Some People

[Species8472]

Pulled into the driveway at 630 tonight and there is a black lab standing in front of my garage. We are at the end of a dead end road in a rural area NE of Orangeville. Poor old girl is grey around the muzzle, arthritic, rheumy eyed, deaf and has a decent size tumor on her side. She was standing in the rain shivering looking bewildered.



I went into the house and put my 2 dogs into the back room and than let her in. She pretty quickly scarfed down a bowl of food and took a long drink. I than introduced her to the 2 cats - no problem. I introduced her to the 2 dogs one at a time and after about 15 minutes they were all getting along fine. Pretty certain she was dumped - how anyone can do that to a gentle old soul like her I have no idea. Calling her Lucy for now.

We put out feelers to the SPCA, on facebook, with the neighbours and to the local vets we know in the hopes someone is looking for her. If nothing turns up we will give her a safe friendly warm place to live out her few remaining days in dignity. Just boggles my mind that people can do that.

[Sharon]

Speechless- I don't get it either. Assuming there was no I.D.

I had a dog stolen once. Also don't understand how people can do that.

[poltrojan]

no ID or chip?

[Species8472]

She had a collar but no chip or id tags. No chip, sure not everyone chips their dog, but the no id tags makes me think she was dumped and they removed them to prevent anyone from finding out who they were.

As I said we are calling her Lucy as when I said no tags I meant licence/vaccination tags. She did have a single tag (it's in my hand in the photo) but all that was stamped on it was "Lucy."

[Dakota Creek]

Don't understand that either .... A dog is a lifelong commitment whether that is 5, 10 or 15 years. Good on you for taking her in and for willing to give her a forever home if her owners cannot be found.

[trimmer21]

Let's not make assumptions about her being dumped. She's an old girl who may have simply wandered away from home. Dogs can get Alzheimers,too,you know. Good on you for taking her in. Keep an eye out for someone that may be looking for her. We took in an older stray,once,and a month later her peeps just happened to be driving by,saw her at the same time she saw them. You should have seen that performance,there wasn't a dry eye in the 'hood that day. She had wandered away from home in north Whitby and made it all the way to our house. Unbelievable.

[welsh]

She did have a single tag (it's in my hand in the photo) but all that was stamped on it was "Lucy."

That to me is a pretty good indication she was dumped. But at least she was dumped where the right people would find her. Good on you for taking her in.

[Hunter John]

Hopefully she wandered off or maybe got free during the ice storm and someone is looking for her. Good on ya Species for helping her out.

[MikePal]

Let's not make assumptions about her being dumped. She's an old girl who may have simply wandered away from home.

No kidding...I have had many a dog come thru my 'in the middle of nowhere' home and all of them were ones that had gotten away; broken lead, cased the deer, ran from a noisy truck, bolted during a rather violent thunderstorm etc etc...

I wouldn't jump to conclusions...

[3Wheelerdude]

Have you checked inside her collar? That's where I write my phone number on my dogs collars.
They dont have tags because I fear the interference with their invisible fence.