Please tag your dogs.

[JasperFrank]

We have one or two every year. Lost. Or abandoned. A dog with some id is easy to fix. Phone number, or anything, even a name... doesn't have to be official, just give me something to work with to get the dog back home. We get dogs all the time with id and no id. With ID its a simple phone call. Without, I don't have a chip reader. That means I have to find you with flyer posts or social media. Just anything like a phone number and a collar would be helpful. But you got a lost dog, with no id, the dog can't tell me where home is.

 

[Eagle1]

I like these and all my dogs have them. Only time one was lost after Jethro (Great Pyr) ate Beyla's (GP/Anatolian) collar, wish I could say he only did that once

CollarTags™ Pet ID Collar Tags for Cats & Dogs Diamond Engraved

 

[anomad]

My vet is happy to scan dogs for me if I find a stray. I like the collars with the dogs name and my phone number embroidered in.

 

[scootr]

Yeah tag your dog or better yet fix your gates and fence.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't put a collar on my dog because of problems in the past. It's too easy to catch while running through the woods.
However, in the unlikely event he ever disappeared I'd be knocking on doors until I found him.


Yet I laud you for your message.

 

[scootr]

My young dog disappeared one day I turned my place upside down looking for him. Then I went out neighbor to neighbor and in to every field. Distraught I came home and started retracing my steps...finally remembering I got something out of the cargo trailer. When I opened the door there the little basturd was

 

[bmaverick]

We have one or two every year. Lost. Or abandoned. A dog with some id is easy to fix. Phone number, or anything, even a name... doesn't have to be official, just give me something to work with to get the dog back home. We get dogs all the time with id and no id. With ID its a simple phone call. Without, I don't have a chip reader. That means I have to find you with flyer posts or social media. Just anything like a phone number and a collar would be helpful. But you got a lost dog, with no id, the dog can't tell me where home is.

You live in the country, this is expected.

Unwanted dogs or other pets are randomly dropped off with no ID on purpose.
If there was a way to trace back to the owner who didn't want them, they might have to pay boarding costs at the pound or SPCA.

 

[Jstpssng]

Unwanted dogs or other pets are randomly dropped off with no ID on purpose

I could add this to the "peeves" thread.

 

[garry1p]

Everyone around here knows who my 14lb dog is and in 4 years she has never went beyond my property line.

She does have a chip. However; my biggest fear is coyotes and neighbors dogs.

 

[anomad]

Everyone around here knows who my 14lb dog is and in 4 years she has never went beyond my property line.

She does have a chip. However; my biggest fear is coyotes and neighbors dogs.

I worry about coyotes with my 60 pound Ridgeback. And she's one mean ***** in the field. My neighbor got a trail camera shot of a coyote tearing up a big racoon just near his place during dear season. Bob is close to 100 pounds, it would take more than one coyote to pull him down. He's a stud.

Nanny edits: the proper name for an intact female hound starts with B and ends with itch. And that she is.

 

[Torvy]

You're not likely to get close enough to my Anatolians to read their collars. Each weighs at least 100 lbs and it is all muscle, teeth and claws.

One enjoys ignoring fences. Sandy Loam soil makes it easy to go under. She seems immune to barbs.

Fortunately, the GSD stays put, even when her kennel mates go on walkabout. In fact, she 'corrects' them when they return. The Anatolians will let everyone know when something is amiss. The GSD just sits back quietly until it is time to shred something.

Zero concerns about coyotes or bobcats. Mt. lions, skunks, and hogs are bigger threats for different reasons.

 

[ponytug]

You're not likely to get close enough to my Anatolians to read their collars. Each weighs at least 100 lbs and it is all muscle, teeth and claws.

One enjoys ignoring fences. Sandy Loam soil makes it easy to go under. She seems immune to barbs.

Fortunately, the GSD stays put, even when her kennel mates go on walkabout. In fact, she 'corrects' them when they return. The Anatolians will let everyone know when something is amiss. The GSD just sits back quietly until it is time to shred something.

Zero concerns about coyotes or bobcats. Mt. lions, skunks, and hogs are bigger threats for different reasons.

Yes, pretty much the same here; a pissed off mountain lion or a car are our concerns for our GSD. Not that there haven't already been more than one skunk incident, there has been. No dead skunks as far as I know. Our current dog has put the hurts on the local pigs and coyotes more than a few times for invading "her" pastures.

We occasionally see abandoned dogs in the neighborhood, and they get taken in and fed; returned to the owner if possible, adopted locally if not, or turned over to the pound. There are some great folks here. We have our cat feeding set up so strays and feral cats can come by and eat if they need to. Some stay, some just hang out, but don't come in for the cat food, and others seem to be just drifting through. We've never had a human friendly cat turn up here, and only one feral cat come and stay. I don't know if we are just too far from civilization or if the human friendly ones are a tad bit too slow and are lunch before they make it here.

All the best,

Peter

 

[EddieWalker]

Our dogs are all chipped. It's common practice in the dog show world to chip them as puppies before they go to their new homes.

 

[rgr33]

All our dogs are chipped, but were taught at a very early age age that stepping on the road is a major crime. Unfortunately, neighbors walking by our house, try to call them out to pet them

We never walk our dogs on the road, for fear of sending a mixed message.

Having a dog die is gut wrenching for me, I do what I can to try to avoid it.

My biggest worry is my wife’s Yorkie, she thinks she is a pit bull, and is game for action with any four legged critter that wanders on our property, horseback riders especially

 

[grsthegreat]

My dog also has collar with name and phone number embroidered on it, plus she is chipped. But she is a very smart dog that never, ever strays too far from me or the wife. Plus, she’s so smart she could probably call me on your phone……. Don’t want to spoil her with her own cell phone.

 

[anomad]

My dog also has collar with name and phone number embroidered on it, plus she is chipped. But she is a very smart dog that never, ever strays too far from me or the wife. Plus, she’s so smart she could probably call me on your phone……. Don’t want to spoil her with her own cell phone.

And doG only knows what she would be getting into online - LOL!

 

[grsthegreat]

And doG only knows what she would be getting into online - LOL!

I had to take the phones away from the horses….constant texting to feed them.

 

[Jstpssng]

I had to take the phones away from the horses….constant texting to feed them.

That'd be my dog. It's easy to read his mind as he's only thinking one of two things. Either "WHEN is he going to feed me?" Or
"Is that ALL that he's going to give me?"

 

[ponytug]

I had to take the phones away from the horses….constant texting to feed them.

Our current dog would be sending urgent texts on wildlife updates:
"SQUIRREL!!"
"DEER!!!"
"OMG, COYOTE, SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE BACK 40!!!"
I'd never get anything done.

The thought reminded me of a favorite Calvin and Hobbes panel of mine,

Food is a means to an end for her, and she could really care less, unless it is a treat. Celery, carrot, dog cookie, cheese, whatever, are all great, just because they were given to her.

All the best, Peter