Oh I am sorry I forgot to metion:that when my husband found him , he was working at this house and actually thought it was their dog.. they said no , so my husband went down the road asking anyone and found the guy who said he had the puupy but had given it to a girl, who obviously let it go. The guy said his other dogs were beating up on it .. and he keeps all his dogs on chains outside. well my husband did not feel comfortable leaving this puppy there due to the missing hair patches on his leg. So he gave this guy our phone number is case the girl comes back. The girls he said was very young. but no response .. I have just put a ad in the paper good home only inside vet references.. I wish I could keep him but just cannot... The orginial owner did not have much to say actually just if you wanna leave him tie him up over there.. my husband was upset by this and that is why we have him... crazy huh.. we live in a cold atmosphere so this is horrible..