Stray...yes or no????

kanoo32 · 11-04-2009, 03:07 PM

So, yesterday, my dogs were out in the front yard playing on the fenceline with a dog I have never seen before. I went out to see, and it was a white female Boxer, with cropped ears and docked tail, smallish, underweight and dirty, but cute. She was having the best time playing on the fenceline with my dogs. I could see that she had no idea where she was and I had never seen her around before, but we do have a few houses that have been sold lately so, maybe she could belong to one of those people, I thought. She really wanted to come into the yard to play, but i did not want to let her, for fear she may hurt Arden or have something contagious or whatnot. I broought the dogs inside and she just laid down in the driveway to wait for them to come back. I was really saddened.

Today I was looking for her, but didn't see her around, so I went online to the Animal Control site, and she was pcked up, and impounded. I spoke to hubby and he looked at her, since I had mentioned it last night, and said to go down and put the deposit on her so in the event she is not claimed they will call us to go and get her. I have 4 dogs allready, and 2 of them are puppies, so I am wondering should I go and get her? Would it be fair to the rest of my dogs? Will there be enough love to go around for 5? What if she doesn't fit in??

Cappysmom · 11-04-2009, 03:12 PM

I would have to say most definately. I love Boxers. I have a bichon poo and my sister has 3 boxers and let me say that my dog is more terrifying than the boxers. They are all terrified of him.. I tell them, he may be small but he is mighty.

scrapchick · 11-04-2009, 03:13 PM

I think there's plenty of love in the Kanoo household for one more!
If she played nicely through the fence and your dogs were not being defensive of "their" yard, they would probably all get along ok....
I'm a softie, I'd probably have to go get her.

Holler is a boxer mix and he loves all dogs....I'll take her if it doesnt work out.....can you meet me halfway?

kanoo32 · 11-04-2009, 03:13 PM

I have a Boxer allready, and she is the best dog ever!!! I adopted her as well, she is bigger than the stray dog, though!!

Hideaway · 11-04-2009, 03:15 PM

Just hearing the story breaks my heart. I'd go get her. Poor baby

Reshea · 11-04-2009, 03:18 PM

I of course say go get her! If the interaction on the fenceline was civil and they were getting along then she probably would fit in pretty well. Just a little work on being gentle with the smaller dogs if anything.

kanoo32 · 11-04-2009, 03:19 PM

I totally feel like crap right now for not letting her in....I could tell she was dumped, but I was afraid she would grab Arden and she is little and it only takes once you know?? Now because of me she is in that horrible place....I am literally sick to my stomach!! She is a white Boxer too....and she isn't deaf!! She is so cute....she looks to be very fun loving, she should not have to spend one moment in a terrible place like that, and I let her go there!! I feel like a cad!!

scrapchick · 11-04-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kanoo32

I totally feel like crap right now for not letting her in....I could tell she was dumped, but I was afraid she would grab Arden and she is little and it only takes once you know?? Now because of me she is in that horrible place....I am literally sick to my stomach!! She is a white Boxer too....and she isn't deaf!! She is so cute....she looks to be very fun loving, she should not have to spend one moment in a terrible place like that, and I let her go there!! I feel like a cad!!

See, if you go get her on your birthday and Arden's birthday, then this day becomes her birthday too. And of course, the Sumo baby that will come today....in your honor....so you could name little boxer dog Aarin, after your friend that held onto her baby until your birthday (maybe...).

kanoo32 · 11-04-2009, 03:33 PM

I can't go get her today, she is on a hold to give the owner a chance to come and claim her, and I cannot make it down there before they close. I can go down tomorrow and place a deposit on her so in the event she is not claimed she will go to me, but she will have to sit down there in that he** hole for 10 days.....that stinks!!! God only knows what kinds of goobers she can come in contact with down there and then if and when she comes home to me she will expose all of my dogs to it....I should have just let her in in the first place and left it at that!!!

bubbleslove · 11-04-2009, 03:42 PM

Do you have anywhere at your place to keep her for a few days just to make sure that she doesn't have anything contagious? You know, like you would normally do for a new horse? My coach had an empty stall she would use, which sounds kind of mean but it was only for a couple days, and better safe than sorry. They obviously got tons of toys and attention while they were in the 'holding stall'.
Also, do your dogs have the bordatella vaccine? That seems to be the big one with strays coming out of the pound...

kanoo32 · 11-04-2009, 03:56 PM

Yes to all of the above.........

roberts617 · 11-04-2009, 05:46 PM

Yes, go get her. I adore boxers.

Range · 11-04-2009, 07:24 PM

Plenty of love to go around....

Dream Ponies · 11-04-2009, 07:35 PM

Like any if us would tell you no Kanoo! By all means go get her. She sounds adorable and what better B-Day present?

NorthernHorseGirl · 11-04-2009, 09:59 PM

I agree with everybody. And I'll be looking forward to pictures!

qtrhorse1993 · 11-04-2009, 10:03 PM

i agree with every one as well and we will definitly need pictures...

kanoo32 · 11-04-2009, 10:27 PM

I am going in the morning after I leave the track to put the hold deposit, so when she comes off the mandatory 10 day hold i will be the one she goes to if noone claims her.....So we will see what happens

Gramma Sassy · 11-04-2009, 10:41 PM

Good for you!!! Better for her....

horselady · 11-05-2009, 06:42 AM

Perhaps they will let you foster? As was already stated your birthday present.
5 dogs, they will be fine. I just took in my 6th, a doxie that I was feeding for the people next door while they were working in Boston. They told me to find a home for the pit and i did, now the doxie is here with me, all happy, they have not seen this dog for 5 weeks, so it is like he was dumped off also.
So good for you, call them and let them know you are coming down, just in case someone else shows up.

pasomystic · 11-05-2009, 09:37 AM

Yes. Pics as asap, please.

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11-04-2009, 03:07 PM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,501	Stray...yes or no???? So, yesterday, my dogs were out in the front yard playing on the fenceline with a dog I have never seen before. I went out to see, and it was a white female Boxer, with cropped ears and docked tail, smallish, underweight and dirty, but cute. She was having the best time playing on the fenceline with my dogs. I could see that she had no idea where she was and I had never seen her around before, but we do have a few houses that have been sold lately so, maybe she could belong to one of those people, I thought. She really wanted to come into the yard to play, but i did not want to let her, for fear she may hurt Arden or have something contagious or whatnot. I broought the dogs inside and she just laid down in the driveway to wait for them to come back. I was really saddened. Today I was looking for her, but didn't see her around, so I went online to the Animal Control site, and she was pcked up, and impounded. I spoke to hubby and he looked at her, since I had mentioned it last night, and said to go down and put the deposit on her so in the event she is not claimed they will call us to go and get her. I have 4 dogs allready, and 2 of them are puppies, so I am wondering should I go and get her? Would it be fair to the rest of my dogs? Will there be enough love to go around for 5? What if she doesn't fit in?? __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

11-04-2009, 03:12 PM
Cappysmom Coming two Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgian Bay Ontario Posts: 1,626	I would have to say most definately. I love Boxers. I have a bichon poo and my sister has 3 boxers and let me say that my dog is more terrifying than the boxers. They are all terrified of him.. I tell them, he may be small but he is mighty. __________________

11-04-2009, 03:13 PM
scrapchick Kid Safe Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 7,020	I think there's plenty of love in the Kanoo household for one more! If she played nicely through the fence and your dogs were not being defensive of "their" yard, they would probably all get along ok.... I'm a softie, I'd probably have to go get her. Holler is a boxer mix and he loves all dogs....I'll take her if it doesnt work out.....can you meet me halfway? __________________ ....And I will sail my vessel, 'til the river runs dry, like a bird upon the wind , these waters are my sky - I'll never reach my destination if I never try ...So I will sail my vessel ,'til the river runs dry ...

11-04-2009, 03:15 PM
Hideaway Started Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,627	Just hearing the story breaks my heart. I'd go get her. Poor baby __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

11-04-2009, 03:18 PM
Reshea Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 427	I of course say go get her! If the interaction on the fenceline was civil and they were getting along then she probably would fit in pretty well. Just a little work on being gentle with the smaller dogs if anything. __________________ www.kentuckianapugs.com

11-04-2009, 03:19 PM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,501	I totally feel like crap right now for not letting her in....I could tell she was dumped, but I was afraid she would grab Arden and she is little and it only takes once you know?? Now because of me she is in that horrible place....I am literally sick to my stomach!! She is a white Boxer too....and she isn't deaf!! She is so cute....she looks to be very fun loving, she should not have to spend one moment in a terrible place like that, and I let her go there!! I feel like a cad!! __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

11-04-2009, 03:33 PM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,501	I can't go get her today, she is on a hold to give the owner a chance to come and claim her, and I cannot make it down there before they close. I can go down tomorrow and place a deposit on her so in the event she is not claimed she will go to me, but she will have to sit down there in that he** hole for 10 days.....that stinks!!! God only knows what kinds of goobers she can come in contact with down there and then if and when she comes home to me she will expose all of my dogs to it....I should have just let her in in the first place and left it at that!!! __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

11-04-2009, 03:42 PM
bubbleslove Yearling Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sunny South Florida Posts: 750	Do you have anywhere at your place to keep her for a few days just to make sure that she doesn't have anything contagious? You know, like you would normally do for a new horse? My coach had an empty stall she would use, which sounds kind of mean but it was only for a couple days, and better safe than sorry. They obviously got tons of toys and attention while they were in the 'holding stall'. Also, do your dogs have the bordatella vaccine? That seems to be the big one with strays coming out of the pound... __________________ Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. ~Woodrow Wilson in love with my Bubbles boy

11-04-2009, 03:56 PM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,501	Yes to all of the above......... __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

11-04-2009, 05:46 PM
roberts617 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 6,059	Yes, go get her. I adore boxers. __________________ "The only way to have a friend is to be one."

11-04-2009, 10:41 PM
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11-04-2009, 07:24 PM
Range Kid Safe Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back of Beyond Posts: 6,739	Plenty of love to go around.... __________________ "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it all... you just might get it all, and then some you don't want." Chris Daughtery

11-04-2009, 07:35 PM
Dream Ponies Yearling Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NY Posts: 763	Like any if us would tell you no Kanoo! By all means go get her. She sounds adorable and what better B-Day present?

11-04-2009, 09:59 PM
NorthernHorseGirl Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 509	I agree with everybody. And I'll be looking forward to pictures! __________________ Some horses come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay awhile and make hoofprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same. Anonymous Rest in peace Clint, I'll always love you and I'll miss you for the rest of my life. You were and will always be my perfect horse.

11-04-2009, 10:03 PM
qtrhorse1993 Yearling Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Johnstown, New York Posts: 705	i agree with every one as well and we will definitly need pictures... __________________ The world meets no one half way, but your horse will meet you all the way.

11-04-2009, 10:27 PM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,501	I am going in the morning after I leave the track to put the hold deposit, so when she comes off the mandatory 10 day hold i will be the one she goes to if noone claims her.....So we will see what happens __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

11-05-2009, 06:42 AM
horselady Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: albany new york Posts: 6,428	Perhaps they will let you foster? As was already stated your birthday present. 5 dogs, they will be fine. I just took in my 6th, a doxie that I was feeding for the people next door while they were working in Boston. They told me to find a home for the pit and i did, now the doxie is here with me, all happy, they have not seen this dog for 5 weeks, so it is like he was dumped off also. So good for you, call them and let them know you are coming down, just in case someone else shows up. __________________ www.rainbow-horse-retirement.com We love and take care of your companion for the remainder of his lifetime

11-05-2009, 09:37 AM
pasomystic Coming two Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,935	Yes. Pics as asap, please. __________________ We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.