Meet Roadie

It’s September 2017 and I’m heading north on Shirk Road on my way to the Visalia city dump. About a mile after crossing Ave. 328 I see something by the side of the road in front of an almond orchard. It’s a medium sized dog sitting next to a white Hefty trash bag full of trash. He’s just sitting there. I thought for a moment he probably belonged to a worker in the orchard although I didn’t see anyone. I continued on to the dump, unloaded my trash load and started heatjing back home. And, there he was – still sitting next to the stuffed Hefty bag.

It became obvious that someone had dumped the dog and the trash bag along the side of Shirk Road. I pulled my truck over and went to investigate the sweet eyed dog with a red color and no tags. He was a little long in the body and short in the legs – maybe not the most adoptable combination. I took a picture and sent it to my wife captioned “What do you think?”. She responded “Bring him home – don’t leave him out there to get injured”.

We brought this lonely dog to Dr. Kuswa to check for a microchip. Unsurprisingly, there was none. We checked lost and found sites and posted notices for several weeks with no response. He’s been a loved and pampered part of the family ever since.

There were only two choices to name him – Hefty or Roadie. We chose Roadie.