Dog Found on West 49th Street
Jay who lives on the 800 block of West 49th Street sent this in;
This morning (Monday, 8/30) a stray dog approached me as I was leaving for work. She is a Jack Russell looking dog, white with brown spots on her back and a brown head. She must have been lost for quite a while now, as she is pretty skinny, very dirty, and smells pretty bad. Luckily she was friendly enough to let me pick her up, and is currently hanging out in my fenced in yard. I can hold on to her for a day or two, but I have a couple dogs of my own already. If she is your dog, or have if you any leads, please call 804-938-1619.
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If the dog was found in the city of Richmond, I recommend turning her in to Richmond Animal Care and Control, the city shelter on Chamberlayne. The benefit of the shelter is that it provides a central, known location for the guardians of lost pets to go and check to see if their dog/cat has been turned in or picked up by animal control. The shelter can scan for microchips and they are experienced at reuniting lost pets with their guardians (they require photo ID of missing pets, etc.). This is also easier for you than making ‘lost dog’ posters, sending Twitter messages, etc., and doing so opens up the possibility that any Joe off the street might come claim the dog as theirs (they can even say, “my dog was wearing a green collar” because of the posted photos…). Better to let the city shelter do their job. Dogs that come in with a collar are held for something like 10 days and, if no guardian comes forward proving this is their lost pet, they can then put the dog up for adoption. Trust me, unless this little dog were vicious, and it doesn’t sound like she is, she would be highly adoptable and would not be put to sleep. As a volunteer at the shelter, I encourage you to bring the dog in so she can be reunited or re-homed. And, by the way, thank you very much for helping this dog! Too many people would have just let her run along, figuring it is not their problem or that she’ll surely find her way home. It is wonderful that you are helping her out–kudos!
From time to time, I see this kind of post, and I am struck by what a decent group of people there are out there. It would have been a lot easier just to have ignored the dog and hope it would be gone when you come home. Thanks, Jay, for taking a moment for this dog.
Agree with sundagger.
Might I ask? Was the flea collar present when you found her? If so, I would think there’s a responsible parent out there who’s missing a pup.
Cute pup, if I didn’t already have 2 I would be signing up to adopt if the owners weren’t found! Amy (#2 poster): I thought that the Richmond Animal Control was a kill center, is that true? I’m not trying to spread rumor, just trying to get the right story. I know the SPCA is a no-kill center. thanks!
RACC is where we take animals when all other avenues have been exhausted.
While the city shelter has improved considerably over the years, in my opinion it is not very roomy and I would not want to subject a lost pet to any further stress.
Typically we find the rightful owners withing 2-3 days, and have even housed lost dogs for up to 2 weeks.
We put signs up at the shelter with contact numbers so that, if the owners got here, they have a means to contact us.
Slightly related; once a month RACC comes to the South of the James Market and has an adoption event. The opportunity is provided by the market manager at no charge as a community service.
to #6, yes, RACC does euthanize animals but it does not down come to that as frequently as you might imagine. Adoptable dogs that run out of time at the pound are typically picked up by a small army of volunteers for a network of no-kill rescue groups, including the Richmond SPCA.
The outlook for lost/stray animals has improved dramatically in Richmond over the last couple of decades.
Any updates on what happened to this little guy? Were the owners found? Is he up for adoption?