My wife was a dispatcher at Englewood PD for a while several years ago. She had a conversation with a fella that went something like this:

Wife: 911, what's your emergency?
Man: Day's a Chow running aroun here in da street. Can you do sump'in about dat?
Wife: Yes, sir. I'll get an animal control officer to your location. Where did you last see the dog?
Man: Ain't no damn dog, lady. It's a Chow. Why in de world would you want to call animal control when dis Chow is runnin' around widdout any supervision?
Wife: Well, sir, a Chow is a dog. Animal control deals with animals that are running loose.
Man: No! It's a Chow. A little boy...not a dog. He's all by hisself.
Wife: Oh! A child. OK. That's a different story.(end of confusing conversation)