On Saturday, March 10, 2012, employee Paul Becker of Bend Garbage & Recycling and Deschutes Transfer was delivering a load of trash from the Alfalfa Transfer Station to Knott Landfill. As Paul was monitoring the trash come out of the drop box container, he noticed something moving and discovered it was a dog crawling out of the mounds of garbage. Paul quickly came to the rescue of the dehydrated and disoriented dog.Leo is a 13 year old Australian Cattle dog and was missing from his family in Alfalfa since March 6. Brian Stone who operates Deschutes Recycling at the landfill took Leo to the Humane Society of Central Oregon where they were able to match his description with a missing dog report from Leo's family.
Nobody knows how Leo got in the 50 yard drop box trash container but he is a very lucky dog and resting well with his family.
