I stopped today to get gas at a busy convenience store, at a busy intersection, on a street with construction going on.,
There was a small dachshund running around in the store lot, a female with a pink collar. I called to her and she trotted right over to lick my hands. I petted her and checked for tags on the collar, but there were none. Nobody around claimed her, so I decided to take her to my vet, who has an office about four blocks down the street. I had been going there anyway to make an appointment for one of my cats.
Opening the passenger side door I patted the seat and the doggie hopped right in, and didn’t freak out when I closed the door. When I got in she wanted to get in my lap and lick my face.
The vet tech was surprised to see me come in with a dog, as they know I don’t have one. I explained the situation and she was taken in. The tech said they would scan for a microchip. At least she will be safe, and have food and water. I called the local shelter to report the find, in case an owner called in, and checked the “lost” ads in the paper, but found nothing there.
Surely an owner will claim her. She was healthy looking and friendly, not scared or run down. I’ve never had a dog of my own, and with two cats in my apartment it just isn’t possible to have a third animal. The cats would probably eat her, she wasn’t as tall as they are! But for some reason I am so tempted, she was just so sweet
The vet’s office said they will keep me informed on what happens. I most definitely CAN’T have a dog!
Aww. You did right by her. Anyway, the running joke on Dachshunds is they should come with a zipper, since they can have a lot of spine problems. It’s tough to see them with back pain, over and over again. I could never own one and go through not just the expense, but seeing my dog in repeated pain like that.
As much as I hope she has people looking for her, a dog in a parking lot with no tags makes me think she was dumped. In that case, she will find a new and better home anyway, a friendly dog like that.
With a dachshund I’d be more worried about the cats, not the dog. They are dogs with BIG personalities! I know several. I like them a lot, but I couldn’t handle living with one full-time. More power to those who can, I’ll let you have the fun.
If she was dumped, then she deserves better people anyway. You done good.
IIRC Dachshunds come in at least a couple of sizes; I wouldn’t think the small ones would be much of a threat to the cats, but neither would I expect the reverse. Based on my experience the cats are more likely to regard the dog as another warm body to cuddle up to.
As for that face licking thing, yeah, that’ll happen with Dachshunds.
I’d be sunk if this happened to me! I want a dog so badly, and am even in an apartment where it would maybe be okay, but haven’t spoken to the landlord yet. If no one claimed the dog, I’d totally have a new dog. Trouble!
A little secret: you can call the microchip company back and ask them to tell you who implanted the chip. If it’s a vet’s office, a breeder, a shelter - you can then contact that place and see if they can contact the client/buyer/adopter. At the very least, the dog was obviously dumped - (if you do get hold of the “owners” you will likely get a response of “what dog?”) - and if there was a shelter involved, they would really want to know about it so the people can be put on a “Do Not Adopt” list that often gets shared amongst area shelters.
Who knows? I guess there’s always the outside chance she was dognapped and her people are desperately seeking her but in the wrong part of town or something!
It’s fate. Yeh verily it is destiny. You were made for each other. Most dogs and cats get along fine after an initial getting-to-know-you phase. And she is the perfect size for a person in an apartment. And you so obviously need dog.
Speaking of looking, when he looks up with those big golden eyes hearts of stone melt. And he has a very soft mouth (when he’s not eating the house, the deck, the hose reel, various stumps in the yard, etc.) He’s the only one of my dogs I’ll do the “take the treat from my mouth” with.
Why do you think the dog was dumped? Dogs can be sneaky little tinkers when they want to be naughty. We found a stihzu mix bouncing around, no tags, no microchip, but it had a collar. We put a “found” ad on the Humane Society’s website (free), Craig’s List, and a few posters in nearby vet and pet stores. We then saw the owner’s ad on Craig’s List in the “pets” section.
Turns out the little stinker of a pooch had busted out while they were bringing in groceries and they hadn’t noticed until feeding time. By then the little stinker had made it halfway to the doggy park - 6miles away - where we’d found him. They’d scoured their neighborhood but Stinker was long gone.
Just because the dog doesn’t have his tags, doesn’t mean that no one is looking for him. Stinker’s owners kept his tags attached to his leash rather than his collar, because the constant jingling sounds made them crazy. ETA: I thought that was ill advised for the very reason that they were useless if teh dog got away from you, but I can understand the annoynace factor of a bouncy mutt who sounds like he’s wearing jingle bells.
