Lost: a small dog...

I'm in my office yesterday afternoon when my 10 year old comes home from school. She doesn't bother to come out and say hello. They never do. I have to text them if I want to give them a hug and find out how their day went...

But suddenly I get a cell call from Meri. She's a bit excited because she's lured a stray dog into the house. I sign myself out for a break and go in to find out what all the fuss is about. There is a cute little dog with a curled up tail in my kitchen. Adorable little thing... and Meri wants to feed it. Ummmm yeah...
For one thing, the food dishes for the dog are within sight of our puppy, who is in heat right now and she's attempting to break out of her kennel to protect us from this cute little dog. The other dogs are in their laundry room kennels and can't see what's going on... but they know something is up and they want in on the action.

Second... Isn't the old saying that you shouldn't feed a stray or they'll keep coming back a real thing??? I mean - look what happened to my son!

This dog is not wearing a collar, but Meri "thinks" she remembers it from when she had a lemonade stand last summer. But doesn't remember whose it is.

Some of our neighbors let their dogs out to roam the neighborhood, so I was kind of hoping this was one did too... but it slipped it's collar somewhere. We don't have a town cop, but have 3 state troopers that live down our street. I really didn't have anyone to call or anywhere to keep this dog without our dogs going ballistic. So I picked it up and set it out on our porch. Let it go home. I'm thinking this was a mistake...

Later on, I realize who's dog it was and don't have their #. We're running errands after work when it occurred to me. I'm feeling terrible for letting the little dog go. I hope it found its way home!

Update: Dog made it home last night. Just found out! Thanks!