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Today’s animal rescue story concerns a dog who only wanted to keep his feet planted firmly on the ground.

Dobie is mostly Dachshund with a little something extra mixed in for good measure. Once you’ve read this story you could be forgiven for thinking he might be part cat. He hasn’t used up all nine lives yet but he’s working on it.

Dobie, the talkative dog.

Dobie started out as a beloved pet of a man who lived in town. The only fly in the ointment was that every now and then this man and his wife would have a bit too much to drink.

Drinking usually resulted in fighting and the fighting would lead to throwing things. This didn’t affect Dobie too much at first. He would just lay low and try to stay out of the line of fire. The next day things would calm down and the air would once more be free of flying objects.

However, one day Dobie himself became the flying object of the moment. In a fit of alcohol induced rage the wife launched poor Dobie right out the door.

The dog catcher soon found Dobie and because he was wearing tags his owners were contacted. Soon, having sobered up, the pair showed up to claim him and vowed to take better care of him.

Just one week later, the couple got to drinking again. However, this time they took the show on the road so to speak, in the family car. Apparently they took along a supply of missiles including the reluctant Dobie. By now I think he recognized the signs.

You guessed it, Dobie ended up getting launched from the moving vehicle. Several locals witnessed the launching and this time the dog catcher decided, tags or no tags, Dobie wasn’t going back to his owners.

When the dog catcher called to see if Rose and Bill had room for one more dog, they dropped everything and went to the dog catcher’s home to pick Dobie up.

On the way back to the farm it was discovered that Dobie is a talker. Whenever a person speaks to him Dobie tilts his head to one side, looks at the speaker and makes one of a variety of sounds in response.

Well needless to say, Dobie’s flying career is over. He has now been at TexAltaRescue for about five years and has made himself Bill’s dog.

Dobie is getting up in years now so no attempt has been made to find him a new home. He spends the summers outdoors and the winters curled up in his bed or at Bill’s feet whenever possible.