[DogglesinSRQ]

I'm a neighbor of this owner here in Sarasota. Two weeks ago, I was walking with my dog and this tiny dog comes out of nowhere and I pick it up. No collar. I stop the first person who drives by who tells me that she saw kids playing with her in a yard two houses down. I knock on the door and she answers the door, not seeming surprised and actually a little annoyed. I ask if this was her dog and she said that she "puts her out in the morning to do her thing and she eventually makes her way back"...I was floored. I told her that we have coyotes and ospreys who live in the neighborhood that would have no problem grabbing her. She responded that she had just moved from Georgia and didn't know. I told her they have Ospreys and Coyotes in Georgia. I handed her the dog and mentioned that she may also want to put a collar on her. I walked home thinking that that dog will end up missing or dead or both. Other neighbors I talked to also said they saw the dog running around, after all, we dog owners know our neighborhood doggies, so I'm not surprised that someone picked up the dog WITH NO COLLAR and walking around free. Perhaps another concerned neighbor. I heard from a neighbor who has a blue car who was accused of taking the dog (but didn't, apparently, they were walking around the neighborhood looking for blue cars and knocking on doors!). I'm a dog lover and this woman doesn't know how to take care of this little life. I am POSITIVE that I will see it running around again, soon enough!