Like I said, sorry if I missed a post, obviously I did as I did not know your mom volunteers there, also I thought it was just this Monday, when it was really 2 mondays ago.
I was just making sure as I know I would be devastated if someone found my dog & did not try to contact anyone about it.

As long as the vet confirmed it would have taken more than a couple months for the dog to get like that. Although some dogs are lost for years, then are re-united w/ their owners. Ya never know.

As far as the newspaper add, I understand where you are coming from, and not wanting the dog to be pit bull bait, but you can always print it w/ just the breed, age & location of where found, then have the owners tell you exactly what she looks like, a collor or not & her/his name to confirm it is their dog.

Thanks for giving such a sweet dog a loving home! Pics when you can LOL