Hello!
So a dog followed me and my dog (Pippin) home from the park Thursday morning. I am trying to find its owner. I have called the humane society to see if anyone is looking, brought him to my vet to get checked out and micro chipped, he didn't have one. And I have posted a lost and found add on Kijiji. I have also asked around the neighborhood, no one seems to have seen him before. Tomorrow I am going to put up some fliers with my phone number.
Everyone I have talked to tells me chances are I am not going to find the owner. Dog is an intact male, seems young, and was not microchipped. That included with the neighborhood I found him in, (not great) I have been told someone probably got tired of him and just let him go.
Also, my friend moved in with my husband and I. Her fiance (sp?) and her have been looking into getting a dog after she finishes school (end of December). She has expressed interest in taking Dog if the dog and her fiance get along. I know they would provide him with a good home.
So how long do I need to hold him for the owner? We would rather not send him to the humane society, as the local one has a high kill rate. Even if my friend cant take him, we would end up keeping him before we sent him to the humane society. If my friend does take him, she wants him to stay at our place until she moves out at the end of December. I am worried that Pippin (my dog) will become attached, and it would be cruel to keep Dog for too long and then have him leave. Is that something I should be worried about?
Any advice would be appreciated!
So a dog followed me and my dog (Pippin) home from the park Thursday morning. I am trying to find its owner. I have called the humane society to see if anyone is looking, brought him to my vet to get checked out and micro chipped, he didn't have one. And I have posted a lost and found add on Kijiji. I have also asked around the neighborhood, no one seems to have seen him before. Tomorrow I am going to put up some fliers with my phone number.
Everyone I have talked to tells me chances are I am not going to find the owner. Dog is an intact male, seems young, and was not microchipped. That included with the neighborhood I found him in, (not great) I have been told someone probably got tired of him and just let him go.
Also, my friend moved in with my husband and I. Her fiance (sp?) and her have been looking into getting a dog after she finishes school (end of December). She has expressed interest in taking Dog if the dog and her fiance get along. I know they would provide him with a good home.
So how long do I need to hold him for the owner? We would rather not send him to the humane society, as the local one has a high kill rate. Even if my friend cant take him, we would end up keeping him before we sent him to the humane society. If my friend does take him, she wants him to stay at our place until she moves out at the end of December. I am worried that Pippin (my dog) will become attached, and it would be cruel to keep Dog for too long and then have him leave. Is that something I should be worried about?
Any advice would be appreciated!