btldreef
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My father and I are in a disagreement over a stray dog I found today....
On my way home from doing errands this afternoon, I saw this man walking down my street carrying a little brown dog in his arms. He was going door to door trying to see if anyone was it's owner or knew where it came from. I thought this was very nice, considering the neighbors in this area really don't speak to one another.
About 10 minutes later, this dog is on my front lawn. I look around, the man is gone. He couldn't find it's owner so he just let it go roaming around my street again. I was horrified. I live on a very dangerous street and cats and dogs get killed in front of my house quite often. I couldn't imagine someone doing this if my dog got loose.
So I took her into my yard and chained her, took some pictures of her and walked around the neighborhood for 3 hours trying to find it's owner. No one has ever seen this dog before. I came home, and decided that if she was going to be in my yard/house/anywhere near my dog, she needed to be flea dipped and checked out. I grew up in a house that bred dogs, etc, so at least I know what I'm looking at. I washed her, brushed her, cleaned out her ears, and placed her in a cage.
She is house broken, but doesn't know any commands and is getting along great with my dog (thank goodness because my dog doesn't like any other dogs!)
I gave up for this evening in the search for her owner, but did print some pictures and place them in peoples mailbox's with my phone number. No one ever really claims a lost pet around here though.
I called the pound, they won't take her, they're full. If I absolutely insist, they'll charge me $175, keep her for 2 days and then put her down if she's not claimed.
So, my dad thinks that I should just let her go again, and what happens happens. I just can't do this. I would be mortified if I found her flattened in front of my house in the morning. For the record, I don't live with my father, I live on my own w/ my husband, but my dad has strong opinions as to what I do, LOL, so it's not a matter of, "Well, it's his house."
What would you do?
On my way home from doing errands this afternoon, I saw this man walking down my street carrying a little brown dog in his arms. He was going door to door trying to see if anyone was it's owner or knew where it came from. I thought this was very nice, considering the neighbors in this area really don't speak to one another.
About 10 minutes later, this dog is on my front lawn. I look around, the man is gone. He couldn't find it's owner so he just let it go roaming around my street again. I was horrified. I live on a very dangerous street and cats and dogs get killed in front of my house quite often. I couldn't imagine someone doing this if my dog got loose.
So I took her into my yard and chained her, took some pictures of her and walked around the neighborhood for 3 hours trying to find it's owner. No one has ever seen this dog before. I came home, and decided that if she was going to be in my yard/house/anywhere near my dog, she needed to be flea dipped and checked out. I grew up in a house that bred dogs, etc, so at least I know what I'm looking at. I washed her, brushed her, cleaned out her ears, and placed her in a cage.
She is house broken, but doesn't know any commands and is getting along great with my dog (thank goodness because my dog doesn't like any other dogs!)
I gave up for this evening in the search for her owner, but did print some pictures and place them in peoples mailbox's with my phone number. No one ever really claims a lost pet around here though.
I called the pound, they won't take her, they're full. If I absolutely insist, they'll charge me $175, keep her for 2 days and then put her down if she's not claimed.
So, my dad thinks that I should just let her go again, and what happens happens. I just can't do this. I would be mortified if I found her flattened in front of my house in the morning. For the record, I don't live with my father, I live on my own w/ my husband, but my dad has strong opinions as to what I do, LOL, so it's not a matter of, "Well, it's his house."
What would you do?
