Am Furious - Dog dumped, now they want him back?

[deeaimond]

I've been reading this with interest. I found a small shih tzu wandering outside my apartment corridor (i live on the ground level though so he could have come from anywhere) I tried to find owners but my notices got no calls. Asking around the neighbourhood also didn't help. He is very cute and well behaved except for some toilet training issues, and when i cute his hair short and washed him, found some rashes.
we though he was old coz he was much less lively than my 7 yr old dog, but a visit to the vet told us he was under 2 yrs old.

I was also told he had no microchip. Microchipping is not that expensive and i feel if people cant be bothered to register their animals they should not have them. After a few toilet accidents we came to the conclusion that he was likely to have been abandoned. Coz like OP said, the dog looked very lost walking the corridor and followed me home with no hesitation. He didnt exhibit any 'runner' or 'escape artist' behaviour. I've had escape artists before.

I kept him for a week. We can't have two dogs. yesterday the new owners came to get him. I asked them to please microchip and register him and my friend said she would. We kinda miss his presence, my dog seems to miss him the most. She looked for him for awhile and gave us some bewildered looks.

I wish I could do this for some of my students.

[PamNY]

Glad to hear Fuzz has a new family. Love happy endings.

Deeaimond, good for you too. I agree with you about microchips. I am astonished at how many people don't get their pets chipped. Accidents or emergencies could happen to anyone.

[owlice]

Years ago, some friends and I went to a St. Patrick's party at another friend's; drive there was about 45 minutes (highway). We got to the apartment building and on the way up to the party, saw a small toy poodle sitting against an apartment door.

About three hours later, we left the party. Dog was still there, so I went back upstairs and asked our hostess what the deal was with the dog. "The woman who owned him decided she didn't want him anymore, so she just shoved him out." When, I wanted to know. "Oh, a week or ten days ago."

I will not divulge the thoughts that ran through my head, about the woman who shoved the dog out, and my friend and the neighbors who knew this had happened and hadn't done anything more than occasionally feed this little dog.

On the way back to the car, I scooped up the dog and brought him home. The next morning, I couldn't find him anywhere! Finally, I heard my housemate (who'd been a stray, but that's a different story) say "Owl? Is there a dog in the house?" Yes, was my reply. "Oh, good; I thought I was dreaming! He's under my bed."

He was very sweet, but almost the most annoying creature I've ever taken in! Didn't matter, though, because the husband of the couple he went to were crazy about him. (The wife was okay with dogs, but it was clearly her husband's pet.) The little dog followed him everywhere, and that man took the dog everywhere, too. They were inseparable. A couple of years later, the man died; his wife kept the dog. Anything that her husband had loved as much as he loved that dog, and anything that loved her husband as much as that dog did... well, the little dog was both.

grey, good for you for picking up the pooch and finding him a good home! I lost a parakeet once, placed an ad in the paper never dreaming I'd get him back, and a week later, got a phone call from nearly an hour away by car. I was still asleep when the call came, and you can bet I got up immediately, pulled myself together, and went to get my bird. And this was just a parakeet... which regularly bit and had other bad habits! (Stopped biting after that week's vacation though. Also stopped trying to get out of the cage at every opportunity. Or ever again. )

[deeaimond]

oh so sad, my friend had to return the shih tzu coz her dad was allergic to the doggy.. She bought so many things for him. I sent one doggy and she returned one doggy with 2 huge shopping bags!

looking for another adopter now. A friend's 13 yr old wants him> They're taking him on wednesday. Hope this one sticks.

[Catrin]

So glad Fuzz has a good home now! Pity about the little girl though, that is sad...

Deeaimond - good luck with finding a forever home!

I don't understand such behavior from pet owners, I would so love to have a pet and certainly would do what I could to find one if he or she were lost...

At least bikes don't have accidents on the carpet

[OakLeaf]

At least bikes don't have accidents on the carpet

Um, no, but their owners have chain lube accidents, and places where they spun the wheel to check the sensor pickup and put the bike down without stopping it completely ...

Anyway so glad Fuzz has a home ... and hoping for the best for deeaimond's foundling!

[deeaimond]

he is really cute. still with me but some new adopters coming to get him today.