# I picked up a dumped dog today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336 "2025-02-15T01:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/21 "2025-02-15T21:33:06Z")
Perfect name. I think you have been adopted. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/22 "2025-02-15T22:26:56Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > She may be my dog. Valentine. One of my cats showed up on Valentineā€™s Day. Mewing at the door, weather forecast for that night three below zero F. I said ā€œyouā€™d better come in.ā€ Never did find out where he came from, though I tried. But heā€™s been here five years now. That first night I carried him in past resident cats screaming threats at him; but theyā€™ve all been friends for years now. Congratulations on your new household member! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/23 "2025-02-15T22:37:07Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Well, I let her in my fenced yard. Following and sniffing from my dogs, but no growls or hackles raised. **She may be my dog.** Valentine. (Emphasis mine.) Such great news! I was going to subtly hint that, despite all youā€™ve already done for her, sheā€™s been through so much already that it would be nice not to put her through another big transition. And since she has apparently bonded to you, that the best possible outcome would be that she would be yours! ā¤ šŸ• ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/24 "2025-02-16T03:01:42Z")
You are a very good, kind person. She is beautiful and Iā€™m going to cry. We do not deserve them, she came into your life for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/25 "2025-02-16T16:24:22Z")
Val has been in all night, slept on my bed with the rest of the dogs. Ate her breakfast, and I was proud that the other dogs didnā€™t try to help her finish because she was so much slower than they were. I left her in the yard when I went to feed the horse and barn cat, but she found a way out and followed me down. She apparently only stays when she wants to stay. StG ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/26 "2025-02-16T17:29:46Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Val has been in all night, slept on my bed with the rest of the dogs. Hope youā€™ve got a large bed! but youā€™ll certainly sleep warm in cold weather. Metaphorically as well as literally. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/27 "2025-02-16T18:25:03Z")
Queen-sized, but Iā€™m a small person. And yes, they throw off the BTUs. StG ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/28 "2025-02-17T02:56:29Z")
Thank you so much for this thread. Obviously what you did picking her up was great and taking care of her and potentially adopting her. But reporting on it in this thread is just as great. After the last 4 horrible weeks, this is so needed as it warms our hearts and gives a contented feeling. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/29 "2025-02-17T20:10:02Z")
Yes! This belongs in the ā€˜things that made me smile todayā€™ thread. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/30 "2025-02-18T04:01:41Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > this is so needed as it warms our hearts and gives a contented feeling. Thank you. Seriously. We need one of these every week. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/31 "2025-02-18T04:28:41Z")
Sheā€™s doing very well. Actually I think the two female dogs that werenā€™t getting along are getting on better with her her. Stumpy, the dumped dog I picked up about 4 years ago, was harassing my older female dog. Now sheā€™s running and playing tag with Valentine. An unexpected bonus! Iā€™m not leaving them alone at all at this point - sheā€™s constantly being monitored. But things are very settled already. StG ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/32 "2025-02-18T04:36:17Z")
Itā€™s nice to see a happy ending for a change. Getting too rare these days. Itā€™s great Val has found a happy home and the other doggos like her. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/33 "2025-02-18T14:46:24Z")
she looks like such a good girl. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/34 "2025-02-18T15:00:29Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > However, itā€™s been my experience that dogs fall into my lap when itā€™s the right time. šŸ„² I love the name! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/35 "2025-02-18T15:46:18Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Sheā€™s doing very well. Actually I think the two female dogs that werenā€™t getting along are getting on better with her her. Stumpy, the dumped dog I picked up about 4 years ago, was harassing my older female dog. Now sheā€™s running and playing tag with Valentine. An unexpected bonus! Maybe Stumpy just needed somebody to play with. One reason I was rather glad when my Valentineā€™s Day cat showed up was that he gave one of the others somebody to wrestle with; his wrestling partners canine and feline had recently become ill and died leaving, at that time, one much older cat no longer up to it and one younger than he was but entirely unwilling to play wrestling games. (She hates to be picked up, also, though she likes to be patted. I think sheā€™s got a thing about feeling restrained; I donā€™t know anything about her kittenhood.) But the Valentineā€™s cat and then later the Newest Addition both make good wrestling partners (plus which by now, five years later, the Must Wrestle cat is the Senior Cat and finally slowing down some.) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/36 "2025-02-18T21:24:47Z")
She has an appointment Monday for a wellness check, heartworm test (pray itā€™s negative), first round of vaccines and her chip. After that appointment I can schedule her spay. StG ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/37 "2025-02-24T17:12:06Z")
She had her wellness visit with the vet today. Heartworm negative, thankfully. Itā€™s endemic in the South. Started on her vaccines, got a microchip, and scheduled her spay. Valentine is here to stay. The vet figures sheā€™s just about a year old. StG ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/38 "2025-02-24T17:13:21Z")
Yay! Wonderful news! Iā€™m glad Valentine found you and vice versa! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/39 "2025-02-24T19:14:27Z")
Good dog! Excellent human! May you have many happy years together. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336/40 "2025-02-24T20:46:47Z")
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