Boxer Puppy Abandoned

[April K]

This weekend my family went to eat at a restaurant on the bay and as we were leaving, a boxer puppy was begging for food outside. I couldn't just walk off and ignore it, so I stopped to pet it and ask who's it was. No one knew. When I was petting it, I noticed that he was thin and dirty (it was dark so I didn't notice at first). So, after asking around a fisherman said that the pup had been begging around there all day.

I decided right then that he couldn't be left. So we took him. My husband and I gave him a flea bath and picked off all the ticks (yuck). He drank for what seemed like an hour because he was dehydrated and we had to coax food down him.

Well, it ends up a good story because the cute little brindle boy found a home after we made some calls. They will take good care of him.

But, it is an outrage that people get animals and take such awful care of them. For instance, it was obvious that he wasn't treated well because of his condition and because when we tried to pick the ticks out of his ears, he got frantic and tried to bite. I guess he was abused. Anyways, my point is (FINALLY) that some people have asked me why I didn't leave a number for the owner to claim him at the restaurant where he was found. My reaction is that if someone treats a puppy that way (he is maybe 4 mos old) - then they don't deserve a pet.

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Mom to :
Buster - fawn w/natural ears born 10/99
Molly - fawn w/natural ears born 12/99

 

[Darcy]

April, thank you so much for saving that poor puppy and finding it a home! The world is full of bad, undeserving people and we need more angels like you! :D

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Gabbie, 4/20/99 fawn fe, natural ears
Cassie, 2/99 (adopted 7/00) flashy brindle fe, cropped ears

 

[dpasto]

GOOD FOR YOU!!!!! I feel the same way. Some people do not deserve the unconditional love of a pet. I know that there is always the possiblity that he got loose but let me tell you if any of my guys got loose there is not a person or business within a 20 mile radious that would not know I was missing a dog.

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Bridget - 7 yr. old flashy fawn female cropped and docked (the enforcer)

Killian - 4 yr. old dark brindle male dark mask cropped and docked (big love bug)

Darcy - 2 1/2 yr. old flashy brindle female cropped and docked (bad to the bone)
www.pastoboxers.pages.petsmart.com

[This message has been edited by dpasto (edited 09-05-2000).]

 

[Boxer Crazy]

That poor little guy! Thank goodness you came along and saved him. He must have been so sad and lonely as well as starving and dehydrated - Our dogs don't even like it when we are out of sight.

I truly believe that sometimes it's better that a dog isn't returned to their owners - like you said some people just don't deserve to have pets!

Here is my story of an owner who didn't deserve to have a dog:

I found a standard poodle puppy last spring(about 5 - 6 months old)in the middle of a busy interestion near my home - I saw the dog when I looked out the window after I heard cars honking. He was running back and forth in the intersection - he was very confused and paniced. A few people stopped to help get him off the road. I got some treats and a leash from the house and we were able to coax him to us with the treats and get him on the leash.

Just as we were putting this dog on the leash a police officer drove by and stopped to see what was going on. There were lots of cars stopped - afraid of the dog getting hit. After telling the cop the story he radioed into the dispatch that this dog was here in (now in my fenced yard) and to notify animal control to pick the dog up.

Shortly after the officer called it in, the owner of the dog called the police station (we live in a fairly small town) and he was given directions to my house. The owner showed up with a long tangled mess of rope that he wrapped around the dogs neck - in a way that would strangle the dog if he pulled on it. I couldn't believe my eyes. I told him he would strangle the dog that way (DUH!) and I took the rope off the dogs neck and tied it to the collar that the dog had on (which had NO tags). He told me that the dog had never before jumped the fence and gotten out of his yard like this - so I asked him how high his fence was. He told me it was 2 FEET! The dog was taller than his "fence"! I don't know how long he had this dog but he knew absolutely NOTHING about dogs. I told him I was suprised the dog hadn't jumped it before - and to keep him tied or on a leash or get a higher fence because he will definately jump it again. I really couldn't believe that this wasn't already obvious to this guy - but it wasn't.
I really wished I didn't have to give the dog back to that idiot.
Sorry for going on, but I just felt I had to vent!

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Keisha - March 8/98 - female plain brindle with cropped ears
Travis - May 14/00 - male flashy fawn with natural ears.
Sammie - approx 11 yr. F/S Beagle X
Riley - March 8/97 - F/S tri-color, long haired chihuahua
Ed - the cat

[This message has been edited by Boxer Crazy (edited 09-06-2000).]