Tonight, a dog was reunited with it's owner after a month+

I was doing yard work today and noticed a coon/hound dog in my neighbors yard. He was wandering around close to the street so I walked out to check if the owner was around. When I got closer, I could see it was very malnourished male dog and had a collar w/ tag. The dog was extremely skiddish and wouldnt let me close but didn't seem like it was super afraid of me or aggressive. Obviously I knew it was someones dog.

While I was out there an older neighbor came over and said that he had noticed the dog for the last 3 days just wandering around. He said he asked all the neighbors (except me) and couldnt find the owner.

I got my dog out to herd him and he hit off with my dog and via commands to my dog I got the hound in my backyard. After putting my dog in the house I fed and gave the hound water. Although seeing his ribs he was more thirsty than hungry.

I called animal control and he tried unsuccessfully to capture him so I did, by again, getting my dog out and running the hound till he tired. I was able to grab the hounds collar and then the animal control officer came in to take him away. Doing so, I think I might have broken a finger.

The collar was very worn, name of Coon or Coot or something along those lines. It had a very worn phone number and the animal control officer called 3-4 numbers it could have been before locating the owner. The owner told the officer that he lost the dog over a month ago along the Amite over 20 miles away from where I live. Animal control and the owner arranged to meet tonight.

Time for a beer and to ice down my finger. If you were the owner, you're welcome.

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