My dog-napping (or dog-rescuing, take your pick) wife brought home a pair of runaways today. They appear to be "mama & son", and are Miniature Pinschers. Which I am told are rather expensive dogs.The pup has a tag, which even has a telephone number on it. Alas, the lady who answered tells us she's only had that number for about 3 months, and gets lots of calls for the previous number-owner.
So, the "Found Dog" signs are up, and here's hoping these two weren't dumped. If they were, hopefully we'll have an easier time unloading them then Liz's two previous "acquisitions", which were both Pit Bull pups.
We'll call these two Pepe and Mimi. BTW, I never gave the final outcome of Poochie, Liz's last bring-home. After 10 days of no one claiming him, I finally persuaded a friend of Jason's to take him. They hit it off immediately, but alas, said friend had to move into an apartment a week later, and it was a "No Pets" deal.
This had the making of another family crisis, as Liz wanted to bring Poochie back here, and I, along with our three resident mutts, said "No!!" But there was a happy ending to the story, as the friend found a relative to take Poochie. So Poochie, who is now named Mustache (don't ask. it's a long story), did finally get a happy home. For you sentimental dog-lovers, you can see a picture of Poochie/Mustache here.
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My mom brought in strays all the time, but could never get rid of them. Mostly they were dumped animals so it wasn't like they had homes. I grew to loathe animals because of that. I've told my kids were never getting pets, and I'm now suffering through the couple weeks of dogsitting that we agreed to do for my dad and stepmom. Only two weeks to go...
the problem is twofold. first, there's about 5 million too many dogs in the US in a normal year.
second, there's a slew of extra people dumping family dogs right now due to home foreclosures, etc. some drop off their dogs at the pound, but that of course is a death-sentence. so i think a lot of folks just leave them where they know people will find them quickly.
i fear that's the case here, but we'll see. nobody's called yet. in another 24 hours, "Found Dogs" will change to "Free To A Good Home".
My dog, 'Minton', was very naughty and ate a shuttlecock.
Bad Minton.
Regardes,
Jacques Russle
a shuttlecock, eh, Jacques? it is obvious that you have a "bird dog".
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