# Puppies need a home... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212 "2007-10-18T19:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/1 "2007-10-18T19:33:24Z")
A friend from work sent this e-mail out: > [@](#): > > Rescued 6 black lab (mix) puppies out of the middle of the road on Saturday. PLEASE help me find them homes - otherwise, it’s Animal Control - which means they only have 5 days. We’ve bathed them, sprayed them for fleas and wormed them…but we can’t keep them. They are currently in a kennel in my basement since I don’t have a fence. I’ve lost count of the number of rescue groups that I’ve contacted, only to be turned down due to no room. Please check with every dog person you know to see if they need a puppy or two. > > Do you know of anyone that might want to adopt a puppy or two? Or do you know of an animal shelter that does not kill animals when they can’t find a home immediately? If you know of anyone that might be interested or can get this information into better hands, please pass this along. > > Those are cute puppies and I wish I lived on 5 or 10 acres of land because I’d take them all. We’re in Houston. [Picture of adorable babies.](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/?action=view¤t=puppies.jpg) I sent info about [this place.](http://www.nokill1.org/about.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/2 "2007-10-18T19:39:43Z")
Dang - that was fast… It seems they were all adopted out yesterday afternoon. Sorry! Could a mod please close this thread? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/3 "2007-10-18T19:48:00Z")
I got this same e-mail at work last week. I think it’s some sort of spam or something…I think Snopes had something about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/4 "2007-10-18T19:51:08Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I got this same e-mail at work last week. I think it’s some sort of spam or something…I think Snopes had something about it. [/QUOTE] Really? I had no idea. The friend who sent it to me said another co-worker said that they had been adopted… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/5 "2007-10-21T22:02:02Z")
You’re in Houston, I’m in Orlando(ish). I got the same e-mail with the same exact picture. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/6 "2007-10-22T05:01:05Z")
If you google “Rescued 6 black lab (mix) puppies out of the middle of the road on Saturday”, you find the e-mail posted word-for-word, as in “I received this e-mail today” on: –a dog owner’s group in NYC, a dog owner’s group in Garland, Texas, a dog owner’s group in Atlanta, a blog in Minnesota, a blog in Singapore, a message board in Cincinnati, a message board in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a San Antonio Craigslist listing. And that’s just the first page of hits. I’m voting “spam”. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/7 "2007-10-22T05:43:59Z")
Are their eyes really blue? I can’t recall a dog with blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/8 "2007-10-22T06:02:58Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] Are their eyes really blue? I can’t recall a dog with blue eyes. [/QUOTE] I think it’s just the flash in that photo. My dog had blue eyes, but he was a dalmatian not a lab. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppies-need-a-home/423212/9 "2007-10-22T08:54:10Z")
I’m closing this thread for obvious reasons. Lynn