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Original poster

To be concerned about neighbors dog

14 replies

ChocoCrocc · 02/05/2019 09:10

Admittedly I'm a bit OTT obsessed with my own pets and animals in general so maybe I'm being a bit precious about this.

We haven't lived in our house long but around a week ago, I was leaving for work and saw a dog wondering down the road (busy main road). I waited for a minute or two to see if the owner appeared but when they didn't I got out and this dog came straight over and was super friendly. I got him on a lead and knocked on a few doors up the road.

Quite a way up the road a lady pointed me to the house it belonged to (a few doors down from me) and said that it's constantly getting out and the people there are never appreciative when you bring it back.

I took it to the house and no one answered so in the end I had to drop him at my local vets as I was already late for work by this point!

Later on that evening, I was walking my own dog and bumped into another lady that I often see on my walks and who also lives on our road. She told me that someone had just knocked on her door and asked if this dog they'd found running down the road was hers. I showed her a picture of the one I found that morning and it was the same dog.

Fast forward to last night when someone knocked on our door with the same dog asking if it was ours!

I don't like to judge, really I don't. But we live on a busy main road and this is obviously a common occurrence, I'm worried it's going to end up dead one day!

At the same time, I don't like to get involved in other people's business so don't feel it's my place to say anything.

WWYD?

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StuckInsideAnEcho · 02/05/2019 09:20

Ring the RSPCA. It almost sounds like they want it to be stolen or hit by a car.

Baloonphobia · 02/05/2019 09:24

Drop it off at the pound. We did this with a neighbours dog that was constantly on the busy main road. They got a scare and had to pay to get him back. We knew he'd be ok as if they hadn't got him he'd have been rehomed as the pound work with a rescue and the dog had no issues. Dog isn't out on the road anymore but they have him back.

BlueMerchant · 02/05/2019 09:24

I'd ring the local council. They will take it to a local shelter, get it's chip scanned and notify the 'owners' that they have it and it needs picking up. If they do this they will have to pay a fine. If they don't then at least the dog will be safe until a loving home is found.

Hairyheadphones · 02/05/2019 09:25

Call the dog warden next time, they will have to pay to collect it which may make them reconsider allowing it to roam free.

kandykane77 · 02/05/2019 09:33

Be careful about sending it to the dog warden, if it's unclaimed in 7 days and no local rescue will take it they may PTS. I once aquired an unclaimed dog because it was the alternative was to be pts by the dog warden's vet as no-one had come forward and the local shelters were full.

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ChocoCrocc · 02/05/2019 09:38

if it's unclaimed in 7 days and no local rescue will take it they may PTS

Oh god, I'd be horrified if that happened. I said to DH I'd just have him myself before I'd let that happen although that would be slightly awkward!

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Beachbodynowayready · 02/05/2019 09:40

Better pts than squashed.

Baloonphobia · 02/05/2019 09:46

I agree. Better PTS than getting injured or causing someone else to be injured in an accident.

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ChocoCrocc · 02/05/2019 09:47

I think if I did end up doing that, I'd ask them to contact me before doing anything if they couldn't find anywhere for him and the owners didn't collect.

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StarbucksSmarterSister · 02/05/2019 09:47

They got a scare and had to pay to get him back.

The owners sound like the kind of people who wouldn't pay.

Take him to a local no kill dog rescue if you can, just say you found him one the street. Otherwise RSPCA. I doubt he's chipped either

StarbucksSmarterSister · 02/05/2019 09:50

I think if I did end up doing that, I'd ask them to contact me before doing anything

Many pounds will only send to dog rescues, not individuals. I'm not sure if that applies if you actually take the dog in, but suspect it would .

Soubriquet · 02/05/2019 09:54

Keep him at yours to see how long it takes for them to come searching

“Well I kept seeing him wander and no one claimed him so I thought he was a stray”

Hally2020 · 05/05/2019 07:07

Ring a local rescue or RSPCA, even have a chat with your vet. You're absolutely right to be concerned!!! If they can't be bothered to look after this poor darling properly, they don't deserve to have a dog. Thank you for caring!

stucknoue · 05/05/2019 07:59

Dogs do get out, some (like mine) are escape artists, but if it's frequent then contact the authorities, we keep watch over ours as the minute you look away he jumps the 6 ft fence! (He returns when you call) and he cannot get to the road unless neighbours have left their gate open due to house layouts, they all know him and don't actually mind)

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