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SumoNinja said:
so you might keep that dog eddie?

it is kinda cute I guess. if I brought something like that home, my kids would never let me give it back

my wife would kill me though

she hates all animals, lol. only fish is safe to keep as pets. if a small dog goes to her to sniff or looking to get petted she thinks it's attacking her
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I hope the owner contacts one of the 5 shelters/animal control/police departments I called and I can safely return it. If they're not located, no sleep will be lost over it. Even if I have to rehome it myself. It's fitting in well though but I'm not letting anyone get attached yet
 
Seriously, why is it my responsibility to do all those things pet spoiler mentioned? Should I just have left it with limited attention at a shelter possibly to be resold for 100+? Not like they'd say you found it, you may have it back.
 
...and yet, Eddie, I bet if your dog was lost -and, due to no fault of your own- you couldn't find it, you might lose sleep over it. and likely not be friendly toward a person who decided you didn't deserve to have your dog.
maybe the owner is a mom with kids who's holding down 2 jobs to survive. maybe all she can do is call the shelters, and is being told "No dog of that description is here".
It wouldn't kill you to run Found Ads all over Oregon and the closest surrounding areas.
The reason you are responsible is: YOU are in possession of the dog, and you don't own it.
You also have NO idea what kind of misfortune caused this to happen.
 
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ballinouttacntrol said:
Seriously, why is it my responsibility to do all those things pet spoiler mentioned? Should I just have left it with limited attention at a shelter possibly to be resold for 100+? Not like they'd say you found it, you may have it back.
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http://www.missingpetpartnership.org/recovery-tips/i-found-a-stray-dog/
I COPIED ONLY 2 STEPS, OF 10 STEPS RECOMMENDED: (YOU COULD USE A NO-KILL SHELTER INSTEAD OF THE POUND)
  1. Assume, no matter how the dog behaves or what it looks like, that this dog is owned and loved by someone who wants the dog back. This is the basis for our THINK LOST, NOT STRAY campaign. Dogs with skittish or “xenophobic” temperaments who run from strangers, especially when lost, are often mistaken as having been “abused.” In reality, many of these dogs are pampered pets who have exhibited fearful behavior since puppyhood. They are genetically predisposed to being skittish and their behavior has nothing to do with how they have been treated. Also, a dog’s appearance can be deceptive when determining how the dog was treated before you found it. A loose, lost dog will lose weight, become dehydrated, obtain injuries, become matted, and pick up ticks, fleas, and burs in their fur. So for the sake of a potential happy reunion, never assume that the dog you found was dumped, abandoned, or homeless until you have concrete evidence or until all efforts to find an owner/guardian have failed.
  2. By law, you are required to turn found dogs over to local authorities (animal shelter, pound) where their owner/guardian will be able to claim them. One of the primary reasons why lost dogs are not reunited with their families is that the animal shelter is the first (and primary) location where dog owners search for their lost dogs but it is typically the last location where found dogs are taken (due to the fear that the dog will be euthanized). Very few municipal shelters have the resources available to house lost and stray animals more than three days. If you are not willing to take the dog to the shelter, most shelters will allow you to foster (house) the dog while also filing a found report by providing the description, the location where you found it, and your contact information. We suggest that you also create a FOUND DOG flyer to mail or take down to the shelter so they can post it on a bulletin board. Then if the owner/guardian shows up at the shelter searching for his or her dog, the shelter can put the family directly in touch with you.
 
I think my coworker ate my sandwich that I left in the frdge at work.Should I confront him about it?
 
petspoiler said:
...and yet, Eddie, I bet if your dog was lost -and, due to no fault of your own- you couldn't find it, you might lose sleep over it. and likely not be friendly toward a person who decided you didn't deserve to have your dog.
maybe the owner is a mom with kids who's holding down 2 jobs to survive. maybe all she can do is call the shelters, and is being told "No dog of that description is here".
It wouldn't kill you to run Found Ads all over Oregon and the closest surrounding areas.
The reason you are responsible is: YOU are in possession of the dog, and you don't own it.
You also have NO idea what kind of misfortune caused this to happen.
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I don't and I don't care. I have ZERO responsibility to do a thing beyond what I've done already. I'm not posting adds of a dog I have zero proof that anyone can prove its theres. Anyone can call and say it's mine if I start posting pics. If giving descriptions to several different places plus my contact, checking for a chip and looking in the area I found it for posters and checking missing adds isn't good enough, oh well. I don't even want the dog so you can't quite painting a picture of me hiding it or pretending it's mine. If I get lucky and get to keep it, what an amazing stroke of luck.

Ps, the night I found it I was at a softball game for 3 hours (next to the field that I found it) until nightfall. So if anyone else would like to "rescued pet shame" me, step up to the plate. Nothing pet spoiler can say will make me change my mind. Maybe a new voice might sway me but I doubt it.
 
krichardson said:
I think my coworker ate my sandwich that I left in the frdge at work.Should I confront him about it?
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No, you should post missing sandwich posters in the break room, newspaper, Craigslist, sammich forums, call your local radio, write it in the sky and buy a billboard
 
petspoiler said:
http://www.missingpetpartnership.org/recovery-tips/i-found-a-stray-dog/
I COPIED ONLY 2 STEPS, OF 10 STEPS RECOMMENDED: (YOU COULD USE A NO-KILL SHELTER INSTEAD OF THE POUND)
  1. Assume, no matter how the dog behaves or what it looks like, that this dog is owned and loved by someone who wants the dog back. This is the basis for our THINK LOST, NOT STRAY campaign. Dogs with skittish or “xenophobic” temperaments who run from strangers, especially when lost, are often mistaken as having been “abused.” In reality, many of these dogs are pampered pets who have exhibited fearful behavior since puppyhood. They are genetically predisposed to being skittish and their behavior has nothing to do with how they have been treated. Also, a dog’s appearance can be deceptive when determining how the dog was treated before you found it. A loose, lost dog will lose weight, become dehydrated, obtain injuries, become matted, and pick up ticks, fleas, and burs in their fur. So for the sake of a potential happy reunion, never assume that the dog you found was dumped, abandoned, or homeless until you have concrete evidence or until all efforts to find an owner/guardian have failed.
  2. By law, you are required to turn found dogs over to local authorities (animal shelter, pound) where their owner/guardian will be able to claim them. One of the primary reasons why lost dogs are not reunited with their families is that the animal shelter is the first (and primary) location where dog owners search for their lost dogs but it is typically the last location where found dogs are taken (due to the fear that the dog will be euthanized). Very few municipal shelters have the resources available to house lost and stray animals more than three days. If you are not willing to take the dog to the shelter, most shelters will allow you to foster (house) the dog while also filing a found report by providing the description, the location where you found it, and your contact information. We suggest that you also create a FOUND DOG flyer to mail or take down to the shelter so they can post it on a bulletin board. Then if the owner/guardian shows up at the shelter searching for his or her dog, the shelter can put the family directly in touch with you.
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The shelters/police department told me to keep it until they locate the owners. The vets told me to keep it. he was scanned by a friend who works at a vet clinic tonight (yaknow, since she was there the night I found it) and also hasn't lectured me about taking it to a shelter. You're the only person who's suggested it. Hence why it's holding no water.

Gonna go walk my dogs. Peace mfk and granny lecture corner
 
FMA4ME said:
How sure are you it was him?
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Well,when I went in to relieve him he actually apologised to me that he had to throw it away since he said it was smelling up the fridge,he said it smelled like a dead rat lol.The thing is it was in one of those styrofoam containers and I saw the empty container in the trashcan right outside our door but there was no sign of the sandwich.
 
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