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Dog found at Chimborazo and Leigh
07/31/2014 10:10 AM by John M
Just found this sweet male, black and white Pitt running around the intersection of Chimborazo blvd and Leigh st. No collar. He’s safe and sound please call 631-804-1550 if you know this dog. Trying to find the owner
TAGGED: pets
I just don’t get it why there are so many dogs and cats found loose in the area? Most all without required collars with tags and no chips. Apparently these owners (or ex owners) have no appreciation for pets and should be banned from owning them if they can’t be a responsible parent.
Keep in mind that those turned into Animal Control risk being destroyed.
And why so many Pit Bulls? I just don’t get it?
Has he found a home yet?
He looks like a happy guy and not shy. I just hope the owner comes forward and not someone who will lie to obtain him to torture and abuse for fighting purposes. Pits can be great pets if raised right and from good a good natured line.
#2…
Because we live in an area with so many other cats and dogs, the housebound ones tend to get creative- over fences, under fences, between your feet while you carry groceries, etc. They’re animals and they act on animal urges.
Many thanks to John for being the guardian angel. Someday it might be your wayward pet that needs a ride home.
PS I’ll add this too….you won’t see as many runaways when it’s 10F outside. But in the good old summertime? They want to run.
I agree with Neighbors Too @2
I Like to feed the birds and cats are a BIG problem. I recently received a letter (as did all my neighbors) from a person complaining that “some unknown person had put a collar around his cats neck with a bell on it,” and ” I can only imagine my cat’s panic and trauma at being captured by a stranger and having a collar forcibly placed around his neck”.
” I can only assume that this vigilante activity was an attempt to warn birds of an approaching enemy”
“I hate thinking that my cats ( this person has two) might kill a bird, but the reality is that cats are predators. My two cats are rescues and spend much of their time outdoors–that is their life”.
This persons cats are constantly at either my bird feeder or one of my neighbors killing birds. Many requests for the cat owner to do something about it have gone ignored. Although I am not the person who put the collar on this persons cat, I have in the past asked them to do so and the response has always been , “My cat dosen’t like collars”
This person goes on to state, ” I, too, am concerned about neighborhood cats hunting songbirds, but this is not the answer.” this person goes on to state, “I would like to talk about the problem and , if there is one, a solution. ” Any suggestions to this person about what to do has been dismissed as not feasable.
Anybody got a soution?
Owners, not parents. Animals are not children.
Speaking of children, please be prepared to explain to a sobbing four-year-old Hattie or three-year-old Oscar why you felt it best to let your pit mix dog Snape run off the leash and get creamed by a Civic at Broad and North 30th.
I don’t currently have cats but I have had them in the past. Mine were all previous strays, not quite feral, but not quite domesticated either. One in particular was a bird/squirrel/snake/mouse killer. I tried to make him an indoor only cat but, after 3 weeks of screaming and howling (him, not me :), I gave up. Indoor only for cats is the way to go. I see so many horrific injuries to cats allowed to go outside. On the other hand, I know from personal experience that there are some cats that cannot be kept inside only. The collar with a bell, as long as the collar is a break free type, is the answer. Also, your cats need a tag with contact info in case they get injured. Even indoor only cats, in case they get outside. Microchipping is always a good idea.
Pit bulls. I have a pit bull and a bulldog/pit bull mix. Pit bulls are the #1 dog of preference in Church Hill. Lots if pit bull breeders in the East End (yes, it is illegal). Both of mine came to me from RACC as escapees – one over a fence, the other under a fence. Pit bulls require a lot of exercise and a lot of mental stimulation. They are also extremely athletic and going over or under a fence is no problem for them. They are not the type of dog that can left in a yard. The combination of there being so many pits in this area and the fact that they are escape artists is why we see so many running the streets. Again – microchips, collars, tags.
My cats lay around in my fenced in yard; they might fantasize about birds, or occasionally chase a squirrel, but they don’t kill anything except for bugs. As for strays who have to earn a living on the street, I don’t begrudge them a bird. I love birds too but I accept this as natural behavior and part of the food chain.
As for people letting their dogs off leash I think they greatly underestimate the danger of traffic on Broad. People speed like crazy and animals do get hit. It’s something to take under consideration.
Finally, I’ve found three runaways with no owner info on the collars but they did have a vet name and rabies license #. In all three cases the vet did a lookup and the owner called me within the hour. Just something to keep in mind as an option.
@ Jean McDaniel — I’ll never understand people who allow their cats roam free without any collars or tags (not even a rabies tag). I would have fumed at that letter.
Trish, those are fighting words for many people who own 4-legged children. For many people their pets ARE their children. We fall into that category and ours are very spoiled to being brats 🙂 I would go hungry before not feeding our furbies as they come first. It is all part of being a responsible “owner” because domesticated animals can not actually fend for themselves. And they become substitutes for children for those who do not have any. And yes, we have a drawer full of sweaters, coats, special collars, even dresses for ours girls (I keep saying that because we lost one in May from old age and the ravages of diabetes).
Even those who have outdoor pets like hunting dogs have a special bond. Not because they pay over $3,000-$4,000 each for them but the care required creates the bond. We have two friends in the mountains that run bear with them so know and one of these big burly rednecks who is a logger, just loves and also spoils our Leia and even takes her for walks!
Please, do not buy from breeder! I am an advocate against it and even friends with those on a national level who oppose breeding as well as another who is in the middle of doing a documentary film on it. You just don’t know the abuse as well as physical and mental toll on the females kept for life in a cage. Our Leia is a puppy mill rescue.
Yes, bells on cat collars are for the birds benefits 🙂
Tags, name and address is great but the required vaccination license helps to track down owners. Why do people simply stuff these in a drawer? And chips too.
Why are Pits the #1 breed in Church Hill… any particular reason?
And yes, the traffic is an issue with or without animals involved. How many people do you see doing the actual posted 25mph speed down Marshall Street – including buses?
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I and my neighbors DID fume at that letter!
It would seem that one can fume or use proper grammer but not both!
My neighbors and I DID fume at this letter.
Why are pits the #1 breed in Church Hill?
There are people (me!) that find them to be a fabulous breed of dog. A sound and well bred pit is affectionate, confident, athletic, loyal, easy care (not much grooming required), portable (they travel well), and an endless source of amusement. They do bring street cred in some social circles. Nothing like a big burly pit bull to make you look all tough and manly. They are easy to come by here in the east end – LOTS of back yard breeders. There’s always dog fighting, although I like to believe that particular activity has decreased in the last few years. I love my dogs. Like Eric, mine are my furbies. I think pit bulls are fabulous dogs but they, LIKE MANY OTHER CHALLENGING DOG BREEDS, can be dangerous and disruptive in the wrong and/or inexperienced hands.
Jean… I have made my share of grammar errors here and don’t think the few who read or participate will be that critical as long as the idea comes across. Writing on the fly does have its issues especially if distracted or in a hurry.
Kathleen, it is the comment you made ” Nothing like a big burly pit bull to make you look all tough and manly” which is what I was afraid of… all about image rather than loving a pet in general be it a Chihuahua, or a Great Dane.
So many other dogs needing homes that are not Pits and are put down daily rather than being adopted because people like you are being selective.
And it almost comes across that you are not opposed to dog fights? I hope I am reading that wrong.
Just wanted to point out, sort of in response to Neighbors Too, that Richmond Animal Care & Control–while not “no kill”–only euthanizes if an animal is too aggressive/injured to be rehabed and adopted out. There’s no time limit or anything–animals can be there, and be safe, as long as they need to be. They’ve helped me with a number of stray dog issues and are great. Taking an animal to them is *not* condemning that animal to a death sentence. In fact, they’ve helped me get strays into rescues and on to happy homes. They’re good people.
Jean–I don’t know what to tell you. Our cats wear collars-the breakaway kind. We buy tons of them and just put our most basic contact info on them all because some of our kitties are quite talented at losing them. The town I grew up in had an ordinance or something that protected songbirds–that sort of thing would probably help you out, if the city had such a thing.
We have a Rottweiler and while she is not a child she is very much part of the family. I’ve had her for several years, since before the kids were born. I could not have hoped for a better dog with our children. When you are a renter is VERY difficult to find a place that will allow an “aggressive breed”. It’s very frustrating but at the same time I understand the hesitation. We went through the AKCs Canaine Good Citizen training and that helped a lot (at least with most private owners, management companies not so much). Having the certification means they don’t have to take my word that she’s well mannered.
Most people say their insurance doesn’t allow them. What’s funny is that I get a discount on my renters insurance because of my dog. Because I am, according to Geico, “significantly less likely to be burglarized”.
Cute pup! Hope he found his way home!
I really don’t mind the cats. I’m not a cat person but I grew up on a farm and we kept strays hanging around because they are invaluable at pest control! There is nothing you can do to stop cats from killing birds…sorry. Its hard wired in their biology. It’s like asking someone not to breath. Even a domesticated lap cat with no NEED for food will kill a bird, it’s instinct. I know it seems bad, but if all these cats were suddenly gone, the birds would be safe, but we would also be over run with rats and mice.
I think this is the same dog: http://richmond.craigslist.org/laf/4600137193.html
@22 John I totally agree – can you figure out how to unite owner, dog and finder?
I “the dog finder” have contacted the “dog owner”. Thanks to john. Just sitting and waiting now. Thanks for all the help. And for the record. Y’all are crazy. Write your gripes somewhere that matters. This thread was created to try and find a dog owner… Not complain about cats.
It could be. The one in the craigslist ad had a much smaller patch around his eye though. But if it’s an older photo it could have changed some. He’s probably missing those kids if it is him.
I think it is the same. The markings seem to match and what are the odds with the vicinity?
Ross, #24- thank you for working to find this fella’s family/home. You’re so right..the CH crazies can’t always let things go and simply help to reunite a sweet pet with their family. Looks like you’ve find a match! Please let us all know when there’s a happy ending.
For what it’s worth:
I AM the person who put the collar on the cat. I wish I had received one of the letters, I would have responded (it may have been lost in the junk mail, as we were away several weeks and it piled up). Jake was not “captured and terrified” for what it’s worth. He is happy to be petted, I pet him often, and didn’t seem upset by the collar. He had killed a bird at the feeder in front of my house a few days previously, and we got to smell it rot under our porch for a week. I bought a break-away collar so it wouldn’t endanger him. I’m frankly surprised that anyone was upset by what I would think is the least-aversive way to keep a cat from killing birds (or at least give the birds a chance).
#12 Eric,
Please do not classify all breeders as puppy mills. True breeders breed for the betterment of a particular breed, with an emphasis on temperament, health, & conformation; most do it as a hobby as there’s no money to be made from selling puppies if you give them the care needed until they’re 12-14 weeks old. Adoption agencies could take lessons from interviews given to perspective buyers of these puppies.
As far as living in cages, most all of these dogs that I know are treated like children, live in the house , have run of the yard, & sleep in the bed. They certainly do NOT stay crated.
Breeders & the AKC are the biggest enemies of the puppy mill business so please don’t use the terms interchangeably.
Jennefir @28
Thank You!