from VRBO, Facebook
via the McCallisters

This story is told by Melissa Thomas, who was staying in a vacation rental home in the Rosita area.
“Saturday evening a stray dog showed up at our front door – it was pitch black outside… . The dog was full of stickers – and matted hair – and he was shaking – very scared…He put his trust in me – I gave him water and I always have dog treats in my truck (where we board our horse has dogs, I always bring treats)..
He eventually trusted us enough to come inside the VRBO. We put out some bath towels, a bowl of water, and more treats — and we gently tried to brush him. He was very scared, but eventually – relaxed and he slept inside with us Saturday night.
I posted on Next Door and Facebook – we found the owner !
The owner of the Dog (Jake) is an elderly couple who are visiting their son and daughter–in–law. They went on a trip and left the dog with a local person.
Anyway, somehow, the dog got loose and ran away.
I guess he was in a strange place, with a strange
person, and was scared …
So, we met up with the daughter-in-law on Face-book. I told her that we were leaving Sunday and offered to bring the dog back to her home – but she asked if we would bring the dog to her best friend’s house. On the way to her friend’s home, we saw
Annie’s Grooming. We saw that they were closed on Sunday, but we called the number anyway.

Annie answered and agreed to open up and give Jake (the stray) a bath and grooming…
It took Annie and her helper (a really nice young man) about an hour – and Jack looked wonderful !!
They did not charge to do this – Annie saw this post on Facebook and offered to do this from her heart.
When we dropped Jake off – he was doing the biggest butt wag you’d ever see —