A dog followed me home

Over the past years I've developed a habit of running in the morning. Living here with our slow life style has made that a lot more enjoyable. Well today while I was at the begining of my run I was joined by a beautiful bassethound. Most people who know me know I love bassethounds (I grew up with them), and so I was friendly with him. I guess he likes running as well because he joined me for my entire run including all the way back to the house. At this point I wasn't sure what to do because I'm bad at turning animals away but knew he wouldn't be welcomed into our home. He had a collar but no tags, so I at least knew he belonged to someone. I open the door slightly because he wants to go in and am yelling for Nolan, but Nolan is too slow and he runs in the house anyways. I guess he thought he was home, and maybe should of been at home here, but by force I walked him down to where I found him and Nolan picked me up in the car and like some sad movie drove away as he chased us. My heart broke and I just hope he lives there and will join me for some more morning runs. I have missed having a running partner.