Hey all-
For the past few weeks, there has been a dog wandering on our street. She has a collar on and two tags, including a recent rabies vaccination tag from the vet. She doesn't have an identification tag, so I don't know who she belongs to. I have seen her off and on and figured she belonged to someone who doesn't know she is loose. However, this has become a habit and tonight, I started to wonder if she has careless owners or if she is in fact a stray dog. I asked my neighbor down the street this evening if he knew where she lived because he knew her name (Maggie) and he said he called once on her tags and she belonged to a lady who no longer could care for her so she gave her to her handicapped mother. The mother couldn't care for her either since she was blind and had a low fence (why the dog kept escaping), and so she figured that if let the dog out on her own, someone will eventually take her in. Stupid idea, yes, there are some foolish people in this world.
So I guess this means Maggie needs a home. She keeps on wandering on my street, and I hate seeing her do that. I can't keep her-I already have a jealous beagle (and I don't think my parents need another dog LOL). My street is a good neighborhood-we have been feeding her and neighbors come up to her and pet her. She even follows the kids around and people walking down the street. Cars are careful when they see her on the road-but you never know, one day some jerk can fly by and hit her (we do have occasional speeders on our street)
Would anybody on this board care to give her a loving home or know someone who could take her in? I have noticed so far that she is a very FRIENDLY dog and very approachable. She loves to come up to you and roll over (how I discovered she was female LOL). I don't know any other websites like this where I can post the same information. I asked my neighbor if we should get the animal control to pick her up, but he said they would probably euthanize her in five days. We have a humane society (a few) where I live and wonder if I should take her to one of those. I never took a dog there before and didn't know if I had to meet any qualifications. I would love to see her get a good home because she is a very sweet, very friendly, adorable dog!
Here's the lowdown on her:
Name : Maggie
Breed : Well, I think she has hound in her. My dad thinks she looks like a plott hound, sort of a tall and skinny hound
Appearance : She's a beautiful dog-I have a few pics of her below. She's got some brown and reddish tones in her coat. She is approx a year and a half (from what my neighbor said). She is young though-her nipples are not visible yet if that tells you anything. She is a little on the skinny side but I think that might be part of her breed. She seems to eat well-I offered her some food and she ate little of it-other people have been feeding her so she has quite the selection of fine dining LOL
Disposition She is a very friendly dog-very excellent with kids. If she sees someone on our street-she comes up to them. She occasionally howls like a hound sometimes but other than that she is very sweet. We have some kids on our street who like to play with her and she will follow them around and everything. She likes to roll on her back and be silly. She comes to me very easily so she isn't timid around people. My beagle (who is twice smaller than she) barked at Maggie and she backed away and left
But like I said, I'd really love to find her a home-she is too sweet to pass up. I'd love for her to find someplace warm at nite to sleep instead of the cold grass (I saw her lying down in my neighbor's yard earlier tonight). I can't keep her at my place long-term but I see her everyday-so if someone wanted her, I'm sure I could keep her for a short if I knew someone would definitely give her a home.
I'd love to hear any kind of advice or tips I could do for Maggie's sake-any additional websites where I can post this same message. I come on here often, looking around and don't see many people where I am from (Northern KY/Southern IN) so I don't know how hard it would be to find someone who could give her a home or at least give me some ideas where I can post additional messages in this area. Anything would help though, no matter if you live in KY or as far as California! I appreciate any type of response for my message!!
I would just want to give Maggie the loving home she deserves. She is very friendly, a wonder with children, and she seems to be recently taken care of -being that she has her 2005 rabies vaccination tag on and a tag from our city (not sure what that means). I am sure if she found a home, her records could be retrieved since she has a current rabies tag on and a number on it. I don't want her to end up someplace bad or get hurt or anything because she is too much of a doll to go through that.
If you would like to give her a home or know of someone who could, let me know! Thanks for reading this and hope you can help Maggie out
Maggie's pictures:
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those sweet pictures laying outside cold & alone breaks my heart.
Unfortunately, my humane society is a kill shelter, and so my dad gave me the name of a non-profit shelter in Louisville (ever heard of the Shamrock Foundation?) to try-his client adopted a dog from and told my dad about the place-she said it's a pretty good place.
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