To Call Or Not To Call...

That's the one good thing about dog tags. One time when I had first gotten a pup, he got out and went across to the neighbors. They called and found out it was mine, their new neighbor, and just decided to wait until I got home and bring him to me.

I would be upset if my dog ended up that way. Of course I would not have a dog if I had to keep it outside. That is one reason why I have small dogs. I used to have a neighbor who kept a sweet lab on a chain in their backyard. He never did anything with the dog except feed it. That poor dog was scared of thunder and always got either tangled on his chain or broke off completely and ran around the neighborhood. The owner got some big fines for letting him run loose. Eventually I think the dog ran away and I hope that someone found him and adopted him rather than have the dog put to sleep.

I am not a pet owner, but if I was, I would hope that if my pet got out for some reason, that someone would check the neighborhood before calling my pet in to the pound. But, a lot of people aren't like that and just want the animals gone. There is a charge to get your lost pet out of the pound, and I personally think that is stupid, only because would they rather I leave my pet there so they can fork out the food and shelter for it? Or would they rather I come and pick my pet up? I do not call the pound. The only thing I did once, is call the office of our apartment building because there was a cat hanging around outside my apartment and kept sneaking into my apartment. I was worried that he was someone's pet and wanted them to be able to figure out who he belonged to. Otherwise, that's all.

I would be incredibly upset if anyone called the pound on either of my beagles. Both are collared and tagged, and current on all of their shots, and it would only take a simple phone call for us to come and get them. They are a very lively breed, and difficult to keep confined - they can dig under fences, dash our the door between your legs, and mine have runners that we clip them to, but they work as a team to get unclipped (don't ask me how they manage without thumbs, but it has happened several times).

Fortunately, people in this neighborhood all really love animals, and move out here to be able to have plenty of room for pets. All the animals are collared and tagged, all are up to date on the shots. The only things lacking is male dogs not being neutered (are beagles are female, pure-bred, and will be bred later on, so it makes life a headache when they are in heat).

If I see an animal with no collar who is friendly, I try to call a shelter that has a policy where they don't kill the animals. To me dogs need their vaccines and they deserve to have a home instead of being in the streets since they could be in danger.

Ppl that don't like animals, have no heart...period. They can't love anyone or anything. I can see being scared but that's not the same as hating them. Hope the lil fella is back home where he belongs and not in some small cage all sad and lonely. I don't like calling the pound here cause it usually means death to the animal since they don't treat sick or injured animals, just put them down. Only the healthy animals at the pound get a 2nd chance. Sick ones are put down unless someone comes forward to help them out of their own pocket.I would pissed if my dog or cats were in their own yard and someone called animal control to pick em up. But, if they were loose in someone else's yard or on the road and are bothering ppl, then I wouldn't be pissed. Course, that will never happen since my cats are strictly indoor and my dog is trained to stay in the yard unless he's with one of us.

Yes I would be very upset, I think in common decency tell the owner first, bring the animal back to the owner is the right thing to do. I have returned animals to their owners a few times. That animal means nothing to the finder but everything to the people who lost it.

only call when they are in yard and wont let grand daughter out teh door.
and we cant get tehm to leave on their own
The ones I have every morning I know belong some where just wonder if owner knows they get out for a stroll

I have never called the pound and wouldn't unless there was a dire situation that warranted it.. I have taken in strays but never called in on them.. A lot of the time, they do belong to someone and have somehow gotten loose.. But the street where I live is like a race trac and I would call if I had found an animal running around this area, since there have been so many animals getting run over on my road.. My cat got killed on this road just after we moved in, (she was always getting out, so matter what I did to keep her in) it broke my heart so see her in the road, we buried her in our back yard with her own little white cross.. But as for my puppy, she is 4 yrs old, dog years, and she has never been out unless she was on here leash.. I would never let her out, but as for others dogs, I wouldn't call on them, unless it was a dangerous dog and I knew it to be dangerous.. We show what kind of people we are when we are taking care of our animals..

I have never called the pound for any animal, including the cats that kept breeding in our neighborhood..I think the only time I would call is if I felt the animal was in need or dangerous...