Picked up two strays.... regretting it

crunch99 · Apr 20, 2007

I was driving on a highway when I spotted these two strays in an empty parking lot. I stopped to feed them some leftover chicken.

One looks to be a 2-3 yr old female that's been starving for a while as her ribcage & backbone are showing. She's pretty gentle as she let me pick her up. The other looks like a puppy and it bit me when I picked it up.... gave me about four puncture wounds.

Now the problem is.... the female looks like she gave birth not too long ago, as her teets are swollen and droopy. Really worried that if she has a litter that they would die if I don't return her. And the puppy won't stfu, has been howling and barking the past 3 hours.

So what should I do?????????? Return them and hope their owners find them???? Neither has a tag.

wolfie_cr · Apr 20, 2007

tough call but you saved two dogs, please do not abandon them again

they were obviously on their own since you say one was next to starvation

X-Files · Apr 20, 2007

crunch99 said:
The other looks like a puppy and it bit me when I picked it up.... gave me about four puncture wounds.

If in the next 24 hours you start foaming at the mouth & declaring the Wiz
to be a lock for the NBA title, we will all know your tetnus shots were not
up to date. :drink:

crunch99 · Apr 20, 2007

wolfie_cr said:
tough call but you saved two dogs, please do not abandon them again

they were obviously on their own since you say one was next to starvation

I already have 5 dogs so I don't really know what I will do with these.... but really worried that the female may have a litter and they may starve to death.

And my damn cat is missing. Probably a coyote took him. Damn it.

crunch99 · Apr 20, 2007

X-Files said:
If in the next 24 hours you start foaming at the mouth & declaring the Wiz
to be a lock for the NBA title, we will all know your tetnus shots were not
up to date. :drink:

I'd laugh if I weren't in so much pain.

Buster · Apr 20, 2007

"her teets are swollen and droopy"

i think i may have picked up her sister last night?also was wandering a parking lot with lots of big trucks around.

on a serious note,great job! chances are the puppies are already dead if the mother looked that hungry,but i guess you could go back near the scene and see if you can find them.you know what will happen if you take them to the pound so if you have room and ability to feed them keep them.hope it turns out ok!

WVU · Apr 20, 2007

You picked them up so now you have to take care of them. God's will

ProPokerPlayer · Apr 20, 2007

Yea i picked up 2 strays 1 night in 1979...got rid of 1 the next day...took 11 yrs, 3 kids and a ruined life to get rid of the other.........you see a stray on the side of the road with tire tracks on her back.........they probably match my truck!!

A-Train · Apr 20, 2007

i thought u were talking about women........

crunch99 · Apr 20, 2007

I ended up dropping the mom off where I found her..... everyone kept telling me her puppies would die so had no choice. But she did leave me a nice gift in my car.... well two (barf & poo).

The other one I'll check lost/found and if no matches then will most likely end up at the pound.

TTinCO · Apr 20, 2007

We took one in when we had a house in college. Little did we know that we had a black lab that was roughly 50x more racist than David Duke. Seriously, this dog FREAKED OUT when he saw black people.

It's a miracle we never ended up with a lawsuit or in jail over him attacking someone. Definitely one of the more bizarre things I've ever seen.

fhmesq44 · Apr 20, 2007

crunch99 said:
I ended up dropping the mom off where I found her..... everyone kept telling me her puppies would die so had no choice. But she did leave me a nice gift in my car.... well two (barf & poo).

The other one I'll check lost/found and if no matches then will most likely end up at the pound.

put it on craigslist to see if someone wants it. better than the pound.

joeyfitzclick · Apr 20, 2007

They don't have dog shelters where you are from ?

ivyconniver · Apr 20, 2007

I'd check back in a day or two to see if the mom is still roaming around. Get those doggies some help.

The coyote line was hilarious though.

horseplayer444 · Apr 20, 2007

Dont bring to the pound!!!!!

get an ad in the paer ..someone may adopt the dog....u have a fenced backyard?

MERMAID · Apr 20, 2007

crunch99 said:
I ended up dropping the mom off where I found her..... everyone kept telling me her puppies would die so had no choice. But she did leave me a nice gift in my car.... well two (barf & poo).

The other one I'll check lost/found and if no matches then will most likely end up at the pound.

I wish you hadn't done that with the "mom" dog. More than likely the pup is hers and that she is probably swollen from trying to feed her pup since she is starving. Please try to find her, most Vets can recommend an "saver" who will adopt or foster strays and find them homes. Also, they will try to locate the pups if the "mom" dog had any. Good luck with this and bless you for trying to save them.
Sidebar, the pup probably bit you because it could be injured or extremely scared of humans.

crunch99 · Apr 20, 2007

MERMAID said:
I wish you hadn't done that with the "mom" dog. More than likely the pup is hers and that she is probably swollen from trying to feed her pup since she is starving. Please try to find her, most Vets can recommend an "saver" who will adopt or foster strays and find them homes. Also, they will try to locate the pups if the "mom" dog had any. Good luck with this and bless you for trying to save them.
Sidebar, the pup probably bit you because it could be injured or extremely scared of humans.

Don't think it's her pup cause he's collie/lab mix while the "mom" is a pitbull. Been told that he could be around 5 months or so. He looks to be in good condition, definately not been starving for long.

I think the pit might've had parvo cause she kept throwing up everything she ate. After I dropped her off I was horrified when she began crossing the highway. Luckily cars were far off. I followed her for a bit as she moved quickly through a large field, sniffing as she went. Hope she found her pups.

crunch99 · Apr 20, 2007

ivyconniver said:
I'd check back in a day or two to see if the mom is still roaming around. Get those doggies some help.

The coyote line was hilarious though.

no joke.... my kitty dissapeared yesterday. most likely a coyote.

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