Hey everyone, just wanted to give an update on Shelby. This post has gone to 2 pages, so for the ones who just found about this post, I'll give a recap:


**********The man behind us had 3 dogs, including one named Shelby (she looks like a fox--maybe a shiba inu?really sweet face and gorgeous red coat). Last week, I found her and another dog(pit bull) belonging to the man roaming around our street, the next street over from the man. I called him and told him that his dogs were loose. He took the pit bull and brought him home but left and Shelby was still roaming.This concerned me,but I didnt see her since. Fast forward a few days later..we found shelby again-this time at a restaurant parking lot a few blocks from her home. We went by the man's house to tell him his dog was loose again, and he said he was missing a dog but it was that pit bull..just said that shelby was found by some people awhile back and they brought her back to her home. I figured he just let her go. My family knows the man, and I had a feeling he was that type. He has a very junky backyard (we can see it from our kitchen window). There's no telling how he treats his animals.

I didn't know what to do with the dog--I already have one dog, a beagle, who doesnt get along with other dogs.Putting shelby in our yard couldnt work anyways-she jumps fences. I saw her still roaming around every 1-2 days. I kept some water/food in the yard behind ours b/c that was where i usually saw shelby (this yard is right next door to her "home") so she would be fed. On Mon, I found someone who would give shelby a home but we had a hard time trying to catch her..she was very scared and would run off if anybody approached her.We werent able to get her because she ran off, and I havent' seen her since. Some members on the board gave me many suggestions on how to capture shelby. *************


Now, for the ones who have read this story, I had said that I last saw her monday after running off when M (the man trying to give her a home) and I were trying to catch her. Never saw her again. I thought (and hoped) somebody took her in. BUT, this evening (Wed) around 10pm my father said he saw Shelby once again outside (she was across the street sniffing garbage or something). I was like 'her we go again'. It was too late to call M and get her. So, I took some food and water and went to my front yard and called her to eat the food. She ate about half the food. I then through a rib out for her to eat (which made MY hound jealous b/c that rib was supposed to be saved for *her* LOL), which she ate quickly. I tried to see if I could lure her into my backyard (its gated in) and keep her there in the morning so M can get her. But once again, she was scared to come to me. I took some dog food and made like a "trail" along my driveway--she followed the food which made me happy because i thought i would be able to finally get her contained, but about 6 feet from my b-yard, she turned around and ran off. The last time I saw her, she was across the street somewhere. I tried to look out my front door and saw her walking around but then i lost sight of here. I kept the food and water in the front in case she came around.

I had the best opportunity to get pictures of her for you all to see BUT it was dark (10 pm)..maybe tomorrow!