Lost dog...

I do not know what happened to the owners if they lost their dogs in my country. But, since you said if they will get a ticket, then I won't call the by-law officer too. Unless the dog is not well taken care, and the owner purposely dumb him/her. I'll see if I can find the owner, or I'll keep the dog in my house first. That's so kind of you to take care of the beautiful husky, otherwise I think the little girl will be very sad if she loses her dog.

I'm not sure what ticketed means, I don't know if that happens in the UK. I've found a few stray cats over the years, one of them spent months living at my offices, we re-homed it (after trying for months to locate the owners). We found one recently, that had a huge wound on it's back. We asked at a lot of houses to see if anyone knew who it belonged to with no luck. If it hadn't been hurt, I would have just petted it and sent it on it's way, but as it was injured, we called the RSPCA who took it to a vet. I couldn't have just the left the animal to roam about, not knowing if it even belonged to anyone who could help it. I think with a lost dog, I would try to find the owners, but I would probably call the RSPCA if I couldn't find them. That's one of the first places any responsible owner would look anyway. Well done for getting the husky back to it's family :)

I think you did the right thing and gave the owners the benefit of doubt. Tags can get lost or even fall off collars and many owners prefer to put them up at home instead of chancing them getting lost and never recovered. I'm glad that you found the owners and that the little girl got her dog back. I bet she was one happy little girl!

You are very thoughtful and very responsible! You darn rights, I would have welcomed that dog into my home, and then pull out all the stops looking for the owner. You must have been very proud of yourself for the manner in which you handled this....and your heart filled with joy when the little girl got her friend back, knowing that it had been lovingly cared for! Joy to you!

With living in the city as well as the country. In the country we just call the person who owns the dog cause if the dog comes into our yard it is going to be from a neighbour of ours. However most times we don`t even do that as they are country dogs and all the dogs seem to gang up like a dog gang and hang out just like teenagers do so we leave them be on their own. They know where their homes are. In the city I won`t go door to door and find their owner cause it`s a big city and it could take a long time doing so. If dogs are running free in the city it`s usually because someone neglected the dog and the dog got away or just took off on them. There is really not much we can do about dogs that roam here in the city and finding the owners is not in my schedule for the day.

definitly!!! i love dawgies, especially lost ones

i had found a labrador some years back with no collor on it.... he is a beautiful dog....very healthy when we found him.... at it was around 2 am when we found him so we coudnt really see anyone around who could be his master or owner.... and being a labrador he should have been extra friendly but he dint care a hoot about us standing there looking at him.... we went up to him and called for him and he willingly came up to us....we petted him for some time and then decided to take him home as the street dogs were pestering him quite a bit... and he loyally followed us home without intimidation..... which was very surprising...from his behaviour it looked like he was an army or police trained dog.... we waited for a couple of days and tried lookin for the owner but in vain as no one showed up with a missing dog complaint so we guessed that the dog was let go case....he is still with us and touch wood very healthy....but i still wonder why would anyone leave such a wonderful animal on the road where it could be stolen by cruel people or be attacked by stray dogs of the locality...... a dog like this actually costs a lot if to be sold..... i wonder what would have happened to him incase we wouldnt have chanced by him that night and found him there..... the thought itself scares me !!

Luckily you took care of the husky, so that the owner can get back her lovely dog. I think I'll also do the same, take care of the dog first, then look for the owner. Unless I really can't find the owner, then I'll need to find out where I should bring the dog too.

Hats off to you Lisa. The people that care enough to take on the responsibility of a lost or abandoned animal these days are few and far between. I bow to you for the effort you put in to find the owners. You most certainly did do the right thing. You are a good person in my book and you should be proud of yourself in a most wonderful thing you did for the dog and that precious little girl.

If the owner will get a ticket, you probably should not report to officer. But, how would you find the owner? I believe they inject a chip to their dog and only the officer could track it. Am I right?