, mainly due to being bought at Christmas without the purchaser realising how much time and effort a pet takes. Just another drain on the already overstretched public servants that make up the police and pet rescue places.