We found a lost dog wandering around... (pics)
 

I was taking photos on a hill near us and found this cute little dog wandering around... because he was in a nature reserve with fencing and a gate he was effectively trapped in. I don't know if he was dumped (he had a council ID tag but the idiots don't actually keep the data unless it's paid for - this one wasn't), or he was from around the area and he followed someone in.

This little guy 'adopted' me as his new master 30 seconds after I first saw him, but unfortunately we couldn't keep him... He's gone to the pound where he will be held for 8 days ( :( ) and then put up for adoption. If the owners don't claim him then I have no doubts he will find a new home immediately!

BTW, I figured from his size and the way he acts that he's probably still a puppy.

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very cute, but lookin kinda skinny. He may have been there for a little while.

nice of you take care of him.

Looks like a baby rothweiler (I don't know how to spell this) . They are among the best dogs . You should have kept it.

Nice photos :thumbsup

Cute dog....are you going to adopt him after the 8 days?

Heh...nice lil doggy

too skinny and small..rot's are big dogs.

aww, poor dog.

hope somebody gives him a home...

hey lil puppy dawg how u doin buddy

Cute dog! But he needs some food, looks hungry to me

was definatly someones pet... someone had his ears clipped

I'd bet he would make a real good pet for someone with a kid

My wife would have loved to have kept him, and I was getting pretty fond of the little guy too... but we already have 2 cats, and our lease don't allow dogs. If he's going to grow to the size of a rot then our back yard wouldn't be able to fit him either. :)

I'll be showing his pic to a few of my friends today to see if they are interested, since he'll be up for adoption if the owners don't claim him...

Maskedman: he found an empty mcdonalds container with some grease em<b></b>bedded in the cardboard and he was almost ripping it apart. I think he must have been pretty hungry by the time we found him. I'm glad we did.

hmm, I wonder who's dog it is ...

isn't it held for 8 days then injected?

I'm not a dog guy so can you explain the ears clipping thing? Is it the folding/drooping, that is not natural?

Awww, very cute dog indeed :)

man i would take him no questions asked if i was near that town!!

by the looks it is a dog with lots of energy hehe like my own boxer!

Same here ... If I could have a dog I'd buy a huge mastiff. But the condo rules don't allow no dogs ... only my little cat that sit on my computer screen and try to catch my mouse all day.

Shut yer mouth Grogan, that is not going to happen! Elderly and sick dogs are put down immediately, often very young dogs are too unless a home carer can look after them until they are old enough to be given a permanent home.

This guy was none of the above so he will be up for adoption. We're in Australia BTW.

In the states, sad but true he'd be put down. I got my cat at about 6 months old and he was going to be put down that afternoon. There's just too many pets and not enough people to take care of them here.

There is still the chance he may be put down, IF he didn't find a new home - but do you think this cute little guy will be on display for more than a few hours before someone snaps him up? :) I am glad that he's cute, young and feisty for that very reason. I would have done the same thing for an adult or even elderly dog but the long term outlook may not have been so good.

Cute dog.

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What is ear clipping? I did a quick search on google but I couldn't find any detailed info on what the end result looks like, just a lot of people saying it's cruel. (It does sound cruel)

hehe cute dog! :thumbsup

Cute little fella. With his ears docked it was probably someone that thought they had a pure bred Doberman or something. Once he got a bit older and they realized he wasn't they dumped him.

That crap happens all the time. Its sad. I am sure the pound wont have a problem finding him a home.

They do that to Dobermans as well..so their ears stand up and not flop down

cute dog

So the tips of his ears should be resting on the side of his cheeks (straight down), rather than the front of his forehead (up, fold, down)?

I think his folded ears look really cute - they flap against his head when he runs - but if that's only because they've cut him then I am 110% against it.

I am pleased to say that he does have a full tail. :)

His ears should be straight up if they were done right. When the tips flop down they were either done incorrectly.. not allowed to heal properly or were snapped. Kids rough with pups can snap a dogs freshly docked ears. Once that cartilage is snapped it cant be fixed (to my knowledge).

Hot linken properly docked ears.



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Good job rescuing the pup and I hope someone adopts him soon. If I was there, he would have a home in no time.

there's no reason to clip a dog's ears or cut off his tail, period.

if you're mutilating your dog for looks, you shouldn't have one.

agreed

I don't know about Oz, but here in NZ it's actually really difficult to get a dog adopted from the pound. The most adorable tiny puppy turned up on our doorstep, starving and cold in the rain, so we took it in, fed it etc. We already have a young dog so we couldn't keep it. The SPCA wouldn't take it because it wasn't sick or injured, and the pound said they'd keep it for a week and then it would be killed if no one took it, and they said the chances of adoption were slim to none, especially for a mongrel. In the end we just gave him away to a nice family, free to a good home in the paper - there was no way I was going to let the little guy die.

Good on you for helping it out. :)

Very cute

it's good of you to help the little guy out... I believe what comes around goes around in this world and now you have a good thing coming your way :thumbsup

Cute pup, sure he'll get a home

Cute!

Awesome puppy.

I have a pure-bred AKC German Shepard. Ears stood up properly on their own, no need for vet's to cut her open. There's no need to cut anything on a dog for looks. That's bullshit.

that puppy is adorable

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