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GRRRR! Why don't people tag their dogs? **update**
Today after taking our dogs for a walk, we saw a lovely black dog wandering the streets, scared and obviously lost. After some convincing (and a few treats), we managed to get her to come to us. She was such a sweetheart, beautiful manners, very friendly after we got her calmed down. She had an adorable pink plaid collar on but NO TAGS!
So after asking around on the street, we decided to take her by our vet's office and see if she had a microchip. No such luck.
Well, unfortunately, we just aren't in the position to keep her while trying to find her owners. So we had to take her to the humane society. Hopefully her owners will look for her there, and we're going to put up some signs around here.
This is obviously a well-loved dog. So why on earth would you go to the trouble of putting a collar on her without some sort of ID? It would've been so easy for us to pick up the phone and say, "Hey, we have your dog." It just makes me nuts!
It broke my heart to have to leave her there. She was so confused about what was going on. I hope the owners find her and learn a lesson from this. Of course, we're going to be checking back everyday in the meantime to see if she makes it home.
Whew! I feel a *little* better now. (But not much.)
Today after taking our dogs for a walk, we saw a lovely black dog wandering the streets, scared and obviously lost. After some convincing (and a few treats), we managed to get her to come to us. She was such a sweetheart, beautiful manners, very friendly after we got her calmed down. She had an adorable pink plaid collar on but NO TAGS!
So after asking around on the street, we decided to take her by our vet's office and see if she had a microchip. No such luck.
Well, unfortunately, we just aren't in the position to keep her while trying to find her owners. So we had to take her to the humane society. Hopefully her owners will look for her there, and we're going to put up some signs around here.
This is obviously a well-loved dog. So why on earth would you go to the trouble of putting a collar on her without some sort of ID? It would've been so easy for us to pick up the phone and say, "Hey, we have your dog." It just makes me nuts!
It broke my heart to have to leave her there. She was so confused about what was going on. I hope the owners find her and learn a lesson from this. Of course, we're going to be checking back everyday in the meantime to see if she makes it home.
Whew! I feel a *little* better now. (But not much.)