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12-22-2011, 04:55 PM | #1 |
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| Abused Yorkie Found! Need Help With Law! I found a yorkie at my apartment coplex (where I work). He has been "picked up" several times. I know the owner and she has asked me in the past "where can I take my dog to be 'put down'?". I was in shock and told her that she cant do that. She said she can't afford her dog and just wants to put him down. Unreal and heartbreaking. Long story short, we found him again and I gave him to another yorkie lover like me. This pup (5yrs old) was flea infested, malnourished and has a broken knee cap (abused...I've witnessed her DRAGGING him with the leash). What are my rights to keep this dog? |
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12-22-2011, 04:59 PM | #2 |
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| You have no rights to the dog. Make a police report about what you witnessed.
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12-22-2011, 05:04 PM | #3 |
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| You cannot "keep" someone's dog because you deem them to be abusive. You need to contact the police and then turn the dog over to animal control. If the owner does not claim the dog you might be able to adopt after the required amount of time which varies by city and state. I'm wondering why you say the dog has a broken kneecap? I've never heard of this before. Are you sure it's not luxating patella?
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12-22-2011, 05:29 PM | #4 |
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| Can you talk to the woman and ask if you can have the dog or offer to make a small re-homing fee in order to take the dog off her hands. You said she wanted to be rid of the dog so if that is really true I would think it would be a simple matter to talk to her and get the matter settled. |
12-22-2011, 05:33 PM | #5 |
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| Look, the way I see it. You found a stray dog... put an ad on craigslist saying you found him... if no one replies, I don't see why you can't take him in. If you want to do things on the straight and arrow. Take him to the local aspca and tell them who he belongs too and let them deal with her. There are finds for letting your dog wander... i'm assuming the dog doesn't have tags. Keep us posted. People blow my mind on a regular basis... Why even take on the responsibility, it's ridiculous. |
12-22-2011, 05:43 PM | #6 |
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| If she said she can't afford the dog and wanted to put him down, then I would think she would be willing to give him up to you. I would ask directly. If she has talked with you about the dog before, you really cannot claim you don't know the owner and you do not want this good deed to back fire with you being arrested as the thief. Just go to her and ask if you can find a good home for the dog for her. Remember -- make it like you are doing this FOR HER otherwise she might get wise and start asking for money. Funny how these people who cannot take care of their pet will suddenly see dollar signs if someone else shows an interest. So be coy.
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12-23-2011, 04:08 AM | #8 |
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| Thank you for all the information. The president of the SPCA in Washington DC called me and told me all I need to do. I will have the police come out today. To answer one of the posts regarding a broken knee cap; when we found him, we took him to the vet and he told us he was 5, was flea infested, 7 teeth need to be extracted, he is malnourished and has a broken knee cap. We have his report to give to the police today as well as everything I witnessed. Again, thank you for all your comments and help |
12-23-2011, 04:34 AM | #9 | |
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12-23-2011, 04:50 AM | #10 |
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| to neeth22: If this is a real problem. Do the right thing. Call a no kill shelter in your county. Tell them the truth, that the dog was found wandering the Apt. complex. That it was taken to this Vet and what he/she said. You can do the right thing for this dog and for your conscious. We can not break the law, unless it is against God's law. We can work to change things. Merry Christmas.
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12-23-2011, 08:07 AM | #11 |
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| definitely call your animal control officer and adv them of your findings |
12-23-2011, 09:58 AM | #12 |
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| Neetah22 - I'm also confused why and how the SPCA head in DC is contacting you. Your local ASPCA should be contacted. They can help you get in touch w Animal Control in your area, if they are separate. A case needs to be brought against this owner for abuse. I'm also confused what happened when you gave this yorkie to a friend of yours and then the yorkie turned up lost again??? How is this dog continuing to get loose? Doesn't the friend you gave this dog too miss him/her?
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12-23-2011, 01:14 PM | #13 | |
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12-23-2011, 01:27 PM | #14 |
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| Personally I say cut your loses and agree with MikahTallulah but the area my mom lives at made me that way. The police there are ridiculous and could careless if a dog was getting abused or not. My mom's neighbor keeps 3 big dogs in a basement for days on end and she's never home. My mom and my other neighbor have been contacting the police for months about it and they said they cannot do anything because they cannot go onto her property. They also called the humane society who came out but said they can't even look in the basment windows cause that would be going onto her property without permission. My mom and her neighbor have taken numerous pictures of the dogs being down there in a bare cold basement with pee and poop just everywhere. No water can be found either. So the one day when the dogs got lose, my mom had the cops called who picked them up. They held them and ended up giving them back to the owner...so now the dogs are back down in the basement, without fresh water, and probably freezing. Hate the cops in that area.
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