Stray Dog :[

KELLILOVESJOSH

I was talking to my neighbor today about this stray dog in the neighborhood. Apparently one of the neighbors started feeding this stray dog, he's really skiddish so I'm guessing they just fed him and that's it. The neighbor who was feeding him has been in the hospital for months, they haven't been home, they have another house closer to the hospital I guess. Anyway another neighbor started feeding him, and has been trying to "catch" him to take him to the animal rescue place in town. I feel so bad for him. Everyone says he won't let them near him but he came right to me today. He looks so sad I could cry. He let me pet him and I checked him for ticks. Poor baby! I wish I could just keep him but I'm afraid because I have small children, I haven't been around him enough to judge his temperament. Sorry for the long post. I just feel so bad for this poor baby, you can tell he's older and I'm afraid he'll end up being put down because its hard to find people who want to adopt older dogs.
My hormones are crazy and I'm just sitting here crying over this doggy.

2010weddinggal

Catch him sweetie put him your yard, and call animal control. they will feed him, give him vet care and then give him time to adjust to see if he is adoptable.

Skylight21

If he will come to you then catch him. I agree with PP call animal services and they will take care of him. Or if you judge him and he is good with your kids then you have a new pet!

zxifnswdjdfn

2010weddinggal:

Catch him sweetie put him your yard, and call animal control. they will feed him, give him vet care and then give him time to adjust to see if he is adoptable.

 

There are stray cats near my grandma's house that she feeds. Here, animal control just puts the animals down. Except the kittens, in which case they try to adopt out. They have a program to spay the adult cats but they can only take so many of them. It's awful. If they are sick or old they are put down. If they are relatively healthy but not a baby, they just release them back into the yard. Kittens are adopted out. It's horrible.

But I don't know what choice you have with the dog. Maybe you could feed him?

KELLILOVESJOSH

Thanks guys, we have one no kill shelter nearby. I'm going to see what my options are, I'd be afraid to try to take him I'm myself, he's a big dog. He needs to be vet checked and neutered anyway. Poor thing will be lucky If he doesn't have heartworms. I hope it works out, I'd love to be able to keep him. We will see. I'm going to stop crying now ha

KELLILOVESJOSH

Soozerella:

Do you have a yard?nbsp; maybe feed him and keep him in the yard tonight..nbsp; Sometimes on petfinder you can find local foster places and contact them to ask for advice.nbsp;

We do but it's not fenced we have a few acres, there are a few individuals locally I've found on FB who find fosters.If the no kill shelter wont keep him, I'll look into that. I'm thinking it will help since I'm willing to pay for the vet care.

zxifnswdjdfn

Soozerella:

We are crazy chase after dogs in the street people, so I totally understand.  Our pup was adopted from a foster home, so i'm a crazy advocate of them.  I hope he/she finds a good home and once it's not spooked it calms down!  I would be freaked out if people were chasing me around all the time too.  

 

I will say this: every animal that we ever took in off the streets, out of the wild, or saved from abusive owners has been a great animal. The one animal my family got from a pet store ended up being a puppy mill dog with behavioral and severe health problems including prolapsed uterus and a brain tumor. She ended up having to be put down after mauling my younger sister.

My family has rescued 3 dogs (a chihuahua who's owner couldn't take care of him, an eskimo dog who was being beaten and chained up, and a shih tzu who was literally thrown from a moving truck in a garbage bag). We've also rescued several cats (one was hit by a car. She was permanently brain damaged, but did very well, learned to eat, drink, groom herself again. She was a sweet cat. Then a momma cat who found her way into my grandparents' basement and had 4 kittens, all of which died. After my grandmother brought her in, she had another little of 4 kittens. One died, one was adopted by her coworker, another was adopted by my cousin, and my sister and I got the last one, who was my pet growing up. Another jumped in the boat while two of my uncles were fishing and stuck with us after that. One was saved from some a-hole ritualistic animal torturers. Felt so bad for that cat. And the other was from my godsister's momma cat when they had to give them away.)

I'd say we have a good track record with rescuing animals as opposed to buying them.

firstbaby55033

I cried just reading this. I was at my dads apartment this last weekend and there was a cat in the hallway so it had to be someones. I feed it, knocked on every door until I found the owner, he was very happy. I can't imagine how the owner was feeling. I hope that dog finds a great home.

imrachellea

I'm a chase after stray lady too. Growing up, people ALWAYS dumped animals on my street because it was by the river and on the outskirts of town. When I lived at home, my dog and 3 of our 5 cats were strays. Right my, my parents have 4 cats that were all former strays.

If you can catch him and either keep him or foster him, do it! Right now I'm sitting here begging DH to stop telling me stories of animals at our local humane society. There was a story about it on the news this morning so he's reading all theb dogs' stories. We are not in the market to add a dog to our house, not with one already. But man if it came to rescueing a dog ourselves? In a heartbeat.

adawn1981

Poor pup!  If you cannot keep the dog, please call a no kill shelter or try to find a foster parent for the dog.  Animal control will kill.  You are doing a great thing by helping this dog out   And yes, rescue dogs make great pets!