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Curmudgeoness

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8. Does Animal Control give any suggestions?

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2013, 08:11 PM

Jul 2013

First, everyone will have to stop feeding him, so he will be hungry enough to enter a trap. Sooner of later, Animal Control will succeed in getting him, although it apparently will be later from the sound of it. I don't think that you should attempt to do anything on your own, because you do not have training in catching a dog, and even though you have touched him a few times, it could go very wrong if you intervened.

Make sure that people know not to feed him. That is the best you can do besides all the help you are already giving to Animal Control.

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What would you do? There's this abandoned dog in my neighborhood. [View all] sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 OP

I have no ideas, but I wish you the best of luck. Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #1

It sounds as if it is LONG past time this poor dog was brought in and vaccinated, neutered and... Walk away Jul 2013 #2

he reminds me of our dog d_r Jul 2013 #3

Animal Control tried putting a little female, in heat, into the cage trap. sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #5

he's smart enough to be wary of the cage trap d_r Jul 2013 #6

Heck, he'll eat dinner 15 feet away from a buried snare trap and won't go sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #7

We had publicity about a similar dog here. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #4

Does Animal Control give any suggestions? Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #8

He is a free spirit DainBramaged Jul 2013 #9

Maybe you could contact Eldad hagar cheri010353 Jul 2013 #10

There are lots of rescues out there - I would call around and mention the publicity jtuck004 Jul 2013 #11

Under veterinary supervision, hamsterjill Jul 2013 #12

The drugs work too slowly. By the time he got sleepy he could be a mile away. sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #13