Nobody could get close to a lost dog until one woman did this:. (Yeah!)

[Are_grits_groceries]

#1 Amanda Guarascio & A Lost Dog
Amanda heard about this lost dog at Evans Creek near Mount Rainier in the state of Washington. People said they'd been feeding him occasional food scraps and trying to get close to him unsuccessfully for about a month.

The rest:
http://interestingsthings.net/5132862-16119521

What a smart and caring person!
Good on her.

[BlueJazz]

1. That's the kind of person I want on my planet.

[tazkcmo]

2. I hope she has many children.

And they all grow up to be just like her. Great job!

[roguevalley]

12. yes. she is the soul of kindness. she made herself neutral energy

[brer cat]

3. Wow. She really has patience

in abundance, which was the only way to get him to accept her. Good for her and I hope Baby Bear found a perfect forever home.

[panader0]

4. A Dog Whisperer

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. Awww..

Amanda mentioned after holding him he didn't want her to let go: "From 9 pm on I had to carry him everywhere! I had to pick him up and put him in the truck and then we snuggled together until we got to the vet."

[lunamagica]

6. Awwww...

[lonestarnot]

7. Hope she keeps him.

[pnwmom]

8. Here's an easier to read story from the local TV station. All on one page.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Do-you-know-me-Couple-tries-to-find-owner-of-lost-dog-298939351.html

Amanda Guarascio and Dylan Parkinson from Enumclaw heard about a dog that had been spotted running at Evans Creek, an off-roading park that runs to Mount Rainier.

On Sunday, they drove to the park and spotted the dog sitting in a turn-off by the side of the road. They said he was very thin and would not let them get close.

They tried coaxing the dog with hot dogs until about 3 a.m., but he kept running away.

The women went back the following day and found the dog, dubbed Baby Bear, sitting in the same spot.

SNIP

[watoos]

9. We also had a dog roaming the neighborhood

He was a Huskie mix, pretty good size dog. We would leave our garage doors open but he was too afraid to come in, he stayed out in the pouring rain. I fed him and was starting to gain his trust but couldn't get him to come close enough. There were times that I could have jumped on him, but I was afraid that once I did that he would never trust me. I finally found out his story by asking around. His owner, who lived about 2 miles away had died, the dog was never out of the house. The daughter of the owner couldn't keep the dog because pets were not allowed at her rented house. Daughter gave the dog to a friend who was tying him up outside when he got away.
He roamed our neighborhood for 3 or 4 months. I even got a dog trap to try to catch him but he was too afraid to go into it.

I tried the trick of laying down in the yard and letting him come to me, but it didn't work. He was too afraid.

So, once we learned his story, we got the daughter to come by when he was in my yard, and he went to her.

The dog was 9 years old. He got adopted right away.

[fleur-de-lisa]

18. Wonderful!

[baldguy]

10. And how many would vote to shoot the dog out of hand for being "vicious"?

Think about that and multiply by a million.

[Omaha Steve]

11. I love a good rescue story

K&R!

OS

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. The relationship between dogs and humans is fascinating to me.

We're hardwired to think of dogs as partly human and vice versa.

Anthropologists describe us as co-evolved species. We have dogs to thank for our success.

[pasto76]

14. read "Inside of a Dog" by Horowitz - will blow your mind

I grew up with dogs, in my house, in the neighborhood. I chose friends based on their dogs. I love dogs. This book really cracked it open for me, and have been a better dog owner since then

[ljm2002]

15. Wow, good for her!!

I am in awe that someone would (a) think of that tactic and (b) pursue it for hours so she could get that dog the help it so desperately needed.

Very enthusiastic K&R!!

[mountain grammy]

16. K & R for humanity, whenever and wherever we find it.

[Dont call me Shirley]

17. Pure beauty.

[Jokerman]

19. I spent hours sitting in a lawn chair to lure an abandoned cat.

I had already named her Frankie because I didn't know her gender. When I finally got her to make up to me I discovered that she was a de-clawed female with a terrible abscessed tooth.

I took Frankie to the vet and she spent the next 12 years with us in her forever home as one of the sweetest, most appreciative cats I've ever known.