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Originally Posted by texas*princess
I'm sure you've already done this, but if the dog didn't have a collar, did you take him by the vet to make sure he wasn't microchipped?
Lots of people who spend a lot of money on pure-bred dogs (even lots of people with mixed breeds) spend the $10 to get their dogs microchipped in the event that they get lost and lose their collar.
I only ask, because someone is probably missing their doggie right now  |
of course. I really feel like I did everything that I could possibly do. I put a found ad in the paper. I called the number on the dog's tag with no response (numerous times since Christmas Day). He has his last name on the tag and I called everyone in our phone book with that last name (luckily it wasn't all that common of a last name). No one knew of the owners. I felt bad calling these people on Christmas day, but I just knew someone was missing their dog and they might be having a large family gathering and someone would know who they were. I looked in the phonebook and their address is unlisted. I also called the vet clinics close to my house and no one had a record of him. We got in touch with animal control who checked the dog out and kept him for the required amount of time (7 days- plus the weekends and holidays- they also tried to contact the owners) and we officially adopted him. He wasn't microchipped before, but he is now! He also didn't have his rabies/immunizations tag. But he does now.
People have been known to drop animals off in our neighborhood hoping that someone will take them in. I don't know if that is what happened here, b/c it seems like they would have sold him.
As far as I'm concerned the previous "owners" do not deserve this dog. It is sad b/c he is an adorable, playful, young dog.
And by the way....We named him Blitzen.... "Blitz" for short. christmas and football theme.
