I got up to check on everything, and found that something had attempted to close NINA. That didn't make much sense to me. After I canceled the close request I suddenly found myself with a dog snout off to my right sniffing my face. At first I thought it was the property owner's dog, so I reached out and said 'Hello.' and felt fur that wasn't familiar. I saw the dog's face lit by the laptop screen, it was not the dog I was expecting. I did recognize it from seeing it hours before along the gravel road. My heart sank as I it seemed the poor dog had been abandoned, as often happens out that way.

The dog pulled back at my touch. So I retracted my hand and talked gently/softly to it, asking it if it had been abandoned, etc. It re appeared to my left side had resumes sniffing my face. It growled slightly when I moved a little to look and try and get the wet snout off my nose/eyes/mouth. It was concerning hearing the dog growl so close to my face... I talked some more to the skittish dog. I let the dog smell me as it felt it needed to for a while.

The dog turned very friendly soon after that. I felt large burs stuck in its coat all around its neck and head. It retreated when I stood. My heart sank, was it afraid of people, had it been mistreated, simply afraid of this unknown stranger (me) in its territory? It returned quickly, judging me to be 'okay' and let me feel its neck, no collar. That's often the case out away from the city. The dog kind of looked like a St. Bernard, nowhere near the size of one.

Clouds were approaching... the first of heavy overcast forecast the rest of the night, and following day, so I began packing up.

I found the dog's other pack member standing on top of a tornado shelter right about the time the first dog returned. Both were staring at me. I turned my flash light on the dog on top of the shelter... a large Labrador. It growled. I lowered the flash light and turned it off, and talked to the dog the same as I had to the first. The first dog rushed up to me and began to rub itself and nuzzle me, etc. The Lab came off the shelter and immediately began to beg for attention and whimper.

At this point I felt certain they'd been abandoned, and wondered what I how I could possible help them out. I had no food, or water.

I continued my packing, the Lab was very insistent on getting attention and interested in what I was doing, jumping up, licking my hands, face, etc. Like the other dog, it was very skittish. The simple act of taking the mount head off the tripod sent both darting away, only to return after deciding it wasn't anything going to harm them.

I texted the property owner to let them know some dogs were around, just in case. I picked up the power cord and began to draw it out in long loops. Both dogs disappeared, and I did not see them again. I talked to the property owner, it sounded like they were dog's from the next road to the west. Why they were left outside (it was near 12 am) on a cold winter night... The poor dog's really seemed to want/need someone to give them attention. I really hope someone does and they were just 'soaking up' any attention they could get 'just because' they were used to that.