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Dear Prudence,
I recently moved to a neighborhood where it’s relatively common for people to allow their dogs to roam the neighborhood freely—a practice that seems outrageous to me. There is one dog in particular that keeps showing up in my yard. Though he is very sweet, he is not neutered, does not have a collar or microchip, and was filthy and covered in fleas when I found him. He seems to be well-fed and otherwise healthy. I took the dog in, put up a few lost dog signs, and learned from another concerned neighbor who the owners are. He said they have ignored his repeated requests to keep their dog on a leash, and he witnessed several near-accidents as cars swerved to avoid the dog. Should I give this dog to a good home? My gut says this is the right thing to do, but I’m worried that I’m stealing a dog from a family. On the other hand, if I find this dog dead in the street in two weeks I will feel responsible.

—Thief or Rescuer?

I’m reluctant to give anyone advice that boils down to “Steal the dog,” and yet I think you might have to steal this dog. Normally I’d suggest that since you know who the owners are, you might consider getting in touch with them and letting them know you’re worried about their dog’s safety and are trying to find a good home for him. But you’ve already put up lost dog signs and haven’t heard a word from them, so I think you’ve done your due diligence. I think you can find a safer home for him with a clear conscience; it sounds as if they’re about as interested in recovering their dog as they were in taking care of him when they had him.



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Give him away. They tried to find the owners, the owners did not come forward. My guess is they wanted someone else to have it.

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Would the "owners" even notice??


I say keep the dog and if they ask about him, worry about it then. But if you keep the dog in your own backyard and house, they may never know you have it.

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Think of the dog. It deserves better.

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It's STEALING. PERIOD.

People freaked out about the grandparents who wanted to get a toddler into Disney for free.

This is not different. If that was stealing--this is stealing. You are taking someone else's property.

What the dog may "deserve" is wholly irrelevant. It's property. If they are breaking the laws concerning that property, then that should be reported to the authorities and if the authorities decide to act on that information they can.

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The problem is you clean him up, pay for shots, microchip him, train him, and they discover you have their dog. Guess what? Now you are attached and they get the dog back b/c it is their dog.

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I agree.



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Stay out of it, especially as you know whose dog it is. Husker is 100% correct in saying it is STEALING. Now, if you had no idea who the owners were, you would be OK going ahead to giving it away or whatever. But once you know who owns it.... New ball game.

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The OP put up posters trying to find out who the owners were. They were ignored. I think that matters.

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It's stealing, a few signs that may not have been seen makes no difference. I wonder why she even put them up if she plans on keeping the dog anyway. I guess she already to the dog to a vet if she knows there is no chip.

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Why not just go knock on the neighbour's door and say 'hey - do you really want this dog? Cause I'll take it . . . "

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Mellow Momma wrote:

The OP put up posters trying to find out who the owners were. They were ignored. I think that matters.

You don't know they were deliberately ignored by the owners.  They may not have even been seen by the owners.   



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I would not put that much work into a dog that I didn't plan on keeping. Here we have laws that require you to microchip your dog. I would have called the pound and had the dog scanned. No chip then the dog is up for grabs. Even the city will say that. But that's here. The other option would be to tell the pound who owned the dog and let them contact the owners. The fine for letting your dog run wild here is pretty hefty. Once your dog is impounded you cannot get them out until they are chipped, up to date on shots, and fixed. It doesn't sound like the owners would do that. After so long of your dog being in the pound they send them over to the humane society. So the people who found him could get him back anyway. They could do it honestly here.

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Tignanello wrote:

Why not just go knock on the neighbour's door and say 'hey - do you really want this dog? Cause I'll take it . . . "

 This!



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Mellow Momma wrote:

The OP put up posters trying to find out who the owners were. They were ignored. I think that matters.

 But she knows who the owners are.  It would be stealing.  Call the animal control officer.



-- Edited by I know what to do_sometimes on Friday 18th of December 2015 06:26:39 AM

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