OT/ Found a dog (pic), need suggestions

Howdy folks,
I found (actually my part Beagle chased her) this Chihuahua this afternoon near our house out here in the country. The dog is pretty skinny, but seems healthy. Has a collar, no tags. She had slipped her right front foot through the collar, so all the fur is gone under that leg but other than that she seems fine. I tried to contact the animal shelter in the area, but got no answer. I got on the internet hoping to find a site where I could post a message and picture for lost and found animals but I can"t seem to find one. Does anyone out there know if such a site exists? We are in an area where there are a lot of mobile home parks and the northern folks flock here during the winter months to escape the snow and ice back home. So many of them have small pets like this and I"m quite concerned this is one that got loose. It"s obvious she"s been out for a few days, but now that we have her in the house she has made herself right at home. I either need to find her real owner, or find her another owner soon (my mother already said she will take her) before we get too attached.
So how about it, anyone know of a web site through the SPCA or something similar where I could post an animal found message and picture to hopefully find the owner?
Thanks, rgv tx
Deep South Texas (Rio Grande Valley)

Check for a kennel club or specific breed dog club in your area and explain the situation. They can probably put you in touch with an individual or organization that does rescue work.

Oh look, it seems Holliday is beating his drum again.

Oh boy, it looks as if you have finally gotten over the difficult part and we are finally friends. I bet your late Dad is looking down on us both and smiling.

Just because the average animal has an IQ twice the level of yours does not make me a tree hugger. I suppose I'm finished playing games with you now, hopefully you will return the favor and crawl back under the rock you call home. It's pretty obvious to all who have now wasted their time reading this nonsense between you and I who wins, if there is such thing as a winner.
Goodnight and good riddance my flea bitten friend.

Is there any chance the dog has an implanted chip or tattoo?

~Will

How about watch for signs to go up asking for the lost dog. Tell the local vets. Maybe take an add out in the paper, but don't tell what kind of dog or even describe it - let the callers tell you what kind of dog you have. Make the callers tell you what kind of dog you've found. Little dogs, little pets often become snake food or sparing tune-ups for pitbulls, especially when they're free or "free to good homes".

You hold the dog, let the owner come to you, not the other way around - for the dog. Doesn't hurt to keep an eyeball peeled or an ear to the ground though, in all fairness.

Mark

I grew up on a farm that we lost after my farther passed away. And we thought and did simple, friendly, and neighborly. After I did my Army hitch, I moved from rural Indiana to the northside of Chicago for some years. Yep, there were some awesome times as a young man, but over some years I learned to become street savy. I now own a small farm in Indiana that I only get to see on weekends, and I still work telephone repair in Illinois during the week. My job often takes me into some of the most violent prisons in this country. Prisons full of predators that have no business ever seeing the light of day again in this lifetime. But there are lessons to be learned from them, but sadly enough, you sometimes have to think like them to stay ahead of them. My point? Good hearted folks like yourself, probably most folks, including myself try to do the right things, and often get taken advantage of by predators like them. Trying to return that dog to it's rightful owner, perhaps some old lonely widow, maybe some small child's Christmas present, is the right thing to do. But, there are those that will take advantage of you and your good meaning nature, and... you get the idea. So, for the safety of that small dog, you have to stay ahead of them.

The owners of that small defenseless dog will look for it and ask around. And if and when they ask questions, the right questions, you will know if they're right and ONLY then give the right answers, but not before. My labradore Lou? I call home every week night and listen to him moan and grumble in the speaker phone while I talk to him. Something that I learned as a kid from a movie called "The Glass Bottom Boat", when life was simpler, and people were more honest and caring about each other. If Lou wandered off, think that I wouldn't go from field to field, woods to woods, door to door, and putting up pictures looking for him? Don't bet against it.

Happy New Year, and much luck, Mark

Thanks for the suggestion Jim, I will do that too. I already had planned to go to some of the RV parks near here and ask if I could post it on the bulletin board in the rec hall. We have a small grocery in town that will allow signs so I will for sure try there as well as the local bakery.....everyone goes there! The dog has stuck to my wife like glue so I'm guessing she belongs to a woman who is no doubt heartbroken. I did look in the newspaper today, but only one ad for a medium size black dog and I don't think that quite fits this ones description!
Wish me luck.

I'm really supprised the shelter did'nt pick up the phone. I think pet stores also usually allow lost and found ads on a bullitin board.

A short time ago a cockatoo was sitting on a barn gutter. This site was way out of place, so my boss just held up his arm and the bird came down and landed on his wrist. He slowly took the bird to his mother who used to raise smaller birds and had an old cage for this bird to stay in. They gave it some water right away and went to the store and got some food. It was very hungry. Then they set out to find the owner. they tryed several ways to find the owner, but no one claimed it. So, they then called the local veterinary office and the vet said they would try to find the owners and if no-one still claimed it, they knew of some people that have much experience with birds and would take the bird there for a new home.

Good luck to you, I hope you can find the owner.

Got any pics of your part beagle??

Here is a pretty recent pic of Sandy with a few of the cats. Most of the cats learned not to run if she gives chase. She just loves to tree a cat and then go out 20 feet or so and wait for the cat to come back down for the next chase. Funny thing is they all get along great, even sleep together when it gets cold.
Sandy showed up on December 22 last year, just came right on in as if she lived here. She was pretty sad looking, and covered in fleas and ticks and of course very hungry and thirsty. We bathed her, and of course gave her food and water which she promptly devoured. She was obviously abused because she would cower down if you moved too quickly. As you can imagine, that fear is now gone. She has the run of the place, and I leave the gate open all the time so she can leave at will but as you can imagine, I don't think you could chase her off with a big stick now. I have an old golf cart and her favorite thing to do is go with me down those back roads and run and chase anything that moves. Turns out she's a good watch dog too. If the gate is open, anyone can drive in and she never bothers them. I had the gate closed one day and the UPS man came to deliver a package and she never bothered him before with the gate open. This time, he parked out front and opened the gate to walk in and she tried to take his leg off. You should have seen the look of shock on his face, and mine too!
By the way, the signs for the Chihuahua are now posted at the RV parks and grocery and bakery. We will just wait and hope for a call.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the chihuahua's family will be calling soon.

No calls yet today, maybe tomorrow.
The wife had one of the Taco Bell dogs stashed away, so she dug it out and put it in the chair with the little dog. I just had to take a picture and share, pretty cute.