The Segura’s Have a Dog?!?

So, a couple of weeks ago our doorbell rang. It was a teenage boy with a small dog. He said the dog looked lost and asked if it was ours. Apparently, the dog had been hanging out in the front of our house for some time. Of course Amanda says that we don’t have a dog, and at the same time, Noah is screaming, “It’s our dog! It’s our dog!” The teenage boy then walks away, but without the dog. So, here we are, a dog (no collar) standing at our front door, 113 degrees outside, wondering what to do. We bring him in and gave him some water and dog food (my Dad had forgot it during his visit this past Christmas).
That night we put up flyers around our neighborhood, and posted a found ad on craigslist.com. We had some inquiries, but not for the dog we found. A couple of days later I took him to the vet to see if he had a microchip. He didn’t. That night we put him outside to do “his business” while we were out running errands. When we got home, he had escaped by tunneling underneath our gate. We did search for him by driving around for over an hour with no luck. So much for him.
A few days later we decided to check the Maricopa Animal Control Center (the pound). After looking at hundreds of dogs, I told Amanda that I didn’t see him and we should go. She thought it would be great to show Noah some of the dogs. Guess what she saw 30 seconds later… the dog that showed up on our doorstep. Like all dogs in his situation if he wasn’t adopted soon, he would be put down. So, what did we do… we bailed him out of jail and adopted him. $150 dollars later he was ours.
So, introducing the newest member of the Segura clan… Sammy!