04-10-2011, 02:47 AM
Obie,
He had been trapped in the thick jungle for two days where our fence meets the catty corner neighbors' fence. Two days of crying, whining, howling, and baying. When I finally went in and got him out he attached himself to my heels and would not leave. There are multiple aggressive male pit bulls loose on our road who would have beaten him up given the chance. This was also in a heavy downpour at night by that time, so we put him in one of our crates for the night and attempted to find the owners.
The odds of him finding his way back home unharmed were slim to none, he only wanted to be in our yard with a friendly person. We did not "bring him into a hostile environment" he was safe, fed, had access to water (he was amazingly thirsty and hungry when we got him) and by carefully shuffling dogs between the house, laundry room and crate, he was never at risk from my dogs. But we could not keep him until we could find the owner, because our dogs did not want to share there territory with this dog, and 4 is way too many dogs to deal with. We also do not have a way to check if he was micro chipped, the Humane society does. They informed us that because of his age, breed, and personality he would be an excellent candidate for adoption if they can't reunite him with his owner.
Carol
edited for typo
He had been trapped in the thick jungle for two days where our fence meets the catty corner neighbors' fence. Two days of crying, whining, howling, and baying. When I finally went in and got him out he attached himself to my heels and would not leave. There are multiple aggressive male pit bulls loose on our road who would have beaten him up given the chance. This was also in a heavy downpour at night by that time, so we put him in one of our crates for the night and attempted to find the owners.
The odds of him finding his way back home unharmed were slim to none, he only wanted to be in our yard with a friendly person. We did not "bring him into a hostile environment" he was safe, fed, had access to water (he was amazingly thirsty and hungry when we got him) and by carefully shuffling dogs between the house, laundry room and crate, he was never at risk from my dogs. But we could not keep him until we could find the owner, because our dogs did not want to share there territory with this dog, and 4 is way too many dogs to deal with. We also do not have a way to check if he was micro chipped, the Humane society does. They informed us that because of his age, breed, and personality he would be an excellent candidate for adoption if they can't reunite him with his owner.
Carol
edited for typo
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb