Finding a PAIR of strays
 

Not very often I come across a pair of stray dogs, it's usually solo males out here. But today as I pulled in my driveway there was an unaltered male and an in-heat female hanging around my yard. I used my phone to put an ad on craigslist as I sat in my car. Dogs didn't seem overly aggressively, played with each other, and would come to my car door to sniff me. The male was wearing a harness and chewed leash. The animal shelter is closed today so I decided to tie them up and call to have them picked up.

I tied the male first, since he had a leash on. Everything was cool until then. He really wanted his lady friend back. He was barking a lot while I tied her up, and so I waved my hand at him and went "shoosh!" Man, glad her was already tied up and I was a foot away because he actually lunged at my hand. Hmph. Well, my concern for the dog flew out the window and I was tempted to just untie him and let them go, but god forbid they hurt anyone...So I called AC and lady said they'd have an officer out between "a few hours" and "a couple days". Jesus. If they aren't picked up by the time I have work at 530, well...I'm not sure but I don't want them here. My dogs are priority and they need their yard, which these two strays are currently kenneled in. Secretly hope they escape my yard.

& now i know why male/female stray combos can be so dangerous.

Here is a vid of how the male reacts when I lift my hand:



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If I was you I'd have just put a bullet in that male's head and claimed the female was alone. I sure as hell wouldn't be bothering to help it. You're a better person than I am.

I live in a city...a gunshot would have me in the back of a squad car lol Plus I don't own a gun.

Although I cant agree with the bullet part lol, I do agree with the part where you said "You're a better person than I am" because I would not have taken those dogs in either.

I would be calling the AC back and telling them the dog is aggressive and they need to get there before someone gets hurt.

The female hasn't showed any issues?

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I told her on the phone he attempted to bite me but she didn't even comment on it. Maybe I will call back...I wouldn't have even bothered if I knew the dog was going to become aggressive. The female is as calm as they come.

a real bonnie and clyde duo.. LOL

Tell her she needs to send someone out now or else you will let them go out in the streets again. Its their job to take the animals, not yours.

god I am so thankful for my Towns great AC when I read shit like this.

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Yup. They need to get it together and do THEIR job. I hope for the females sake that they dont PTS her.

Agreed. let them know in no uncertain terms that you WILL release the dogs and there is a GOOD chance that male will bite somebody so they better hurry their asses up.

It's been four hours since my first call so I called again. Different lady told me my call is in the system and they only have one officer working.

I told her I have work in a few hours, the dog is tied up, acting aggressive, and at any time he could chew through the leash and be roaming the streets again. She basically said she updated my original call with that information, and that's all she could do. Both the city and county shelters are closed on Tuesdays. My last option is taking them both to the SPCA and lying about where I found them.

ONE officer? What the hell...

Have it bite you then sue the shit out of them. lol jk

you said the female's in heat and the male is unaltered....do you think there's a chance that the female is pregnant?

What the heck kind of AC doesn't make an aggressive dog their top priority? I'm with cliffdog though, that dog would be dead if it showed up in my yard acting like that.

For all we know of the situation the one officer could be dealing with a more aggressive animal somewhere else. No sense in assuming

Dropped them off at the SPCA, it's out of my hands now. Thank god.

Too bad, the female was really really nice. She ran from my cats! Hopefully she gets adopted.

I hope she gets a nice home!

Animal control showed up this afternoon...a full 56 hours later lol