Two Little Dogs

I'm not sure if anyone else would find this strange, but I do. On Thursday, I was driving to work on the new bypass. Running down the right-hand side of the road, going in the opposite direction of traffic was a small Dachshund. He was black and seemed very friendly. He seemed to belong to someone as he had on a little collar. He was just running like he was going to play somewhere. I thought it was sweet but didn't think much of it.

Yesterday, I took a different route to work. I went up Quintard. Right about the block where Wendy's is, I saw another Dachshund running down the right-hand side of the road, going in the opposite direction of traffice. This time, it was a lighter, almost blondish color. It seemed really cute but I didn't see a collar.

I wouldn't normally think anything at all about seeing dogs running down the side of the road, stray or not. I just don't expect to see two little Dachshunds running down the side of the road. While they are very smart and can be very fast, Dachshunds just don't normally seem like the kind of dogs that venture out as much as Labs or German Shepherds. They don't normally travel out too far. Both of these dogs were alone and definitely traveling somewhere. In general, I think of Dachshunds as only going as far as their yards when they have to use the bathroom or their backyards for playing, not running down the Anniston bypass or on the corner of Wendy's on Quintard.

I suppose I just have to wonder what exactly is going on? Was it just a coincidence or is God trying to tell me that I need to adopt a little Dachshund? I just thought it was neat that this happened to me at two completely different times, on different roads; yet, two days in a row!