Dog on wheels

This really happened.

A friend of the son of one of my work colleagues was house and dogsitting for a family in London whilst they were on holiday abroad. A few days into her stay, the dog died. Not wanting to phone the owners whilst they were on holiday, she phoned the vet and asked what she should do. The vet said that they could perform a post-mortem on the dog so that they could say it had died of natural causes (it was quite old) and then at least she would know she had done nothing wrong. The girl asked if they could collect the dog for her as she had no access to a car- the vet said that unfortunately they couldn't, she would have to find a way of getting the dog to them.

.....I know this is already sounding like a tall story, but it did really happen, and it gets even more incredulous.....

Realising she would have to travel on the tube to get to the vet, the girl had to work out how she was going to carry the dog, not particularly wanting to be seen lugging a dead animal around. So, what did she do? She found a suitcase on wheels, put the dog inside and wheeled it to the tube station! When she reached the station she started to struggle down the stairs to the platform, at which point a kindly gentleman offered his assistance. Having carried the case down the stairs, he asked the girl what she had in her case to make it so heavy- "You got a dead body in there or something?"!! Again not really wanting people to know she was carrying around a dead dog, she told him that her boyfriend was a DJ and she was taking some of his equipment to a gig for him....

.....wait for it, it gets better.....

..........at which point the man legged it with the case! She ended up having to report it to the police. I've no idea how she planned to explain that one to the owners.

This story actually made me cry laughing. I know it sounds far-fetched but I can guarantee it is genuine. I must find out what happened next!