I found an old, overweight beagle wandering along the back road. Stopped, observed, brought him home

[KittyWampus]

for the evening. Will call animal control in morning. Went back a bit later and no people calling/searching for dog. Hardly any of the estate houses had lights on. This is a weekend place for wealthy (by Seinfeld's house).

Sigh.

He has no collar but it sort of looks like his fur is used to having a collar on. Like a dent in his fur around his neck.

Gave doggie some water and some food. He has to sleep in the car tonight but I gave him a blanket.

Hope I did the right thing. But he wasn't just trotting along like he was going somewhere. More like mindless ambling in a circle.

Sigh.

He looks like he's sad.

PLEASE SEND HAPPY THOUGHTS TO THE BEAGLE! HE'S A GOOD BOY WHO WANTS HIS FAMILY.

[Obama2012]

1. Leave the window down a bit in case it gets too hot

You did the right thing. Though, I'd hesitate about sending him to animal control. Around here, they only keep the dog for a few days before putting it down.

[enigmatic]

2. of course

:hug:

[grilled onions]

3. Any No Kill Shelters Near By?

Some specialize in the older dogs. Those "long in the tooth" have a lot of love to give too. Far too many dogs get dumped these days. It's the economy but it's also a dispoable society that thinks pups and kittens are cute but older animals are just a drag. Poor fellow wondering what he did wrong to end up homeless.

[KittyWampus]

5. I hope he just slipped out of his collar by mistake.

[flvegan]

4. Aw, good for you.

I'm sure somebody somewhere is really missing him.

[lost-in-nj]

6. don't know about that

sounds like someone dumped him.... :cry:

I hope not

I have 2 Beagles

and can not fathom this

I would die


THANKS!!! for taking care of him.......
they are a sweet breed

lost

[DeepBlueC]

7. you might put a few posters up yourself

doesn't sound like he's come a long way. And that collar dent probably does mean he has recently slipped his collar. So I think he's got people probably not far away.

[ThomCat]

8. Good vibes for the doggie!

:hug:

I hope he wasn't abandoned. :(

When someone passes away and leaves a pet behind, far too many families will abandon the pet rather than searching for a new home. That's how two of my cats were abandoned before I took them in. x(

I hope this is not what you have there. But a pet that looks like a well-cared for, well fed, definitely an indoor animal, that has had the collar and all tags removed, found wandering outside... It doesn't sound so good.

Edit to add: In the event that he is just lost, a vet can check to see if he is chipped. That would identify the owner. Even if the owner has passed away, a chip would ID the previous owner and identify the dog and the dog's medical history for whomever takes him in.

[Still Blue in PDX]

9. Happy thoughts to the beagle and kudos to you.

I'm glad you found him.

[marzipanni]

10. Thank you for helping a dog!

I always wanted to have a hotline for lost and found animals in my town, so if someone like you found a dog or cat and kept it safe overnight, you could call a number and the dog's/cat's description would be put on a website as well as on a list so when the owner calls the number they could be told where their pet was.

It turns out there is a service you can pay for if you've lost a pet- and on the website you can see missing pets in your area if their owner used this service~ https://www.findtoto.com/search-our-lost-pet.html
One morning we got an automated call from "findtoto" describing a lost schnauzer in our area, and I jotted down the web address and looked it up. My husband came in and said a little girl was walking by with a schnauzer on a leash, asking people if they lost this dog. I told my husband about the call, so he rode his bike to catch up to the girl and gave her the "findtoto" url jotted on a piece of paper so she could see if it was this lost schnauzer. Later I looked on "findtoto", and the schnauzer had been found, so maybe the service had worked!

[nuxvomica]

11. Sending happy vibes to the sad beagle

It sounds like someone owned him and loved him once. Maybe still and this is just an accident. I hope so. I hope it all gets sorted out.

You did the right thing. Bless you.

[old mark]

12. I always wanted a beagle......if nobody claims him, .....

I live in Eastern PA - are you close?

mark

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. Beagles are such loving dogs

How can anyone be so heartless.
Thank you for rescuing him

[davsand]

14. Beagles do tend to run sometimes.

It is part of the breeding for them to run. I used to work for a lady that bred beagles for field trials and every so often she'd come into the office just cussing a blue streak because somebody got out, caught a scent, and took off at a run. According to what she said, it was her opinion that any beagle worth his (or her) salt was gonna take off on a run sometime or another.

I have to wonder if your old guy was just being a beagle and got lost. I find that a lot more comfortable than thinking somebody threw him away like a used kleenex.


:shrug:


Laura

[old mark]

15. They do tend to follow their noses, and often wind up in strange

places.

Hope he is doing well....


mark

[marzipanni]

16. I didn't want this thread to be out there without the happy ending!

Yay! KittyWampus helped Oscar the beagle find his way home (link to update)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8945957

[Vidar]

17. Well done.