Coyote morning...

This morning as I'm driving up to the High School to drop off my daughter, we noticed a little dachshund running along the sidewalk with a broken leash dragging behind him.  Of course we both released worried "aww" sounds in unison, and I tried to decide what I should do to try to help.  After sending my daughter on her way I parked in a nearby church lot.  I soon spotted the little dog chugging in my general direction.  Several students attempted to catch him, but we were all amazed at the speed of the little guy!  I asked if anybody knew who his owners were, but nobody recognized him, so I kept puffing along after the dashing doggie.  I nearly screamed when he zipped across a 4 lane road, but thankfully we both avoided being struck by any vehicles, whew!  Eventually he stopped on the steps of a house and he was very defensive when I got close.  I guessed that this might be his home, but I wanted to be sure, so I kept trying to coax him close enough to grab the remnants of the leash...he was having none of it.  We worked our way back to the fenced in yard and a barking pit bull appeared, a young woman came out soon after and was happy to see her little guy home.  He had escaped earlier this morning, I told her he'd been way over by the high school when I first saw him, she thanked me and as I left to regain my bearings and find my car I realized I was wearing my goofy Wile E. Coyote hat throughout this entire fiasco!  I'm surprised that nobody called the police about the crazy coyote-lady chasing the poor little wiener dog ha ha ha!