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Originally Posted by Maximo  I'm glad you saved this pup from running around in the street. Please consider that a loose dog may easily be mistaken for an uncared-for dog. When my Teddy was 8 months old, he could have easily been mistaken for being malnourished by some people (very skinny puppy!). If he had gotten out of the house, he would have been skittish around strangers and scared, and his coat would have been a disaster within a short time. |
If my Buster got out (he's chipped and wears ID tags, but if he had neither), if he were on his own for a couple of days he would probably look uncared for. He mats easily, he needs to be brushed everyday, he's on the skinny side, eye boogers have to be cleaned daily, etc. I will be the first to say that all dogs should be chipped and wearing some kind of ID tags but then someone may have taken the collar off for some unknown reason and did not have a chance to put it back on. Where I live it has become the norm to keep the Yorkies if they are found with little effort spent on trying to find the rightful owner. To me, that is wrong!