I took Marley (my husky lab retreiver cross) out today for his normal morning walk. at one point we passed a little collie pup that was sitting looking back along the path as if he was looking for his owner. I thought nothing of it so walked on. When I came back the same way 20 minutes later the collie was still sitting in the same place. That was when I noticed he was tied to the fence. The poor wee thing had been abandoned and left tied there in the sleet and rain. There was no way that I could leave him there so I took him home with me. I checked him over and he seemed to be reasonably well kept, well behaved and house trained. no obvious signs of ill health and no fleas. Within an hour (while we waited on the dog warden) I had him and Marley sitting together quite happily. Which, when you consider Marley is only about 11 months and Rex (that's what we decided the collie was called) was only about 7 or 8 months, was pretty good going for two Pups that live together never mind two that have only known one another for an hour. Some pictures, sorry about the quality.
Rex
Rex and Marley
Puppy dog eyes
When the dog warden turned up he said they got the report about. The original report was at 9:00 and I took him home about 10:15, so he was out there for at least an hour and a quarter. The most angering thing is that the place where Rex was tied up was near a school and the lane is used by parents walking their kids to school and back. God knows how many people must have walked past Rex on the way to the school and back again and not done anything to help a pup left tied to a fence soaking wet in freezing rain and sleet. I just can't understand how anyone could walk past.
Sorry, bit of a rant there, but it really annoyed me. Luckily, the up shot of it is the dog warden reckons that because of his nature and training he should be rehomed really quickly. I must admit that if the warden had been 10 minutes longer arriving, we might well have just told him not to bother and kept him ourselves becaused we were starting to fall in love with him hence naming him, and did seem to respond to it.
Rex
Rex and Marley
Puppy dog eyes
When the dog warden turned up he said they got the report about. The original report was at 9:00 and I took him home about 10:15, so he was out there for at least an hour and a quarter. The most angering thing is that the place where Rex was tied up was near a school and the lane is used by parents walking their kids to school and back. God knows how many people must have walked past Rex on the way to the school and back again and not done anything to help a pup left tied to a fence soaking wet in freezing rain and sleet. I just can't understand how anyone could walk past.
Sorry, bit of a rant there, but it really annoyed me. Luckily, the up shot of it is the dog warden reckons that because of his nature and training he should be rehomed really quickly. I must admit that if the warden had been 10 minutes longer arriving, we might well have just told him not to bother and kept him ourselves becaused we were starting to fall in love with him hence naming him, and did seem to respond to it.
