More found dog saga **Updated post 45 and 57**

[hollyclyff]

Where I live it is against the law not to contact the animal shelter to report a found pet. You can't legally just keep a found animal without reporting it to animal control. It would be considered theft. You don't have to turn it in and you can keep it if it isn't claimed, but you have to report it - legally.

Years ago I found a beautiful golden retriever. I contacted the shelter and filed a found dog report. I posted a found dog report in the local paper. No response. A month later, I called the shelter to tell them that I was keeping the dog. They went back through their records and lo and behold, there was a lost dog report matching his description that was filed within hours of my found report, but the shelter staff never put the two together. Also, the owners had posted a lost dog ad in a different paper. Anyway I returned the dog to his grateful owners. They had been looking for him, maybe not as hard as I would have been looking if it had been my dog, but they were looking.

Also, regarding scanning microchips. When I bred dogs I microchipped them in my name. So if those dogs are ever found and scanned, I will be contacted. If they have been dumped, I will take them back - unless whoever has found them is a suitable owner and wants to keep them. I would hope that shelters scan even owner surrenders just to be sure, but I'm betting they don't.

 

[SarahBeth9394]

So at what point does enough become enough. There's got to be a point where he has to keep the dog at home. That poor dog is black and at night it's just to hard to see black dogs when you're driving. I sure hope it doesn't get run over. Then there's the whole I don't care if the dog is nice or not it should not be roaming. It can get hurt or pick up bad habits like hunting small animals.

 

[Cherstin]

All I'm trying to say is that you can't take in a stray, make your house so entirely "fun" to this animal, and then expect it to want to stay at it's house. Of course it wants to get out now and go to your house! Think about it! It's a DOG. Of course it wants to be where the action is! Where the fun is! Now who isn't being fair? Now you've given this dog a reason for escaping it's yard! You're REWARDING the dog for getting out. A dog can't think logically ... all it knows is that if it gets bored, it will dig under or jump the fence, go to your house, and someone will play with it.

And NOW .... when the dog gets out and gets hit by a car on it's way to your house ... will you be HAPPY with yourself for encouraging and hoping that the dog would return to you? I don't think so.

It's not a love contest. I'm just saying leave that poor dog with it's family. So maybe they work. Maybe they're gone during the day. That doesn't mean they don't deserve a dog. Everyone treats their dogs differently. To some people, a dog is a working part of the farm. Does that mean it belongs better with a person who is a stay at home mom who will pamper the dog 24/7? Can a working dog not have a place in it's owners heart?

You seem like a great person and it's obvious you care ... I just can't understand why you have to be fixated on someone else's pet and you won't open your eyes to see a dog that needs you at the shelter.

 

[CrazyChickieMama]

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the thing is, she's not going into this person's yard and enticing the dog out with a steak...i understand that her house might seem more fun to dog, but it won't be HER fault should the dog get out again and get hit by a car...saying that it will be her fault is just mean. if you don't like what you're reading, MOVE ON to another subject. quit harassing the OP because you don't like what's going on. thanks.

 

[Cherstin]

I just don't understand what's wrong with a shelter dog or, again, if you care so much about the welfare of this dog take the time to show the owners how to train the dog to stay in their yard. So many dogs that no one wants are put to sleep each day ... I just don't understand.

 

[rhondapiper]

We had a black lab that showed up at our house regularly when I was a kid- she liked us, and when she got away from home she'd come visit. We'd call the owners and they'd come get her. But we didn't take that to mean that they didn't care about her or that she hated her home, they couldn't be with her 24 hours a day, so when she got bored, she came to see us.

I don't think the dog returning to your house means she wants to live there, necessarily, but rather, that it is fun to go to your place when hers is boring.

I'd continue to call back the owners when she shows up, and keep reiterating my offer to keep her. And if it seems like it won't work out, go get a new dog since you have the room in your life for one and so many are in need of homes.

 

[horsejody]

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The point is that she wasn't looking for a dog. This one keeps coming to her home and now she has a bond with it. It's not like she was just shopping for a dog and picked this one out. It's not so hard to understand.

 

[Ducklove334]

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you're NOT getting the picture, once a dog learns how to get out, it'll do everything it can to get out, who DOESN'T know how to tie a dog so that it can't escape?

my grandfathers old dog,when he was a puppy, he leanred he could climb the fence to his kennel, and then he'd meet my grandpa at the front door LOL.



even an extra 3 feet of flimsy fencing didn't stop him from climbing up and over, even TYING him IN his kennel, didn't help and he nearly hung himself multiple times by trying to climb the fence.

there was NOTHING fun about him getting loose, he was scolded,spanked, and tied back up.

he simply wanted to BE with my grandfather.

as this dog SIMPLY wants to be with someone who will love on it.

saying "dogs do not think rationally" do not under estimate an animal, what are people?, Animals

now, and for YEARS he's been on a run, tied between two posts.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

You know, I've been following this thread for a while and it was cute when you didn't know who the dog belonged to but now I just think it's getting weird and selfish.

If I put my dog in the middle of a circle of exciting, new-smelling strangers and if I wave my hands out to call my dog and the child across from me is waving a steak and calling my dog, my dog will probably go investigate the steak. Does that mean that even for that second that my dog doesn't love me and trust me and want to be with me? No. It means that my dog was checking things out, making friends, having fun.

You yourself said that the dog was in good shape. She's not been chained outside her whole life. She's not been neglected. She obviously has shown manners which means that someone has spent time with her. Just because they weren't ecstatic to see her ... well maybe that 9 year old girl has had her heart broken by her dog running away chasing cats and she's afraid to love the dog as much as she once did, thinking one of these times she might not come back. Have you ever thought of that?The shelter is full of animals who DO need homes and love. This dog, despite what you might convince yourself of, has a loving home. She's chipped, she wears a collar, she's well fed, she's not mangy or matted. Go adopt a dog that needs a family to save it's life and let these people be happy with their dog. If you really want to do a good thing, volunteer your time to work with the family to help train their dog to not chase cats. I think you're just trying to turn this into a Lifetime movie and it's not. And what you said about never getting another stray scanned? That's disgusting. Think about what you're saying. You're stealing someone's pet.

This was kind of harsh, she doesn't deserve that comment...she did exactly what she should have done IMO...not everyone would take in a stray dog and care for it...most would just leave it on the street thinking it will find it's way home. I think she did the right thing and if the dog goes back to her obviously your going to get attached and THINK something must be wrong...even if there isn't anything wrong, just a normal reaction. I give her credit for doing what she did.​

 

[Cherstin]

She didn't do anything wrong? She held on to the dog for a week, took care of it, fell in love with it, got support from her friends on the forum ... heck, go check! I posted to the thread, too, trying to think of a name for this beautiful dog! There's nothing wrong with that! But she could've taken the dog to the shelter on day one, had the dog scanned, she would've saved herself the heartbreak of falling in love and not wanting to give the dog up. She WANTS this dog for her own reasons ... it's not fair to the other family.

I don't always think about being in other places where runs and tie-outs are allowed. Here in Florida it's illegal to leave your dog tied out. I'm not saying she's a mean person, I think her helping this dog was terrific! Like I said, check the other posts! I even posted my own story of my cattle dog that ran away ... I saw her again almost a year later and I saw how happy she was and I left her with her new family (and I had posted numerous ads in the paper, on Craigs, flyers, you name it). There is a time to relent and realize that your dog may be happier with a family better-suited. But IMO when she asked and the owner said no, that's it! Bottom line! And when that dog gets out and comes to your house you have to realize that YOU "taught" that dog that it was acceptable to do that and your behavior will continue to "teach" the dog that it's okay to do that as long as you continue to lavish it with love and praise when it gets out!

I agree the dog needs to stay in the fence! But what I'm saying is don't read something into the fact that the dog ISN'T staying in the fence. It doesn't mean she loves you better ... but she does need someone to teach her or teach the family. Why will you only take the time to help this dog if she's "YOUR" dog?