Miami 0 #26 October 21, 2004 Geez, you would think someone who takes a strange and obviously lost dog in to their home to ensure it a warm, loving, and fed environment instead of letting it wander about to get hit by a car would get a little more slack. He is trying to find the owners, hell, he is outside playing with her in the lawn all the time...if she were itching to go home she would have done it by now. I can certainly say he is doing more for this pup than I would have, but I'm not a dog person. And hey...name her Deogee. Miami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gordy 0 #27 October 21, 2004 Doing the right thing dude! As I know I would be gutted if I lost my cat, so any decent owner will be out looking, and if the dog was being abused, then the owners probably won't be looking so either way I hope it works for the best... Keep us posted. gordy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivegirl 0 #28 October 21, 2004 Another idea... Browse the Dog Lost Ads AND place a Dog Found Ad on Petfinder.com.Pink Mafia Sis #26 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #29 October 21, 2004 QuoteAnd another idea... *** Put some non photo flyers at the local 'Cop Shop' and shelter...that's the first place I would go if my dogs got away.. It's a tough call, looks like a good dog! Here's a PIC of 'our' little lost dog...( brown one ) We live next to a woods and assholes are always dumping dogs off to die... we do what we can when we find them alive. Had as many as five here once awaiting adoption... This girl crawled up to the door a 2am in a thunder storm, less than 6 weeks old at the time, brought her in... and she crawled into the dog bed with the big guy. I put flyers up for a week, but.....now she owns us! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivegirl 0 #30 October 21, 2004 THAT is the cutest picture EVER! Pink Mafia Sis #26 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #31 October 21, 2004 How long have you lived in your house? We had a cat that disappeared for few years and then showed up back at home one day. Possibly it was the former owner's dog and they came home? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #32 October 21, 2004 My house is a new build. It's only two years old and I am the only owner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #33 October 21, 2004 "Found" ads always used to be free, and I'm sure there are local agencies you can notify as well. Personally, I'd do that instead of signs around the neighborhood. The people who lost their dog would be posting signs and calling all the local shelters and agencies. When we lost a cat, that's what we did. It turned out a senile neighbor was holding him hostage for 2 weeks, not even treating him well and we were pissed. (But there isn't much you can do to a 90 year old woman with an addled brain!) We "found" a beagle once and ran ads for months, even kept her in our garage with the door ajar for a long time just in case she was like Lassie and on her way home. (Had to bring her in when we found out she was going outside in the middle of the night baying at the moon and waking all the neighbors! Up til then, we thought the poor thing was mute! Never made a sound during the day!) She stayed with us for another 10 years or so. Oh, and I don't know where you live, but the beagle came to us a month or so after some devasting tornadoes went through the area, and that's probably how she became homeless. We could tell from her condition she'd been on her own for a while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casurf1978 0 #34 October 21, 2004 You're doing the right thing with putting up flyers w/o the dogs picture or descrpition on it. You can also ask the caller if he or she has any pictures of the dog too for more proof. If I lost my dog I would be putting up flyers with her pictures on it and calling animal shelters, vets all around my neighbor hood. Also look at it this way. IF the dog had no ID tags on her whats that say about the owner. Either way you're doing the right thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #35 October 21, 2004 Tags and collars can come off pretty easily, and dogs can sneak out and go a pretty good distance before you realize they're missing and THEY realize they're lost. It happens, so try not to pass judgment on the owners. Of course, people also abandon and abuse their animals. Still, you should assume every stray has a family and make every effort to reuinte them. (That Lassie movie can STILL choke me up when I see it!) Sounds like Spizzarko is trying to do that, but he's proceeding with caution because he feels like this dogs has been through some tough times. Keep us posted! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
