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Originally Posted by yavenay  It's funny you should start this thread. The same thing just happened to me on Tuesday of this week. I saw a dog almost get hit not once but several times. He was standing in the middle of a very busy 2 way street barking at a woman who was walking by. At first I thought it was her dog but it wasnt. I pulled over and tried to coax him out of the street. Once he focused his attention on me he started barking at me which was what I wanted so that he would not run back out into the street.
He was definitely not approachable but he did have a collar on but I couldn't tell if he had tags on. At that point I called animal control because I would not have been able to grab him. He was not letting me anywhere near him. I kept him barking at me to divert his attention so that he would not run back out into the street while i was on the phone with animal control.
At that point another man pulled up who lived on the block and thought it was one of the neighhbhors dog but he couldn't tell for sure. He went into the house to get some dog treats so that we can try and detain him until animal control arrived. But the dog took off running in another direction and we lost sight of him. The guy said he would keep an eye out for him. I can only hope that the poor little guy didn't get run over.
Even though there's a likely hood that a dog can be put down, they almost face certain death if left alone. Or even worse, some mean and evil person could abuse and torture them before killing them. At least at a shelter they may have some chance of being adopted. We have several no kill shelters in Delaware that I would of call. The humane association here is a no kill shelter and I would of taken the dog there if I was able to get a hold of him. |
I do keep dog treats in my car. Even tame pets act very differently when they are outside of their home zone. Sometimes they will act aggressive or fearful even though they are friendly as can be at home. Many of the dogs we have taken in change their fierce stance once they are offered a tasty treat. Wish we had an animal control to call that would arrive within a timely fashion and not a couple of weeks later.