DECEMBER 31, 2009: Today is my sixth day with Lily. Thin and ravenous, Lily is a year-old German shepherd who is 25 pounds underweight. She has almond-shaped eyes like honey, two ear infections, Lyme disease, and diarrhea that turns on and off like a faucet.
The day after Christmas I went to get her, finally finally finally ending the three weeks of worry over one bony but loving 49.8-pound dog a neighbor and I found running around on our road. We called the police and off she went in a patrol car headed for the pound. A day later she was returned to her owner. Could I help this dog?
I called animal control. Animal control called the owner. I waited forever for my phone to ring. I went to pick her up her the day after Christmas.