A MISSING DOG

1970 · Dec 13th, 2007, 15:15

Yesterday night, around 9:30PM to 10:00PM, when I went out for a walk, I noticed a dog just walked along the street by himself, looks like missed. When I saw him, he just roamed on the street and a car almost knocked him. He seemed like scared and when he saw me, he just ran to me. He smelled me and rubbed my legs and then followed me.

I think maybe his master was nearby looking for him, and then I told him sit down—he understood my comments and sat down. I waited with him for 10-20 minutes. Nothing happened.

I felt cold and went home, but the dog stood up and followed me. It seems like he doesn't want to stay by himself. I told him " Go home, I am not your master." But he just ran away for a while and ran back to me again and continued to follow me. When he looked at me, It seems like he want me help him--He is a big dog, looks like a boy "Bullmastiff" with a funny & cute face (I checked internet later), his eyes looks like a little boy, sad and need help.

I decided to help him. I checked his necklace, the only number I found is a dog license number, with a PETS service Tel#. I called the number, but just voice box. Their working time is from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. I double checked, found no home tel# or contact person name. At that time, I blamed that careless master--He or She is so lazy and no responsibility, they lost the dog and did not put the enough information with their pet, just let him roam around at this cold wet winter night. When I checked, the dog just sat down beside me quietly. Obviously, he is a trained dog.

I guess maybe his home is nearby, so I started to knock door by door on that street. I approximately knocked 5-6 houses. They all told me never saw this dog before. Including these people, there is an old man, as I know he has 3 dogs himself and walks with his dogs around this area everyday. Normally, he knows every dog's name on the street. He also told me he never saw this dog before.

When we went through, the dog just followed me quietly, when I stopped to ask, he also stopped to wait very patiently to let other people look him.

But we were not lucky. It is already past 11PM, outside for 1 hour, I felt almost frozen and have no idea how to send him home. At last, I called 911 to ask how I can do. I described the situation; they gave me another 2 numbers. I called the first number, they told me they were only response for Emergency need from pets, this is not the case they take care; I called the second, that is a Wild Animal Center, they didn’t think that was their case.

I went home. The dog followed me. When I entered the door and tried to close the door behind me. I saw the dog just looked at me after the glass door and raised his paw knocked the door gently. I heisted and at last I opened the door to let him in.

My mother was socked by I taking home a big dog. She didn’t let the dog stay at my home. Maybe she was right, because the dog showed a lot of interesting in my son’s bed. He smell and ran to my son’s room before we closed the door. We have 2 kids, it is too risk to let a strange dog stay at home.

He was hungry, but I can’t feed him human’s food. The only food I can give him is milk. He drank some, but looks did not like it. We don’t have any experience for treating a dog. I think maybe the garage room outside is a good place for him and I can call PET Center to find his master tomorrow morning.

I took him in front of the garage room, there are a lot of tools inside and when the door opened, the room was dark, that might scare him. The dog realized that I want to leave him there, and he jumped and went away from my hand. He is a strong dog, I couldn’t catch him, he ran away.

I stood there hesitate for several minutes, I did not chase him, I think he went away from me finally. But after 5 minutes, I regret. It was so cold, where does he go? And if he walk on the street , I am afraid traffic may hurt him.

I went out to look for him. But he has gone. The street looked empty and I could not find him.
I looked at the time, it was 11:55PM.

When I went back home, I felt so guilty. I couldn’t go to sleep last nigh and got up very early this morning at 5:30AM, I went out to see if he was still around, but didn’t see him. Now I am in office, but the guilty feeling deeper and deeper. I look the snow outside and hope he is OK last night and can find the way back home.

I checked internet and know now he is a BULLMASTIFF DOG, his characteristic is: Very Curious and loving kids. And now I understand he ran to my son’s room because he just liked baby’s smell. I regret not take care of him yesterday night and hope he will be fine staying outside for whole night.

Does anybody know dogs here can tell me if he will be fine and smart enough to find his home?
Can Bullmastiff dog can tolerate -6 to -8 degree outside for whole night?

I am not good at English, don't laugh at me, there is no Chinese typing in office, but I really want to know if he is OK.

sage · Dec 13th, 2007, 15:52

你应该把狗狗送到当地的HUMANE SOCIETY或者SPCA。如果狗狗上了芯片的话一扫描就知道主人信息了。当然也不能怪你，但是每个人都可能发生意外，说不定狗狗的主人正急着找他呢。BULL MASTIFF是很坚强的狗，非常聪明。你也不用太担心。他能跟你回家也很有可能跟别人回家，说不定就有比较明白的人送他去HUMANE SOCIETY呢。

但愿狗狗没事，这么冷的天在外面流浪。

sage · Dec 13th, 2007, 15:54

you can use dict.cn to type Chinese, that's what I'm using now.

BTW, I always keep a spare leash in my car just in case I find a stray dog. Don't blame yourself it happens, you'll know better the next time.

1970 · Dec 13th, 2007, 16:18

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你应该把狗狗送到当地的HUMANE SOCIETY或者SPCA。如果狗狗上了芯片的话一扫描就知道主人信息了。当然也不能怪你，但是每个人都可能发生意外，说不定狗狗的主人正急着找他呢。BULL MASTIFF是很坚强的狗，非常聪明。你也不用太担心。他能跟你回家也很有可能跟别人回家，说不定就有比较明白的人...

I rember I have called the number 401-392-2273, the number is on my mobile (But I am not sure the Org name is HUMANE SOCIETY) Nobody pick up the phone, the voice message said they close after 7:00PM.

I might remember the number under his neck, do you know where I can check if he was found by his family?

I called 2 of my friends, they all have no experice for treating a dog. I should knock my neighbour's door yesterday to ask, they are local westerns, they should give me more suggestion, but at that time, I just concerned it was too late.

moccafirst · Dec 13th, 2007, 16:37

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作者: 1970

I rember I have called the number 401-392-2273, the number is on my mobile (But I am not sure the Org name is HUMANE SOCIETY) Nobody pick up the phone...

which city are you in?

Toronto Humane Society Tel : 416-3922273

if you are not in Toronto but in Ontario, go to Ontario SPCA website to find the branch close by.

Good luck to both of you.

http://www.ontariospca.ca/8-branch.shtml

1970 · Dec 13th, 2007, 17:16

I tried and tried to get his Tag number from my memory;

I listed all of 5 maybe numbers, and I called Toronto Pet Service Center:
416-338-7387;

I gave the numbers and the dog description to the girl;
She checked one by one:

2 numbers not exist;
Another 2 belongs to small dogs;
Left 1 number belongs to a BOXER, not a Bull Mastiff;
(That's could be, I am not familiary of dogs)

The girl checked the adrress, the dog should belong to a family 3 streets away of my home. The girl told me BOXER is a very intelligent dog, he can go home from 1KM away. The location I found him should be still within his area.

She explained me that a BOXER like follow people and can't stay by himslef, that's the reason why he followed me home. The BOXER might be a bad boy, could be very active and curious, the only thing we worried is the BOXER can't tolerate extreme hot or extreme cold, should between 72 & 70 degree. We just worried he might be sick.

The girl promised me call his family to make sure he is at home now.

sage · Dec 13th, 2007, 17:21

Could very well be a boxer, it looks kinda like a bull mastiff. Because it doesn't have a thick coat a boxer could freeze to death in cold weather like this. Hopefully nothing happens to him.

Huge kudos to you for doing all this work trying to reunite the dog with his owner!

1970 · Dec 13th, 2007, 17:29

I called again, they already called the family and left message, still not get respond yet.

1970 · Dec 13th, 2007, 22:05

宠中心7点临下班前,又打了个电话; 对方还是没有回电话; 心里还是挺难受的.
BOXER 是热带狗, 这么冷的天也不知道能不能扛的住.

中心只告诉了狗狗家街道的名字,没说具体地址, 说是规定.
刚才犯傻, 开车到那条街上测量了一下. 开车绕路,大概有一公里了. 这三条街之间隔着两条小山谷. 如果插小山谷走直线, 大概500-600米.

希望他是个聪明的家伙,能自己找回家. 在家门口碰到个遛狗的,忍不住又问了他一回. 那人说, BOXER 是非常聪明的狗, 肯定能找回家---他朋友养的BOXER也丢过, 自己就找回去了,比这个距离还远呢. 他肯定能找回去.

希望他不是在安慰我.
哎,还是挺内疚的.

moccafirst · Dec 14th, 2007, 00:59

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作者: 1970

宠中心7点临下班前,又打了个电话; 对方还是没有回电话; 心里还是挺难受的.
BOXER 是热带狗, 这么冷的天也不知道能不能扛的住.

中心只告诉了狗狗家街道的名字,没说具体地址, 说是规定.
刚才犯傻, 开车到那条街上测量了一下. 开车绕路,大概有一公里了. 这三条街之间隔着两条小山谷...

you should have just called the Tel # on dog's tag, that could have saved a lot of time.

anyway, let's hope the best for the dog.

1970 · Dec 14th, 2007, 09:11

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作者: moccafirst

you should have just called the Tel # on dog's tag, that could have saved a lot of time.

anyway, let's hope the best for the dog.

Turst me, the first thing, I called this number (SEE MY DESCRIPTION), that Tel# and his tag number is the only information I can get at that time. I already decided to help him, of course I called the number
but that's 10PM, they already closed;
I also called the HUMAN SOCIETY (GOT NUMBER FROM 911), they also closed at that time.

Yesterday, I asked my neighbour, an old man has 3 dogs, he told me never put too much trust on these bureaus, they did less than they promised, the right thing I should do yesterday I should let the dog stay at my home till to next day working time.

Then I would like find out: 10:00PM was too late, when all of these bureaus closed, where we can get help for these pets? I will try Ontario SPCA website to find out today.

moccafirst · Dec 14th, 2007, 14:42

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作者: 1970

Turst me, the first thing, I called this number (SEE MY DESCRIPTION), that Tel# and his tag number is the only information I can get at that time. I a...

well i thought the tel# on the tag should be owner's #. maybe i am wrong.

you've got nothing to blame to, and don't be too sad that you let the dog go. You've done what you could do.

三脚猫 · Dec 15th, 2007, 17:40

lz是个善良的人，祝愿狗狗没事，已经平安到家！

阿土仔 · Dec 15th, 2007, 23:20

狗狗现在找到主人了吗

Dec 13th, 2007, 15:15	#1
1970 1970 注册日期: Mar 2006 帖子: 486 积分:29 精华:5	A MISSING DOG Yesterday night, around 9:30PM to 10:00PM, when I went out for a walk, I noticed a dog just walked along the street by himself, looks like missed. When I saw him, he just roamed on the street and a car almost knocked him. He seemed like scared and when he saw me, he just ran to me. He smelled me and rubbed my legs and then followed me. I think maybe his master was nearby looking for him, and then I told him sit down—he understood my comments and sat down. I waited with him for 10-20 minutes. Nothing happened. I felt cold and went home, but the dog stood up and followed me. It seems like he doesn't want to stay by himself. I told him " Go home, I am not your master." But he just ran away for a while and ran back to me again and continued to follow me. When he looked at me, It seems like he want me help him--He is a big dog, looks like a boy "Bullmastiff" with a funny & cute face (I checked internet later), his eyes looks like a little boy, sad and need help. I decided to help him. I checked his necklace, the only number I found is a dog license number, with a PETS service Tel#. I called the number, but just voice box. Their working time is from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. I double checked, found no home tel# or contact person name. At that time, I blamed that careless master--He or She is so lazy and no responsibility, they lost the dog and did not put the enough information with their pet, just let him roam around at this cold wet winter night. When I checked, the dog just sat down beside me quietly. Obviously, he is a trained dog. I guess maybe his home is nearby, so I started to knock door by door on that street. I approximately knocked 5-6 houses. They all told me never saw this dog before. Including these people, there is an old man, as I know he has 3 dogs himself and walks with his dogs around this area everyday. Normally, he knows every dog's name on the street. He also told me he never saw this dog before. When we went through, the dog just followed me quietly, when I stopped to ask, he also stopped to wait very patiently to let other people look him. But we were not lucky. It is already past 11PM, outside for 1 hour, I felt almost frozen and have no idea how to send him home. At last, I called 911 to ask how I can do. I described the situation; they gave me another 2 numbers. I called the first number, they told me they were only response for Emergency need from pets, this is not the case they take care; I called the second, that is a Wild Animal Center, they didn’t think that was their case. I went home. The dog followed me. When I entered the door and tried to close the door behind me. I saw the dog just looked at me after the glass door and raised his paw knocked the door gently. I heisted and at last I opened the door to let him in. My mother was socked by I taking home a big dog. She didn’t let the dog stay at my home. Maybe she was right, because the dog showed a lot of interesting in my son’s bed. He smell and ran to my son’s room before we closed the door. We have 2 kids, it is too risk to let a strange dog stay at home. He was hungry, but I can’t feed him human’s food. The only food I can give him is milk. He drank some, but looks did not like it. We don’t have any experience for treating a dog. I think maybe the garage room outside is a good place for him and I can call PET Center to find his master tomorrow morning. I took him in front of the garage room, there are a lot of tools inside and when the door opened, the room was dark, that might scare him. The dog realized that I want to leave him there, and he jumped and went away from my hand. He is a strong dog, I couldn’t catch him, he ran away. I stood there hesitate for several minutes, I did not chase him, I think he went away from me finally. But after 5 minutes, I regret. It was so cold, where does he go? And if he walk on the street , I am afraid traffic may hurt him. I went out to look for him. But he has gone. The street looked empty and I could not find him. I looked at the time, it was 11:55PM. When I went back home, I felt so guilty. I couldn’t go to sleep last nigh and got up very early this morning at 5:30AM, I went out to see if he was still around, but didn’t see him. Now I am in office, but the guilty feeling deeper and deeper. I look the snow outside and hope he is OK last night and can find the way back home. I checked internet and know now he is a BULLMASTIFF DOG, his characteristic is: Very Curious and loving kids. And now I understand he ran to my son’s room because he just liked baby’s smell. I regret not take care of him yesterday night and hope he will be fine staying outside for whole night. Does anybody know dogs here can tell me if he will be fine and smart enough to find his home? Can Bullmastiff dog can tolerate -6 to -8 degree outside for whole night? I am not good at English, don't laugh at me, there is no Chinese typing in office, but I really want to know if he is OK. 此帖于 Dec 13th, 2007 15:56 被 1970 编辑。
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sage wicked witch of the north 注册日期: Nov 2005 帖子: 24,222 积分:208 精华:58 声望: 26437171	你应该把狗狗送到当地的HUMANE SOCIETY或者SPCA。如果狗狗上了芯片的话一扫描就知道主人信息了。当然也不能怪你，但是每个人都可能发生意外，说不定狗狗的主人正急着找他呢。BULL MASTIFF是很坚强的狗，非常聪明。你也不用太担心。他能跟你回家也很有可能跟别人回家，说不定就有比较明白的人送他去HUMANE SOCIETY呢。但愿狗狗没事，这么冷的天在外面流浪。
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三脚猫 Senior Member 注册日期: Jul 2004 帖子: 1,021 积分:81 精华:21 声望: 1710827	lz是个善良的人，祝愿狗狗没事，已经平安到家！
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Dec 13th, 2007, 15:54	只看该作者 #3
sage wicked witch of the north 注册日期: Nov 2005 帖子: 24,222 积分:208 精华:58 声望: 26437171	you can use dict.cn to type Chinese, that's what I'm using now. BTW, I always keep a spare leash in my car just in case I find a stray dog. Don't blame yourself it happens, you'll know better the next time.

Dec 13th, 2007, 17:16	只看该作者 #6
1970 1970 注册日期: Mar 2006 帖子: 486 积分:29 精华:5 声望: 3819491	I tried and tried to get his Tag number from my memory; I listed all of 5 maybe numbers, and I called Toronto Pet Service Center: 416-338-7387; I gave the numbers and the dog description to the girl; She checked one by one: 2 numbers not exist; Another 2 belongs to small dogs; Left 1 number belongs to a BOXER, not a Bull Mastiff; (That's could be, I am not familiary of dogs) The girl checked the adrress, the dog should belong to a family 3 streets away of my home. The girl told me BOXER is a very intelligent dog, he can go home from 1KM away. The location I found him should be still within his area. She explained me that a BOXER like follow people and can't stay by himslef, that's the reason why he followed me home. The BOXER might be a bad boy, could be very active and curious, the only thing we worried is the BOXER can't tolerate extreme hot or extreme cold, should between 72 & 70 degree. We just worried he might be sick. The girl promised me call his family to make sure he is at home now.

Dec 13th, 2007, 17:21	只看该作者 #7
sage wicked witch of the north 注册日期: Nov 2005 帖子: 24,222 积分:208 精华:58 声望: 26437171	Could very well be a boxer, it looks kinda like a bull mastiff. Because it doesn't have a thick coat a boxer could freeze to death in cold weather like this. Hopefully nothing happens to him. Huge kudos to you for doing all this work trying to reunite the dog with his owner!

Dec 13th, 2007, 17:29	只看该作者 #8
1970 1970 注册日期: Mar 2006 帖子: 486 积分:29 精华:5 声望: 3819491	I called again, they already called the family and left message, still not get respond yet.

Dec 13th, 2007, 22:05	只看该作者 #9
1970 1970 注册日期: Mar 2006 帖子: 486 积分:29 精华:5 声望: 3819491	宠中心7点临下班前,又打了个电话; 对方还是没有回电话; 心里还是挺难受的. BOXER 是热带狗, 这么冷的天也不知道能不能扛的住. 中心只告诉了狗狗家街道的名字,没说具体地址, 说是规定. 刚才犯傻, 开车到那条街上测量了一下. 开车绕路,大概有一公里了. 这三条街之间隔着两条小山谷. 如果插小山谷走直线, 大概500-600米. 希望他是个聪明的家伙,能自己找回家. 在家门口碰到个遛狗的,忍不住又问了他一回. 那人说, BOXER 是非常聪明的狗, 肯定能找回家---他朋友养的BOXER也丢过, 自己就找回去了,比这个距离还远呢. 他肯定能找回去. 希望他不是在安慰我. 哎,还是挺内疚的.