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I posted a little about this in the grooming forum, but I thought I'd post some pics and stuff here 
Yesterday I went out for break at work and there was this poor little guy wagging his tail at me, he started hobbling over to me and I saw that he only has three legs, missing the front left. SO friendly! Extremely muddy, the fur on the back of his legs was completely matted and filled with sticks, same with his bushy tail. We see lots of dogs around the back of where I work (the area for us evil smokers), but this guy nobody had ever seen before. One of the owners of the company I work for was out there with me so he agreed to put the dog in the shop area until I left work so I could take him home with me for a while if the SPCA had no reports on the dog being lost.
The SPCA had nothing, I took him in and they scanned him for microchips and nothing. The did discover he is spayed though! I've posted ads on three local classifieds, Facebook and am going to call the vets today, or perhaps drive him in to show him to the staff, hopefully someone will recognize him.
He moves like he isn't used to only having three legs, but according to the SPCA, it looks like its been over a year, but he is fairly overweight, so that probably accounts for his poor movement.
Caeda is doing admirably with him!! She has gotten rough a couple of times, but has been easy to call off. She's gotten a growl and a snap or two, but nothing serious. Considering how scared the poor guy must be, that's not so bad. We're keeping them separated mostly, I'm slightly worried about her catching something, though thankfully she is fully vaccinated and healthy so the chances are pretty low.
Any thoughts on what he might be? When he's happy and friendly that big bushy tail goes over his back.
He smells really REALLY bad, I've been working on getting the mats/thatchiness out of his hair so I can bathe him, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get through it all before we take him to the SPCA. My DH (who has been so sweet to not get mad that I brought this guy home without consulting him first) and I have agreed that we're only going to keep him for a few days, until probably Saturday so long as the SPCA has room that day. We have to set a limit, if we did get another dog it would have to be better suited to Caeda, she's already frustrated that this poor guy can't play because he's so off balance. I can't find anything he is interested in playing with, though that might just be because he is scared.
It just baffles me that someone would go through the expense and care to have a dog amputated, but either let him live outside in a yard (which might explain the state of his coat, that didn't happen in a day) or not attend to him to keep him from running away.
It'll be hard when/if I meet the owners to not give them a shake and say "Really!!! Your overweight, slow three legged dog RAN AWAY!!!!" Oh well, my big goal is to get him clean before he goes back to his owners, and hopefully not back to the SPCA.
Anyway, just thought I'd share this sweetie, I'll update if I find his owners!!
Yesterday I went out for break at work and there was this poor little guy wagging his tail at me, he started hobbling over to me and I saw that he only has three legs, missing the front left. SO friendly! Extremely muddy, the fur on the back of his legs was completely matted and filled with sticks, same with his bushy tail. We see lots of dogs around the back of where I work (the area for us evil smokers), but this guy nobody had ever seen before. One of the owners of the company I work for was out there with me so he agreed to put the dog in the shop area until I left work so I could take him home with me for a while if the SPCA had no reports on the dog being lost.
The SPCA had nothing, I took him in and they scanned him for microchips and nothing. The did discover he is spayed though! I've posted ads on three local classifieds, Facebook and am going to call the vets today, or perhaps drive him in to show him to the staff, hopefully someone will recognize him.
He moves like he isn't used to only having three legs, but according to the SPCA, it looks like its been over a year, but he is fairly overweight, so that probably accounts for his poor movement.
Caeda is doing admirably with him!! She has gotten rough a couple of times, but has been easy to call off. She's gotten a growl and a snap or two, but nothing serious. Considering how scared the poor guy must be, that's not so bad. We're keeping them separated mostly, I'm slightly worried about her catching something, though thankfully she is fully vaccinated and healthy so the chances are pretty low.


Any thoughts on what he might be? When he's happy and friendly that big bushy tail goes over his back.
He smells really REALLY bad, I've been working on getting the mats/thatchiness out of his hair so I can bathe him, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get through it all before we take him to the SPCA. My DH (who has been so sweet to not get mad that I brought this guy home without consulting him first) and I have agreed that we're only going to keep him for a few days, until probably Saturday so long as the SPCA has room that day. We have to set a limit, if we did get another dog it would have to be better suited to Caeda, she's already frustrated that this poor guy can't play because he's so off balance. I can't find anything he is interested in playing with, though that might just be because he is scared.
It just baffles me that someone would go through the expense and care to have a dog amputated, but either let him live outside in a yard (which might explain the state of his coat, that didn't happen in a day) or not attend to him to keep him from running away.
It'll be hard when/if I meet the owners to not give them a shake and say "Really!!! Your overweight, slow three legged dog RAN AWAY!!!!" Oh well, my big goal is to get him clean before he goes back to his owners, and hopefully not back to the SPCA.
Anyway, just thought I'd share this sweetie, I'll update if I find his owners!!