Dog wardens - do they still come out and catch strays?

[redvelvetmooncupcake]

There's a dog wandering around our estate. He seems lost and is a bit scruffy-looking so I'm concerned someone has chucked him out. He was in our garden before and seems reasonably amiable but he is an entire male and a very big bull breed x. He looks quite old and skinny. I did manage to catch him and surprise surprise he's got no ID on his collar, but I've got no lead so had to let him go again. He trotted away in a fairly purposeful manner so I thought he'd gone home but he's been back again and gone the other way this time. Asked a few people but nobody recognises him or has heard about a lost dog. Not sure what to do. I've looked up the number for the dog warden and will ring them but not sure if they do much these days and it's a bank holiday. (I'm not taking him in, house is tiny and I'm not risking a massive dog I don't know with my baby or my cat) Any ideas? I'm in West Yorks.

TIA doggy folk :)

That's a really poor title for this thread, so I'm going to repost with a better title! Sorry.

they should come out if not ring animal charity or police

I found a stray dog last year. It was a little jack russell sized dog so I caught him and took him vets to be scanned. No microchip so the vet gave me the dog wardens number. The dog warden would only come out if I had the dog in my possession, they wouldn't come if the dog was still roaming around. They also said it could take up to 5 hours for someone to come round. (This was in London)

Please see my reply and (lengthy!) advice on your other thread.

Kid I had the same experience, I found a stray boxer dog and at the time I had my dog and my son and a load of fishing stuff with me but still the dog warden wouldn't come unless I had him in my possession. So, I got him, took him home, fed him, waited, waited, waited and eventually (about 6 hours later) the dog warden showed up. Luckily they found his owner as he was known for escaping.Found the dog warden abit useless though as if I hadn't been confident (or stupid?) enough to catch the dog goodness knows what could have happened.