06/17/2026
Okay WHEW 🐾
The white poodle that was spotted a month ago, on 5/17/26. We could've saved her then. When we say we can't CMM alone, we mean we can't CMM alone. We offered our help if we could get help from somebody to feed & water her. No takers. And she was clear across the city from us. Fast forward to 3 weeks later, on 6/8/26 there was another post of the poodle spotted in the desert. We then asked the poster Amanda Brown to message our page, which she did & the rest is history. We asked Amanda if she could put food & water out exactly where she saw the poodle which she did that afternoon. A dog will always be back for resources unless they're pursued out of the area & unless they're Mikey who was on the move & had us all over Rio Rancho for 2 months 😆 The next morning on 6/10/26 Amanda checked the food & it was gone so she replenished and food was gone again that evening. The next morning on 6/11/26 Amanda replenished & we got out there at about 4:00 pm that afternoon to put a camera & the food was gone. About 3 hours later at 6:59 exactly who we wanted it to be that was eating the food showed up. We couldn't believe our eyes 🥹 The next morning at the wee hour she showed up again. At about 7:30 that morning Amanda replenished. It was getting so hot in the desert, typical, Poodle didn't show up in all day. She was probably hunkered down somewhere trying to stay cool. That evening at about 7:00 we arrived onsite to put out the trap & zip tie the door open to see what we see. We always like to monitor the behavior when we introduce the trap, especially with big dogs. If they stretch in that can cause trip plate choas, then we'd have to use the ray tripper. Any who, we saw her in the distance watching us & she bolted in the opposite direction so we decided to drive through the desert in hopes of turning her around & head back to where we needed her which worked, she made her way back to the trap. By this time it was 7:54pm & getting dark. Without hesitation she followed her nose in the smelly contraption for the goodness. We had gone to eat & watched her effortlessly & oh so gracefully go in & out of the trap. We decided we didn't want to take any chances losing her so we went home took showers, put on our comfies, grabbed some pillows & blankets and went to camp out there for the night. When arrived onsite we cut off the zip ties on the door, rebaited & drove around the corner to a pull out area & made our bed in the truck & dozed off with one eye & one ear open & camera notification on max volume. We were tired. Poodle girl scored a good dinner & she must've been tired too because she didn't show up in all night until the sun was coming up. Our phones started dinged, guess who showed up for breakfast? She already knew the drill & followed her nose in to save herself. Whew. We were there in ONE minute. Poodle girl was relieved to be be in that trap. A kind man who was jogging by stopped & said she'd been out there a long time. He helped us load her and we hosted her for the weekend while we figured out next steps. We had a full house! Our 11, the 2 little owner died girls & Poodle girl. House full of love! She is not microchipped & a found report was made with the appropriate jurisdiction. Thank you Argos, A Shelter Dog Rescue for stepping up for sweet Poodle girl. While we'll never know sweet Poodle girl's story, we know she'll never have to live in the desert again 🥹 HUGE thank you to Amanda for also stepping up to help us get her supported. We can't CMM alone 🙏
