Please tag your dogs.

[JasperFrank]

We have one or two every year. Lost. Or abandoned. A dog with some id is easy to fix. Phone number, or anything, even a name... doesn't have to be official, just give me something to work with to get the dog back home. We get dogs all the time with id and no id. With ID its a simple phone call. Without, I don't have a chip reader. That means I have to find you with flyer posts or social media. Just anything like a phone number and a collar would be helpful. But you got a lost dog, with no id, the dog can't tell me where home is.

 

[Eagle1]

I like these and all my dogs have them. Only time one was lost after Jethro (Great Pyr) ate Beyla's (GP/Anatolian) collar, wish I could say he only did that once

CollarTags™ Pet ID Collar Tags for Cats & Dogs Diamond Engraved

 

[anomad]

My vet is happy to scan dogs for me if I find a stray. I like the collars with the dogs name and my phone number embroidered in.

 

[scootr]

Yeah tag your dog or better yet fix your gates and fence.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't put a collar on my dog because of problems in the past. It's too easy to catch while running through the woods.
However, in the unlikely event he ever disappeared I'd be knocking on doors until I found him.


Yet I laud you for your message.

 

[scootr]

My young dog disappeared one day I turned my place upside down looking for him. Then I went out neighbor to neighbor and in to every field. Distraught I came home and started retracing my steps...finally remembering I got something out of the cargo trailer. When I opened the door there the little basturd was

 

[bmaverick]

We have one or two every year. Lost. Or abandoned. A dog with some id is easy to fix. Phone number, or anything, even a name... doesn't have to be official, just give me something to work with to get the dog back home. We get dogs all the time with id and no id. With ID its a simple phone call. Without, I don't have a chip reader. That means I have to find you with flyer posts or social media. Just anything like a phone number and a collar would be helpful. But you got a lost dog, with no id, the dog can't tell me where home is.

You live in the country, this is expected.

Unwanted dogs or other pets are randomly dropped off with no ID on purpose.
If there was a way to trace back to the owner who didn't want them, they might have to pay boarding costs at the pound or SPCA.

 

[Jstpssng]

Unwanted dogs or other pets are randomly dropped off with no ID on purpose

I could add this to the "peeves" thread.

 

[garry1p]

Everyone around here knows who my 14lb dog is and in 4 years she has never went beyond my property line.

She does have a chip. However; my biggest fear is coyotes and neighbors dogs.

 

[anomad]

Everyone around here knows who my 14lb dog is and in 4 years she has never went beyond my property line.

She does have a chip. However; my biggest fear is coyotes and neighbors dogs.

I worry about coyotes with my 60 pound Ridgeback. And she's one mean ***** in the field. My neighbor got a trail camera shot of a coyote tearing up a big racoon just near his place during dear season. Bob is close to 100 pounds, it would take more than one coyote to pull him down. He's a stud.

Nanny edits: the proper name for an intact female hound starts with B and ends with itch. And that she is.

 

[Torvy]

You're not likely to get close enough to my Anatolians to read their collars. Each weighs at least 100 lbs and it is all muscle, teeth and claws.

One enjoys ignoring fences. Sandy Loam soil makes it easy to go under. She seems immune to barbs.

Fortunately, the GSD stays put, even when her kennel mates go on walkabout. In fact, she 'corrects' them when they return. The Anatolians will let everyone know when something is amiss. The GSD just sits back quietly until it is time to shred something.

Zero concerns about coyotes or bobcats. Mt. lions, skunks, and hogs are bigger threats for different reasons.

 

[ponytug]

You're not likely to get close enough to my Anatolians to read their collars. Each weighs at least 100 lbs and it is all muscle, teeth and claws.

One enjoys ignoring fences. Sandy Loam soil makes it easy to go under. She seems immune to barbs.

Fortunately, the GSD stays put, even when her kennel mates go on walkabout. In fact, she 'corrects' them when they return. The Anatolians will let everyone know when something is amiss. The GSD just sits back quietly until it is time to shred something.

Zero concerns about coyotes or bobcats. Mt. lions, skunks, and hogs are bigger threats for different reasons.

Yes, pretty much the same here; a pissed off mountain lion or a car are our concerns for our GSD. Not that there haven't already been more than one skunk incident, there has been. No dead skunks as far as I know. Our current dog has put the hurts on the local pigs and coyotes more than a few times for invading "her" pastures.

We occasionally see abandoned dogs in the neighborhood, and they get taken in and fed; returned to the owner if possible, adopted locally if not, or turned over to the pound. There are some great folks here. We have our cat feeding set up so strays and feral cats can come by and eat if they need to. Some stay, some just hang out, but don't come in for the cat food, and others seem to be just drifting through. We've never had a human friendly cat turn up here, and only one feral cat come and stay. I don't know if we are just too far from civilization or if the human friendly ones are a tad bit too slow and are lunch before they make it here.

All the best,

Peter