# So we just found a stray puppy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175 "2010-04-24T02:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/21 "2010-04-24T15:46:44Z")
Thanks for saving one little life! She looks adorable-hope she finds a home (before you get attached to her). ---
**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:** [April 24, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/22 "2010-04-24T15:56:45Z")
She’s adorable! And it looks like it might be too late to avoid the attachment factor. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/23 "2010-04-24T16:08:54Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Alright, she spent the night with us and I have to admit she is a pretty amazing puppy. She’s only 2-3 months, but she didn’t piddle or poop in the house at all. And she was quiet all night with no whimpering or barking. But she isn’t perfect. She chews on everything she sees! > > This morning we’ll go to the Humane Society to have her checked for a microchip and list her as a ‘found dog.’ > > My husband wants to keep her. The Court finds that Defendant Puppy is a mongrel with inclinations to mischief. As such, she is a danger to society and cannot be allowed to roam the streets. The Court hereby sentences Defendant Puppy to life imprisonment, under the supervision of one **Palo Verde** , who is known to the Court to be of good moral character and fully capable of dealing with this miscreant as may be required. So Ordered, this the 24th Day of April, 2010. Oak, Archdruid of Karana and Mythical Judge, Presiding ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/24 "2010-04-24T16:36:27Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Hey Alice, you live in Tucson. Want an adorable puppy? FREE! You can’t live far from me if we shop at the same Fry’s. I wish I could! But I already have 3 kids and 2 cats, and the cats are rough on dogs! I kept my friend’s dog last summer while she went on vacation, and the cats would trap that poor thing in a corner because he was too scared to walk past them. You’d only know he was trapped when you heard WOOF! My cats are dog-torturers. But he is soooo cute! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/25 "2010-04-24T16:44:19Z")
Dog looks like a Doper to me. Keep! ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/26 "2010-04-24T19:29:27Z")
We took the dog to the Humane Society and found that she isn’t microchipped, doesn’t have a lost report on her, is 6-8 weeks old and is covered with ticks. So now what? I’ve been picking off the ticks, bought some rawhides strips to chew on, and we’re comtemplating what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/27 "2010-04-24T19:33:17Z")
:eek: I’ve lived here for 14 years and I never knew there were ticks here. Ticks??! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/28 "2010-04-24T19:39:38Z")
Oh, come on. You know what you’re going to do. ETA - Zsofia, accidental owner of a third cat after vowing to “take him to the vet and find him a good home”. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/29 "2010-04-24T19:44:23Z")
If the ticks are all over her then she’s been seriously neglected and/or on her own for awhile. Wonder what she was eating? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/30 "2010-04-24T19:46:12Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I wish I could! But I already have 3 kids and 2 cats, and the cats are rough on dogs! I kept my friend’s dog last summer while she went on vacation, and the cats would trap that poor thing in a corner because he was too scared to walk past them. You’d only know he was trapped when you heard WOOF! My cats are dog-torturers. If she has a fair amount of Jack Russell in her the tables will soon turn. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/31 "2010-04-24T20:45:34Z")
Pal would be a good name. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/32 "2010-04-24T21:01:28Z")
She is cute to die for! I think you should name her Ethel. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/33 "2010-04-24T21:47:13Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > We took the dog to the Humane Society and found that she isn’t microchipped, doesn’t have a lost report on her, is 6-8 weeks old and is covered with ticks. > > So now what? I’ve been picking off the ticks, bought some rawhides strips to chew on, and we’re comtemplating what to do. OK, you need to give her a good bath with baby shampoo. She’s probably too young for a flea and tick shampoo. Kittens of that age are too young for them, but dogs and cats are different. Anyway, just bathing the poor thing, even with baby shampoo, will get rid of a whole hell of a lot of ticks. You’re going to have to bathe her a couple of times, and then repeat the whole process in another week or two. Get Frontline or Advantage, if it’s safe for puppies of that age. Don’t use a flea collar. Give her puppy food and plenty of drinking water. And love her. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/34 "2010-04-24T21:55:33Z")
Thanks for doing this! My wife recently brought home a stray pup. We listed it and I drove around looking for LOST signs. No reply. She now lives with our neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/35 "2010-04-25T00:11:57Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > I already have 4 kids, 2 cats and one dog. The last thing I need is a puppy. > > But she was in the middle of the street and cars were almost hitting her. We asked around the neighborhood but no one claimed her. So we brought her home, fed her (she ate 3 huge bowls of dog chow), and let her sniff around. > > She is adorable, very people oriented, loving, and fairly well behaved (for a puppy). She is white with one black ear and a few black spots. She is a total mutt, but very cute nonetheless. > > I’m not so good at knowing how to post pictures, but here is a link the the Craigslist Lost and Found ad that I put in, and there is a picture there. > > [http://tucson.craigslist.org/laf/1707185485.html](http://tucson.craigslist.org/laf/1707185485.html) > > Any ideas for names? Not that we are keeping her or anything. Definitely not. I would suggest Immigrant or Apaio ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/36 "2010-04-25T00:41:22Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Thanks for doing this! My wife recently brought home a stray pup. We listed it and I drove around looking for LOST signs. No reply. > > She now lives with our neighbor. … the pup, not my wife! ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/37 "2010-04-25T00:44:42Z")
Oh, she’s adorable! Even if you decide not to keep her, a trip to the vet is in order. They’ll be able to recommend an appropriate tick treatment and food (at that age she should probably still be on puppy food, not adult dog food - but again, ask a vet), will be another source for finding a possible owner - and if you decide not to keep her, a vet may well know of someone looking to adopt a puppy. But you should definitely keep her, because she’s adorable, and definitely sounds like a good dog. Nipper was my first thought, followed closely by maybe Spot. Or I can see her as Snowball. ---
**Author:** ![dukette71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dukette71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dukette71)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/38 "2010-04-25T00:55:47Z")
Lucky you!! She looks like an “Alba” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/39 "2010-04-25T03:19:54Z")
One of my cats was an unintentional adoption. I love him to death, but I never intended to be a multi-cat house. Oh well. Sometimes life gives you puppies and you just have to make the best of it. 😃 I think she looks like a Scout. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175/40 "2010-04-25T03:33:38Z")
Here’s my update. We were taking her for a walk (she was obviously unused to a leash, but learned quickly) and we ran into my neighbors. It turns out they are thinking about getting a puppy. Of course they were charmed by our little visitor and agreed to have her at their house for an hour or so to see how she gets along with their older dog and cat. She is still over there now. I hope they decide to take her, because they are great pet owners and I know she would be in excellent hands. But also because I would get to see her whenever I want. Cross your fingers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-just-found-a-stray-puppy/537175.md?page=3)