2 dogs, 1 dead battery

I was sitting at home all cozy watching tv when Nat calls me up on her way back from the gym. She had spotted a dog near our house playing with a cat by the side of the road and she was worried the dog might run into the street and get hit by a car. So I put on some shorts, got a towel, dog bowl and leesh and then waited for her to come home so we could go together in the Wrangler to rescue it.

When we got there it turned out what she had thought was a cat was actually another dog. They were both medium sized dogs and when they saw us they started barking and wagging their tails as if they were happy to get some company. They were playing on the grass near a puddle of water on one of those islands that are located near intersections (see picture below) and they seemed to be very friendly. When we got close one of the dogs came up to us and we started petting him but the other one kept his distance. I went back to the car to get a leash and the other dog that was keeping his distance crossed the road behind me and then ran off towards some buildings and disappeared. Nat was still petting the other dog and so I was able to get close and put the leash on him and then made him cross the road where we fed him some treats and gave him some water. We called Animal Friends and arranged a drop off location but as we were about to take off the car wouldn’t start. My Jeeps battery had died (I had just done a full service a week ago in which I would think they would have checked the battery condition at least).

Its always an awkward position to be in when the car doesn’t start but now I had a dog with me which made things more complicated. Luckily I was in my neighborhood so I called up this car electrician who is located near my place (thats what I love about Salmiya everything is near my place) and he came 5 minutes later and jump started my car. I then had to drive to his place and swap out my car battery while the poor dog waited in my trunk confused and scared with all these things going on around him. Finally around midnight I was able to get to the Animal Friends drop off point and hand them over the dog.

As always I would like to remind everyone that Animal Friends is a non-profit organization and they need donations to be able to keep rescuing all the animals. If you would like to donate click on the following link to find out how. [Donation Link]

Aug 29, 2009

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29 Comments, add your own...

1. curlysue | August 29th, 2009 at 1:35 am

Dogtanian the pet rescuer!
2. pinkdress | August 29th, 2009 at 1:56 am

that was really nice of u… personally, i am scared of dogs
3. !BOOJi | August 29th, 2009 at 3:37 am

Wow Sub7anallah 3 days ago my dog got hit by car but he survived
btw mark what happend to geo?
4. A.Albaz | August 29th, 2009 at 4:51 am

call it time to swith to optima batteries!
5. Ramez | August 29th, 2009 at 7:31 am

I saw these dogs before they were in front of my home, I gave them food one time and in the next day I didn’t find them in the same place.

Nice work Mark, God Bless you
6. Ramez | August 29th, 2009 at 7:33 am

Their first location here at the intersection between Haroun Al Rasheed and Baghdad St. I was about to take them to Animal Friends, But its your lucky day Mark to do that job, Keep on man
7. Mark | August 29th, 2009 at 10:21 am

Ramez: There is still one dog if you can get a hold of him somehow then you can take him to animal friends. Everytime i got closer he moved further away.

A.Albaz: I straight away started looking for Optima Battery dealers on my iPhone while I was waiting for electrician to come but since I had the dog with me I couldn’t just park the car at home and wait till the next day to go shop for a battery so I ended up installing whatever my electrician had which turned out to be AC Delco :(

http://twitter.com/mark248am/status/3609791625
8. Micky | August 29th, 2009 at 10:35 am

Great rescue! Hope the other little one can be rescued too.
9. Karen | August 29th, 2009 at 10:44 am

WELL DONE MARK!! Also thank you for writing up the blog about rescuing this dog! Making more peopel aware of helping animlas in Kuwait is the key! I hope the other dog can be rescued as well.
~Karen~
10. Eucser | August 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am

I printed out the map you drew and went to look for the other dog. I couldn’t find it.

Anyway – job well done!
11. KSA prisoner | August 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am

Animal Friends should not be referred to as rescuers but only an animal shelter. The people out collecting these animals and dropping them off at Animal Friends location are the real rescuers.

It would be nice if Animal Friends or another pet friendly organization could afford a mobile unit to actually rescue the animals in need.
12. gf | August 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

Well Done.
13. Mark | August 29th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

KSA: They do rescue animals, but they also get help from volunteers.
Here is their latest rescue
http://www.kspath.org/resources/Left%20to%20Die%20on%20Oha%20Islan.pdf

And here are previous rescues I’ve posted about
http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/the-bear-saved/
http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/an-amazing-rescue/
http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/animal-friends-league-rescue/
http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/way-to-go-animal-friends-league-of-kuwait/
14. B2 | August 29th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Your OPTIMA® retailers:

Kuwait Auto Parts Imports Co.W.L.L
PO Box 4296
13043 Kuwait
Safat (KW)
Phone: 00965 4812246
Fax: 00965 4828496
ssharma@kapicogroup.com
15. ariston | August 29th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

Good job Mark! Hope that the other dog well be rescue soon.
16. Kuwait | August 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

LOL @ comment no.10.
17. Ramez | August 29th, 2009 at 3:14 pm

Mark where is the other one located ?? same area what I mentioned or near by your home?
18. Mark | August 29th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

I don’t know if its still there. The map i drew is the intersection on Baghdad street where Mr Baker is located. Mr Baker would be bottom left on my map.
19. Ramez | August 29th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

yea thats where I live and there where I saw them and offered them the food, But I don’t see them anymore. they were 3, 2 exactly like the one u rescued and one more Beige color. I will keep looking for them.
20. Mark | August 29th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

u might have better luck in the evening since during the day its too hot for them to walk around.
21. Ramez | August 29th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

they used to lay down under the trees in that hot weather :(
that dude u found is so lucky because he is in a better place right now
22. Pyyth4 | August 29th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Wow that was sooo nice…well done!!! may god bless ya….

i think someone must write an article on you….seriously ;)

and why is it that ac delco batteries arent great ?
23. Holla | August 30th, 2009 at 2:14 am

AC delco batteries are shit bc they last just a bit longer than their 1-year warranty.
24. ls4 | August 30th, 2009 at 11:24 am

man, that one ugly dog picture mark :)
25. az4iz | August 30th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

Hey Mark, just wanted to ask, do you have another number for animal friends cause i keep calling them and one number is not picking up and the other is out of the 5idma
26. Mark | August 30th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

Mobile: 67001622
27. the boudoir. | August 30th, 2009 at 5:19 pm

heheh nice drawing of the street..and i think Animal Friends is an awsome organization and i support such causes
28. Desert Girl | August 31st, 2009 at 12:42 pm

The dog I brought them, Rocky Cuervo, is still looking for a home. He’s such a great dog.

Thanks for posting this, Mark. At first, I thought it was going to be another sad story about cruelty with 2 dogs and a battery used against them or something, so I was afraid to open it.

You reminded me that I needed to send another donation their way, so thanks!
29. Mark | August 31st, 2009 at 12:57 pm

ah sorry didn’t mean it to sound like a torture thing, was just trying to make it sound like 2 girls 1 cup

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