Diverting a tragedy
While I was working today, a dog came strolling through the parking lot at work, obviously lost. Now, if this had been a bigger dog, I doubt anyone would have noticed, but he was a small, Mexican Hairless. The hair he had on his head was matted with stickleburrs, his nails were very long and he obviously, was not pampered. Someone picked him up, brought him in the office and tried to figure out what to do with him.
One woman, when she saw him, fell instantly in love and was going to take him home. He had no tags so I advised he be taken to the Humane Society to be checked for a chip before anything else was done.
When she returned, the dog had no chip or any identifying marks. So out the door she went to take him home. Then the truck pulled through the parking lot with a man and his daughter calling for the dog. So back this woman came with the dog.
She advised them to get him microchipped and to get some tags on him.
The moral of the story is she didn't have to do that. She could have simply ignored the family looking for the dog, taken him home and not thought about it a moment longer. She didn't.
She knew that although he probably ate cheap dog food, and was not groomed to many people's standard, he had no tags or a microchip, he was the little girl's pet. He was a well-socialized, happy dog, who had no idea who all the strangers were passing him around.
I hope this family takes note of how close they came to losing their pet, and takes measures to prevent this from happening again. Keep your tags on rdogs. Get them microchipped. Don't let them run loose.
This story could have had a very bad ending, especially for the little girl.
One woman, when she saw him, fell instantly in love and was going to take him home. He had no tags so I advised he be taken to the Humane Society to be checked for a chip before anything else was done.
When she returned, the dog had no chip or any identifying marks. So out the door she went to take him home. Then the truck pulled through the parking lot with a man and his daughter calling for the dog. So back this woman came with the dog.
She advised them to get him microchipped and to get some tags on him.
The moral of the story is she didn't have to do that. She could have simply ignored the family looking for the dog, taken him home and not thought about it a moment longer. She didn't.
She knew that although he probably ate cheap dog food, and was not groomed to many people's standard, he had no tags or a microchip, he was the little girl's pet. He was a well-socialized, happy dog, who had no idea who all the strangers were passing him around.
I hope this family takes note of how close they came to losing their pet, and takes measures to prevent this from happening again. Keep your tags on rdogs. Get them microchipped. Don't let them run loose.
This story could have had a very bad ending, especially for the little girl.
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