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My friend Viki teaches at South High, and students are always bringing her stray dogs that wander onto campus. We are both at capacity, and can't take any more strays in, but we have kept some temporarily until we could find new homes for them, or return them to the rightful owners.

The latest dog was quite a handful--we called him Barkley, for obvious reasons. It wasn't his fault, but all of our other dogs hazed him, and ganged up on him, not to mention the cats. He was really a sweet guy but he had no choice but to stick up for himself.

I took him to the SPCA but they were full. Luckily, they said they could scan him for a microchip, and we hit the jack pot. The SPCA called the owners, who lived in Delano, and had been searching for Mojo. So, that was his name: Mojo.  I am going to miss Mojo, but Dusty, Delilah, Miles, Lester, William J. Shakespeare, Francis, Tyger, Felix, Raskind, and Samantha are relieved. It was getting a little crowded.

I wonder how he traveled all the way from Delano to South High in Bakersfield, but thanks to some amazing grace and a little microchip, he once was lost, but now is found. It is a good idea to get your pets microchipped. I have had several close calls with Delilah, who seems to think it is all some kind of game, and goes for a frolic whenever she slips out of her collar or slips out the gate. She does a little dance, and thinks it is the funniest thing to have me chase her all over town. I think the SPCA only charges $15 for a microchip.

Their address is:

3000 Gibson Street
Bakersfield, CA 93308

(661) 323-8353

www.bakersfieldspca.org