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Originally Posted by rubymoon2072  It does not matter what she says or does no one here has a right to pass judgement. Nor is it ok to tell someone what to do she is an adult. Advice is great but this is beyond that.
Also let me add not everyone who has lost a dog wants them back. My Punkee Princess may she RIP was found. I brought her directly to the vet she was chipped. The owner had dumped her three weeks prior up here in NH, lived full time in Mass and was no where near thrilled when the chip company called them to tell them their dog was found. They let me keep her so there is another side to the story. She ran the streets for three weeks with no food or shelter because her owner was not kind enough to surrender her. |
It does not matter what she say but it does LEGALLY matter what she does. Taking in a dog and not making an effort is stealing.
As for your Punkee, there was an effort by the chipping company to contact the owners who didn't want the dog. But there was an effort to locate the owners. What if someone would have stolen Punkee and then abandoned him and his family had been looking for him? That puts an entirely different spin on the story.
I have Bogey who is from a shelter in Portage IN. He was found running on a country road in a thunderstorm with a leash on. He was malnourished, his nails were curled under and he was a matted mess. But the difference is that he sat in a case at animal control for 2 weeks before he became adoptable. Nobody ever claimed him. But he was posted on their site as a lost dog/stray. After the required length of time he was put up for adoption. I'll never know what his story is but I know that it was done under the rules of the laws.