OT: Rescued d*g this morning

I was getting ready to get in my car this morning to drive to the
office when I heard something rumbling around the garbage can. I went
to look and there was an older beagle sniffing around. I called him and
looked at his tags. Found one with a phone number and dialed. The woman
was very relieved to hear I had found her d*g and sent her husband
over. They live just a few blocks away, so he arrived just as the
beagle had decided he was going to go smell something else.
He grabbed the beagle, spanked him and tossed him in the back of the
truck. I don't quite approve of his methods, but I'm giving him the
benefit of the doubt that he was just frustrated and upset about the
dog running away.
Maya got a good look at the d-thing through the glass door was not very
happy... :)

Monique Y. Mudama...

Good for you for finding his owner. As for the spanking -- well, of
course he was frustrated and upset. That's no reason to spank the
dog. I can guarantee the dog didn't learn anything from that
spanking, except maybe to run away the next time the owner comes for
him. *sigh*

Sam...

Good job, Victor! Way to go!

polonca12000...

Thank you so much for rescuing the doggie, Victor.
Too bad the owner reacted in a way that may cause the doggie to run away
from him in the future.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

MaryL...

Good for you for following through and finding the owners, but I sure hate
to hear about that kind of reaction. If either of my cats got outside (they
don't try -- they have no interest in "the great outdoors"), I would grab
them and hug them and probably love them until they were sick of it. *No
way* would I react the way you described, and that poor dog would have
absolutely no idea what it was all about.

Jo Firey...

When Sam went for his week long self imposed camping trip in the wilds of
Alaska, we were sure we would never see him again. This was a cat that had
a four inch steel pin holding a back leg together at the joint.

When we returned the following week to resume out search, Charlie went out
to look and I started the camper setup and getting the baby (Vicki) settled
for the night. Charlie opened the door, made some comment and something
furry flew into the room. I yelled Sam! and he took off back out the door
for another couple of hours.

We don't always react well under trying circumstances.

While I don't think hitting dogs works, I wasn't there. Don't know how
severe a spanking was involved, and hounds ARE hard to train.

(Kayla cowers at the sight of a rolled up newspaper. She has never been
hit. With anything. We were told ahead of time never to hit a Border
Collie because they just don't get it as a training method.)

Marina...

Frank used to cower when he saw a rolled-up newspaper. *I* certainly
never hit him, but he had been in two different homes before he ended up
with me, so I can't be sure that no one ever hit him.

MaryL...

That isn't "training" a dog. The dog would not associate that treatment
with leaving home. Any "training" needs to be done immediately following
the action/behavior, or the pet cannot make the association. All that did
was relieve some of the *human's* annoyance and aggression.

Cheryl...

Glad you got him Victor. A few months ago I found a dog in my front
yard. I was hesitant to approach him because if he got scared and
ran the wrong way, he'd end up in the busy road. I inched toward
him and he started wagging his tail and plopped down on his side. I
thought he was hurt, but it turned out he was just submissive. He
let me approach him and pet him. Then he stayed still while I went
to my truck to get a rope. He had a collar on (no tags) and let me
loop the rope through the collar, and I walked him around trying to
find out who his people are. Found out, but they weren't home. Left
a note for them later, and I've never seen their dog get loose
again. They fixed their fence. I left my number on the note and
they called, and I just told them how afraid I was of him being
killed and I guess they got it.

sriddles...

Good for you for taking the time & a little bit of effort to help that
dog. A lot of people wouldn't bother or would have a thousand excuses
why they couldnt. I bet his owners were very appreciative.
I hate to see anyone strike a dog too. Did he act like he knew he was
in trouble when he saw his owners?

Karen...

Well that seems like such a silly thing to do. LIke the dog has a clue he
was doing something wrong? Then again, it's like what you would do with a
kid, so maybe they treat the dog like a child.