At one point when folks were still arriving, there was a knock at the door that we expected to be another guest arriving. But it was a neighbor of the host's, someone that lives a street or two over. He had encountered an unaccompanied dog wandering around the neighborhood. The dog had a similar look to one of the host's dogs, so the guy assumed it was hers. He had already called the shelter and the microchip registry, and now he thought he was bringing the dog home when he brought it to the house where the holiday potluck for lost dog search volunteers happened to be taking place.
Our host said no, it wasn't her dog, but she'd be glad to take the dog in and find its owner. The man was a little surprised but he took her up on her offer and left the dog with us.
She put the dog in a crate, and called the number on the microchip tag hanging from its collar.
The other necessary phone calls must have taken place, because after a little while, the dog's owner came and got her pet, and took him (or her?) home.
So what happened is that even while partying together, we reunited a lost dog with its owner! As I told my Facebook friends, our group works tirelessly, never letting up in our efforts to help lost dogs find their way home!!!
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