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My lost dog story…

Paul Lemke — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:05:44 +0000

I was driving home today during a snow storm after picking up my two small kids from daycare. About 500 yards in front of my car a big black and white boxer dog runs across the road into the nearby farm. He was gone by the time I had gotten to that area and did not even try to look for him. Being a dog owner myself I felt pain knowing that dog was long gone.

About an hour later my wife pulls into the driveway and call’s me from her cell: “There is a huge scary dog in our front yard!! Help!” No shit… it was the same dog! I go outside and see this huge black boxer sniffing around our front yard. I give him the old whistle and it comes running my way.

My first thought was “Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea… this dog is huge and is charging me!”. I took one step back as the dog runs right up to me, plops it’s butt on the ground and starts licking my hands! My life stopped flashing before my eyes and I started petting him. He was a very sweet dog, albeit huge. Eventually I checked his collar and sure enough he had full vaccine and owners tags. His name was “Shawn”. I called the number on the tag but it was disconnected. The address was about a mile away so I hooked him to my dogs leash and lead him into my car. Remember the kids from before? This huge dog decided to plop himself down in my 1 year old son’s car seat. Uhm… sure, you can stay there buddy.

I get to the owners house and lead him up the driveway. About half way to the house he just stopped. When I say “stopped” I mean he had all his bulk set on not moving an inch. I tried petting him and coaxing him along but he wanted nothing to do with it. After a few minutes he turns around, wiggles out of his collar and bolts!! The only thing going through my head is “Uhm… this dog is lost again, but this time doesn’t have a collar on him, and it’s my fault… NOOOOO!!.” Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news I started trudging through the foot high drifts of snow after Shawn. I see him a couple times but he doesn’t respond to my calls and whistles. After a few minutes I can tell he’s long gone again… I walk back to the house and ring the doorbell.

A younger man answer’s the door and was honestly shocked Shawn had run away. I told him the story about how he wriggled out of the collar and I was so sorry I couldn’t get him back. The owner just said he’d get his boots on to start looking but that I should go home. I offered to help, but he genuinely wanted none of it. I drove around the block anyways a few time’s but didn’t see any sign of Shawn.

Here is where this story get’s crazy… As I’m pulling into my driveway I see a dark shadow near my front door. I think it’s a package or something I missed earlier, better go and get it. I round the corner and… Shawn is sitting right next to my front door!
This dog ran away from his house, was found, stood his ground, and ran all the way back to my house! I just started laughing. Even better I opened up my car door and he just jumped right in!!!

I drove Shawn back to his owners house as he sat in my son’s car seat again. I went up to the owner who was surprised to see me so soon. I tell him I have a present in my car. He was speechless! The owner just picks up this huge dog and Shawn basically started licking his face off. I saw a little girl in the house start screaming and jumping when she saw Shawn. I’m not sure if that might be the reason he ran away… but at least he has a warm home that loves him.

TL;DR: Find a stray dog, lose stray dog, stray dog finds me, I save the day.

New Gallery

Paul Lemke — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:08:58 +0000

We’ve updated our gallery and are now using Picasa Web albums. The gallery we setup on our site is great, but picasa let’s us put our pictures online with 1 button click. Too easy.

Anyways… the new gallery link is at the top. Or here.

Kaylee Laughing Video

Paul Lemke — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:57:43 +0000

Oh man… she just couldn’t stop!

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Some new Kaylee videos

Paul Lemke — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:18:54 +0000

Here are a few of Kaylee’s new videos. You have to check out the YMCA one.

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Kaylee’s First Day Video

Paul Lemke — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:34:45 +0000

Here is a quick video of Kaylee’s First Day

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Kaylee Jo Lemke

Paul Lemke — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:44:22 +0000

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We had our first child today. Her name is Kaylee Jo Lemke, born at 2:54pm, 8lbs 7.6oz, and 19inches long. It was a hard long labor, but Michelle made and was it worth it! She is such a beautiful gift from God that we both are truly blessed!

Here are some pictures from today.

We’re Pregnant!

Paul Lemke — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:34:09 +0000

We’re Pregnant! We are due February 5th, 2009. So that makes us about 10 weeks and 4 days along. We are excited to see and hear God’s miracle. We heard the heart beat today for the first time! We also already have pictures of our baby. We are naming it “Suma” for now because Michelle’s belly will soon be as big as a Sumo Wrestler’s belly.

Here are some pictures:
http://www.paulandmichelle.net/gallery/album04

Lemke Road Trip 2007 Cont’d

Paul Lemke — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:57:23 +0000

We just passed through Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, and am now in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada stealing someone’s WIFI. We’ve uploaded a selection of our pictures in the gallery.
http://www.paulandmichelle.net/gallery/roadtrip2007

Lemke Road Trip 2007

Paul Lemke — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:52:29 +0000

We are only 2 days into our trip but have already taken 200 pictures! We are through the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Crazy Horse. We’re headed to Yellowstone for a while so we won’t be able to upload many pictures for a while. Here are the pictures:
http://www.paulandmichelle.net/gallery/roadtrip07

Sadie Dog

Paul Lemke — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:06:34 +0000

We’ve been wanting to get a dog for some time now… we finally got one! Her name is Sadie. We picked her up from a foster family this morning. She weighs 15 pounds and is 4 months old. She is a spaniel/labrador mix. She loves to run around and roll over. There are more pictures in the gallery.