Senior dog left on someone’s lawn with the saddest note

“Please take care of my dog. I love her so much.” No Images? [Click here]( May 18, 2018 Good morning! Today we have a dog abandoned with the saddest note, a squirrel who left a huge surprise in someone’s car and a squirrel who broke into a home — and got stuck in the strangest place. 1. Senior Dog Left On Someone's Lawn With The Saddest Note Photo Credit: Royal Animal Refuge Last week, someone dumped a 13-year-old dachshund mix named Reese on someone's property in Fayetteville, Georgia. They also left a handwritten note. “I hope whoever gets this [will] please take care of my dog,” the note said. “I love her so much, but I don’t have time for her … I wish I didn’t have to do this, but I have four kids and no time for her.” Fortunately, the lady who lived on the property found Reese and took the little dog home into her home. While this lady couldn’t keep Reese herself, she wrote a post about the dog in a private Facebook group, and someone tagged Royal Animal Refuge, a local rescue group and shelter. “When we heard about it, obviously we were upset,” Mariel Weigand, shelter director for Royal Animal Refuge, told The Dodo. “But at the same time, we thought, ‘Maybe they just didn’t know what to do or who to turn to.’” “One of our animal control facilities does not take surrenders, so it makes it very hard when you can’t find a rescue, and you don’t have anywhere to go,” Weigand added. Weigand asked one of Royal Animal Refuge's veteran foster carers, Robyn Klein, if she’d take care of Reese until they found her a home. But when Klein’s mother, Suzy Reeves, laid eyes on Reese, she knew there was something special about the little dog. “[Klein’s] mom is an older lady … and she just recently lost her baby [dog] a few months ago, so she stepped up to foster,” Weigand said. “Robyn said her mom is so in love with Reese already.” Photo Credit: Royal Animal Refuge Initially, Reeves was only going to foster Reese, but she ended up adopting her instead — it was official as of Tuesday. “She’s very happy to give her a home,” Weigand said. “She told me she’s going to be loved, and it’s a happy ending for Reese.” 2. Guy Hears Funny Noise And Can't Believe What He Finds In His Car Photo Credit: Facebook/Gabe Awrey For squirrels, searching for the perfect place to hide your food is a constant battle — but one mischievous rodent thought she’d found the perfect hiding place. On Friday, Gabe Awrey was at his job in Gaylord, Michigan, when his boss and friend, Kellen Moore, invited him to step outside. Moore and Awrey walked out to the parking lot, and Moore opened the hood of his Dodge Journey. Awrey looked on in disbelief at the huge stash of pine cones surrounding every part of the engine and wiring. “My boss discovered the pine cones after he had gotten to work and realized his car was making a weird sound after he tried turning the AC on,” Awrey told The Dodo. “He proceeded to open up the engine bay and discover all 50 pounds of pine cones.” Awrey snapped a photo of the remarkable sight and posted it to his Facebook page along with a warning to all car owners. “Remember to check your engine bays this time of year!” Awrey wrote on Facebook. “The squirrels are sneaky. This was my friend’s car today!” The two set to work carefully removing the sticky pine cones from the engine bay — a task that took approximately 45 minutes. “Literally every free space in that engine bay was FILLED,” Awrey continued on Facebook. “The heat from the engine opened all of these bad boys up too, making them lodged in some places.” Despite their hard work, the car is still not completely pine cone-free. “There's still some stuck in the bumpers in the inside [of] the wheel wells,” Awrey said. “His car is only a month old, he bought it used, and there was nothing in the engine when he checked it out. The car still works fine though.” The two agreed that squirrels were most likely to blame for the mess. Though pine cones may not seem like a tasty treat, the nutrient-rich seeds hidden beneath the tough exterior are worth the work. Though they can be difficult to extract in the winter, as the weather turns warm, pine cones open up and release their “pine nuts.” Squirrels don’t always store their stash underground or in trees — sometimes they find other, more difficult-to-reach places for their caches to outsmart their competitors. A well-insulated car must have seemed like the ideal hiding place. In just a few short days, Awrey's post has gone viral, with over a thousand shares. It has even inspired some other Facebook users to post images of their own unfortunate run-ins with wildlife. Photo credit: Facebook/Susan Bryant It seems cars can attract all sorts of little critters — and in particular, under the hood can seem like the perfect warm, protected place for nests. As anyone who has ever found one of these hiding places can attest, it can be quite the experience. Sometimes, mother squirrels can even build nests inside car engines during the spring breeding season. To rid a car of squirrels without breaking up the family, the Toronto Wildlife Center recommends using “humane harassment” — such as popping the hood, shining bright lights under the car, playing talk radio and bombarding them with unpleasant smells, such as rags soaked in apple cider vinegar or soiled kitty litter, until Mom decides to relocate somewhere safer. According to Awrey, finding a squirrel's secret stash is fairly common in Michigan. “But only in the terms of finding acorns in your air filters and whatnot,” Awrey said. “This has never happened to him before.” After all that hard work, it’s too bad the squirrel’s carefully-collected food store drove away. 3. Squirrel Breaks Into House — And Gets Trapped In Worst Possible Spot Photo Credit: RSPCA It was just a normal day at home for some college roommates in Southwark, England, on Sunday — until one of them went to use the bathroom and found a squirrel in the toilet. Clearly in distress, the animal was thrashing around, and completely soaked in toilet water. The friends called the RSPCA and officer Kirstie Gillard rushed to the apartment to help the unlucky critter. Gillard grabbed a nearby mop and placed the handle into the toilet, and the squirrel instantly reached out his paws and held on. No one knows how long he had been stuck in the toilet — but it was clear he was exhausted from trying to escape on his own. After being lifted to safety, the squirrel let Gillard check him for injuries and wrap him up in a towel. Aside from being a bit soggy, he appeared to be OK, and was able to scurry away unscathed later that day. Photo Credit: RSPCA “I think he must have come into the house through the roof and slipped into the toilet,” Gillard said in a press release. “Fortunately, the squirrel wasn’t injured at all and I could release him back into the wild where he belongs.” For Gillard, who is fairly used to finding animals in the strangest situations, this was definitely a first. “It was certainly one of the most unusual rescues I’ve ever carried out,” she said. “I did rescue a bat stuck in the plughole of a sink last year, but I think this one takes the crown.” And after his unexpected dive, it’s safe to say this little squirrel will be steering clear of the porcelain throne from now on. Guy Saves Unconscious Bunny From Lake [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( The Dodo 100 Crosby St., 201 New York, NY 10012 [Forward]( [Unsubscribe](