One of the things we hate most are those screening programs, where we respond to an email and get a message that says something like “to control spam, we only reply to pre-approve email addresses” or something like that, which says no, we’re not accepting your email.

This is a cautionary tale of how it can go wrong.

Tim and Susan sent us this:

Red-brown chow mix dog lost Saturday, August 11, early afternoon from 1700 block of N Craig Ave.  Name is Rocky, has a silver chain collar.  Please call 626-673-0806 if seen.

And reader Trish sent us this:

I found a male chow wandering down Altadena Drive about a 1/2 mile up from the Eaton canyon entrance. He had a choke collar but no tags. I walked the neighborhood for a bit looking for a frantic owner but had no luck.

He is well behaved, groomed, clean teeth and has nice pads. Im sure he wasn’t out to long. With the heat as it is, I took him home to give him a safe, cool place to wait for his owners.

Can you put a posting up to help me find his people?

361.728.7399 is my cell

(Trish sent us the picture)

We decided to handle this thru email — but both party’s email addresses rejected our response.  So we’re handling it online.  One of you needs to call the other and get Rocky home!