We learned that our area of the country is over populated with dogs, and that other areas of the country are wanting more dogs. There are organizations that transfer dogs around the country to where they are most wanted. Our puppies got to fly to Colorado, where there is a waiting list for potential puppies.
The day before we were scheduled to hand off the puppies to fostering, they went missing. That morning when I went out to feed them, the puppies were no where to be seen or heard. They were completely gone. It was as if they hadn't ever been there at all. Sadie was standing around looking a bit relieved, but certainly not worried.
I figured they had just wandered off back into the woods and would wander back when they got hungry. At midday, they still hadn't returned. So we all went out searching for them in the afternoon. We walked the woods all around them. We drove the four wheeler all over the property looking for them. We even drove around asking our neighbors. Nothing. One neighbor wasn't very comforting when he said, "Well, we do have hogs in the area."
Around sunset, as I stepped out on the front porch to take a photo of the sunset, I thought I heard yapping in the distance. So we went out towards the noise, and found the puppies coming up out of the woods from the direction of the creek. They were all wet and muddy. They eagerly followed us back inside the fencing and gobbled up all the food we gave them. They were hungry and thirsty. Sadie didn't seem to excited to see them.
