NOT what I needed at 10:30 on a worknight.

My husband took the Corgis out for a last pee at about 10:30 and up trotted a Pomeranian, loose, wearing a collar and tags.

Bad news is, the phone number is hand-written and we can't make out the last two digits.  

Worse news is, Chomper is in an ex-pen in my kitchen and appears to bark like mad whenever I leave the room.  I can hardly blame him!  I'd be scared too.  And Chomper's barking makes the Corgis bark.

We have the ex-pen in the kitchen, the baby gates blocking the kitchen and the barking Corgis confined to the rest of the house.  They are not barking AT him, they are barking because he's barking.  They are fine with him.  The cat, on the other hand, is not at all happy and will need to be locked up tomorrow. 

We left some messages on what we thought was the number on the tag.  Hopefully his people will show up tomorrow! 

Lesson for the day:  a handwritten tag is as bad as no tag at all.  I've not seen this dog before and I don't know that he's from the neighborhood.  He might have gotten lost at the park.

It may be a long night.