Strange dog

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I got up this morning, did my daily get out an go stuff, walked into the kitchen and found my 13 year old dog and a year old pup about her size.

 

Good looking dog, well-groomed, well-fed, and a rowdy as all get out.  Very friendly and  happy to be a friend.  I never laid eyes on the mutt before.  He had no collar or any form of ID at all.

 

He obviously got in through the doggy door out to my deck, but how he got into my yard is a mystery.  It's surrounded by skunk proof fencing and I couldn't find any gaps in it anywhere.

 

After getting him out of the house I secured my dog inside, gave the stranger some water and blocked off the doggy door.  A tour of the neighborhood didn't turn up anyone who recognized him so I called animal control.

 

They sent a young man over and he scanned for a microchip.  No joy there.  We finally got the dog in the truck and the man said they'd take him to the pound.  He looked me right in the eye and said if the dog wasn't get claimed in 21 days he be up for adoption...and the he would be first in line to give little guy a home.

 

I still don't know how he got into my yard.  He was a jumper but I've got five to eight foot fences all around the yard and that pup was about the same size as my eleven pound chihuahua min pin mix.  I can'r see him jumping nor climbing the fences.

 

Mysteries abound

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Where is Sherlock when you need him?

[Blackwater 53393]

Trinket like him??

 

Maybe she’s started dating!!

[Pat Riot]

Any holes in the ground near your fence?

The dog could have burrowed in. 
 

Image from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3201814/Surfboard-maker-built-Great-Escape-tunnel.html

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

8 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

Trinket like him??

 

Maybe she’s started dating!!

She was a afraid of him.  He was so rowdy that he bumped into her and knocked her down a couple of times.  She let him drink from her bowl but was ready to tear him up when he went toward her food.

 

She managed to get between him and me whenever he got too close.

Edited April 18, 2025 by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

8 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Any holes in the ground near your fence?

The dog could have burrowed in. 
 

Image from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3201814/Surfboard-maker-built-Great-Escape-tunnel.html

Didn't find any and the ground here is mostly caliche...hard as a steel.

[Texas Joker]

Dogs can climb fences

[Alpo]

2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

She was a afraid of him.

When he went to eat out of her food dish she was going to whoop him? And then when he came towards you she got in between him and you?

 

Don't sound like she was afraid of him to me.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

When he went to eat out of her food dish she was going to whoop him? And then when he came towards you she got in between him and you?

 

Don't sound like she was afraid of him to me.

I think she has an adrenalin gland just for things like that.  Several months ago she chased about a  45 pound bobcat out of our yard and she could have been killed in a flash.

 

She was afraid of this dog hurting her just be being all over the place trying to be friendly.  I think she was more afraid of him hurting her by accident. 

[Pat Riot]

Forty do you think someone may have put the dog in your yard knowing you would take care of it? Instead of leaving it on the street somewhere they figured you would be good to it?

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

3 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Forty do you think someone may have put the dog in your yard knowing you would take care of it? Instead of leaving it on the street somewhere they figured you would be good to it?

Anything is possible but  doubt it.