Lost Salt Lake City dog found chasing cars in road saved by passing dog lover, who failed to find his pawrents, but succeeded in giving the dog a life love of and adventure, dog mom says: ‘He became the official Dock Dog of the marina I worked at.’

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    "We moved to Napa, California where he got to chase birds and rabbits in the vineyards and swim in the Pacific Ocean."
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    Back in May of 2017, my now wife worked for RET at their distribution center on California Ave just south of the SLC Airport. She called
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    me one afternoon and said, "there's a dog on the side of the road that has been here all day chasing cars." Before I could even think I
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    said, "get him!" She opened her passenger side door and the dog jumped right in without hesitation. She came straight home with a dog that reeked like
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    The day we found him
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    a skunk. After an extensive (and ultimately unsuccessful) bath to rid him of the smell, we posted photos all over Facebook to try to find his owners. He
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    was so well trained and sweet, we figured someone was certainly looking for him and we would reunite them within a few days.
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    The next morning, I took him to a vet to get his chips read. Two phone numbers were attached to the chip but both were disconnected. We
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    also found out his name was Franklin. We spent months posting on every lost pet forum we could find but no one stepped up. Over that time we fell
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    more and more in love with Franklin. And eventually we stopped posting and quite frankly, we dreaded the day someone would message us.
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    A year later after graduating from the U, and after many hikes in the foothills of Salt Lake City, my wife, Franklin and I packed up and moved to Napa,
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    California where he got to chase birds and rabbits in the vineyards and swim in the Pacific Ocean. During the pa emic, we
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    moved to Sarasota, Florida where he was able to swim in the Gulf of Mexico and become the official Dock Dog of the marina I worked at.
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    All the while filling our home with constant companionship and joy. The adventures never stopped. Every step of the way, we wondered where this sweet soul came
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    from, who trained him so well and if/why they would abandon him. Yesterday we said goodbye to our sweet boy. He was getting older and
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    had been battling C er for the past year. Our hearts are broken but we are filled with so much gratitude for the love he brought to our home and for
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    being an anchor for us throughout all of life's changes.
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