On my next visit to the shelter-about a week later- I tagged along with Lida Esna-ashari for a ride. I spent a lot of time with the dogs. We got down and dirty—but it was well worth it. I was energized! On our drive back we noticed a dog on the side of the road, running like a Kangaroo! As we looked more closely, we noticed his back legs were tied!!! Lida pulled to the side of the road. We ran out and started walking towards the dog who was scared and ran away from us. We didn’t give up, and finally cornered him. Lida attempted to untie the plastic rope that was wrapped quite tightly around the poor dog’s legs and he was not able to free himself from it. I ran to a few guys who were hanging out down the way and borrowed a knife. Lida was finally able to cut the poor dog loose. The smell was foul and the dog had a big scar, as the rope had cut deep in to his skin! God only knows how long he’d been tied. We guessed perhaps since he was a puppy!