How I can I save a Stray Dog from the street? (chihuahua, vet)
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I have no experience saving an animal from the street but I feel bad for the little cute dogs like a chihuahua who are on the street and would feel I want to take them some where where they will take it into custody and take care of him/her
Whenever I pass by an abandoned dog I feel bad I don't want to be an owner thou at the most I want to provide temporary shelter ( feed them, give them water,milk shower them, provide a place to sleep)
Until someone will save it from the streets
Is there a way I can go by doing this ? How can I save them? Where do I take them?
I have no experience saving an animal from the street but I feel bad for the little cute dogs like a chihuahua who are on the street and would feel I want to take them some where where they will take it into custody and take care of him/her
Whenever I pass by an abandoned dog I feel bad I don't want to be an owner thou at the most I want to provide temporary shelter ( feed them, give them water,milk shower them, provide a place to sleep)
Until someone will save it from the streets
Is there a way I can go by doing this ? How can I save them? Where do I take them?
I live in California if that helps
Thanks
Make sure the dog is a stray first -- take it/them to a Humane Society where they will check them for having a micro-chip that can locate their owner, or they can find homes for them.
Make sure the dog is a stray first -- take it/them to a Humane Society where they will check them for having a micro-chip that can locate their owner, or they can find homes for them.
First, don't give animals cows milk.
Second, you're a gem of a person for wanting to help those poor babies.
Here's what I'd do to help:
Keep old towels, dog biscuits and slip leashes in your car.
When you pick up a stray without identifying tags, take it to a vet or an animal shelter to have it checked for a chip.
If there's no chip, you can leave it at a shelter -- preferably a NO KILL shelter. If the shelter is not no-kill, then find out how long they will keep it, and if you can reclaim it before it's euthanized.
If you end up taking it home, be prepared to post signs around the neighborhood and at local vets' offices, and post online to find its owner. Also contact ALL the local animal shelters to report the pet you've found, because that's where many people will go first and dogs can travel for miles.
In our area, there are all sorts of Facebook pages to get pets back to their owners.
Another way to approach it -- If my dog went missing, where would I look first?
My community Facebook pages (we're really good about posting lost and found pets around here).
My area's lost pets Facebook page.
Local animal shelters.
Local veterinarian offices.
There ARE no-kill Humane Society shelters in California. I adopted my dog from one. Just ask when you call them.
I don't think that's what was meant by the post. I think she meant that no kill shelters are beyond full with dogs. I'd be VERY surprised if the OP could just drop a stray dog off at a no kill shelter and they'd be willing to take it. If I had to guess, a no-kill shelter would probably tell her to take it to the local animal control and then if they are interested in taking the dog, they will do so once the stray hold is up. There are usually laws about what you are required to do when you find a stray, scan for a chip, post you found it and some also require a "filing" with the local animal control.
OP if you want to help a street dog, I'd start with a local street dog rescue. Depending on where you are in CA there should be one. Those rescues usually have information on their website about what to do if you find a stray. I know the rescue (not in CA) that I volunteer with does.
The MOST important thing you can do before you rescue it, unless you are going to take it to animal control, is to have a rescue lined up before capture (assuming the dog is a true stray and not just lost). If you're willing to foster the dog until it is adopted then it should be easy to find a rescue to work with. If not, it may be harder as most need more foster homes.
If you do decide to foster please educate yourself on what needs to be done once you have the dog in the house. It's not unusual for them to sleep (and not eat, drink or relieve themselves) for 24 or even 48 hours after capture. They should never be left in the back yard alone and for at least a couple of weeks, should be double leashed. The rescue should be able to help you with this and the medical assessment that should be done on intake.
My long time 4-legged lover recently died at 19 years old. I've been getting over the trauma but near enough to finding a new dog that I have been visiting the L.A. animal shelters.
I had a very interesting discussion with a nice animal control officer at a local L.A. city shelter, and asked the question I was very worried about: "How long do you keep them if nobody will adopt them?"
I was astonished when the ACO told me they generally kept them about 3-4 months before euthanizing them, depending on space availability. I had thought they had mere weeks!
I'm really glad our city can afford to give dogs such a long chance to find a loving home. I consider it entirely reasonable if they give dogs 3-4 months to find a new family before they are euthanized. In my opinion, if a dog is so undesirable that nobody will adopt them in 3-4 months, then the animal is probably better off going to a better place.
I consider it entirely reasonable if they give dogs 3-4 months to find a new family before they are euthanized. In my opinion, if a dog is so undesirable that nobody will adopt them in 3-4 months, then the animal is probably better off going to a better place.
I am sorry for your loss. Don't get me wrong.. I know it's hard.. the rest of your post?
WOW
The problem isn't so much that the dogs are undesirable.. it's the countless clueless people who buy/breed dogs without doing enough homework.. only to realize a short time later they don't want to deal with the responsibility of them so they dump them at shelters.. That is the problem. Clueless people.
A friend of mine rescued a dog that lived in a shelter for (4) years.
All lived happily ever after.
There was nothing wrong with the dog.
My long time 4-legged lover recently died at 19 years old. I've been getting over the trauma but near enough to finding a new dog that I have been visiting the L.A. animal shelters.
I had a very interesting discussion with a nice animal control officer at a local L.A. city shelter, and asked the question I was very worried about: "How long do you keep them if nobody will adopt them?"
I was astonished when the ACO told me they generally kept them about 3-4 months before euthanizing them, depending on space availability. I had thought they had mere weeks!
I'm really glad our city can afford to give dogs such a long chance to find a loving home. I consider it entirely reasonable if they give dogs 3-4 months to find a new family before they are euthanized. In my opinion, if a dog is so undesirable that nobody will adopt them in 3-4 months, then the animal is probably better off going to a better place.
I'm willing to bet that this is for dogs that have made it to the adoption floor. Generally, at large city shelters for every 1 dog that is deemed adoptable and makes it to the section of the shelter that people get to see, there are several that are in the other part of the shelter that is not open to the public. Yes, some of these will have behavior issues or health problems but for many of them there is simply no room in the adoption part of the shelter. I'm pretty sure that those dogs get weeks to days depending on how full the shelter is.
In the summer, the city animal shelter where I live euthanizes 75-100 dogs a day because of lack of space.
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