Guess what happened to me last night- Ialmost had to adopt another dog.....

Kudos to you!! You're my favorite kind of person. My danger is agreeing to foster care animals. My vet asked me to foster care a tiny little dog she had seen at the humane society who was dying as she wouldn't eat or drink. The vet could not take her as she had big dogs at home and she also knows I am a nut when it comes to animals. So I agreed to take the little one for a few days until she could find her a home. I nursed her back to health and my other dog was OK with her,,,end of story I kept her for 13 years!

Awww - what a lovely story! I'm glad the puppy was reunited with his owners in the end. You made me smile with your husband's reaction - that is exactly like my partner every time I have bought one of my stray cats home......... he looks at me very sternly and says "Darling - I thought we agreed - no more cats - we have to many......." and after 24 hours he is almost more attached than I am! I did find a dog once - a German Shepherd puppy. He was tied up outside the library in my hometown years ago. I saw him as I passed to, and fro for an entire morning, and at first I thought he had just been left there by someone inside the library. But after a while, I realised the poor little thing had just been abandoned:-(( I was in rented accomodation then - strictly no pets allowed, - so I took him to my parents' house for food, and then took him to a local lady who ran an animal sanctuary, and she took him in. He was a gorgous little thing, and I'm glad to say that I asked her to keep in touch with me regarding the outcome, and the pup found a great new home very quickly!

Bless your sweet heart sugar. I wish there were more people in the world like you and your family. I found a shepherd on my door step. He seemed hungry. I had cats at the time, so I could not bring the dog inside. I bought some dog food and fed it and gave it water. I figured that if he was still on my porch the next day, that he would be mine and I would have to figure out how to keep him safe from harm. But, he left and I never saw him again. I have found many knocked out birds, and took care of them until they were well enough to fly away. I love animals. We adopted two cats, and they are so spoiled. But, they are our fury kids and need lots of love. Bless you dear, M&M

WHat a good story with a happy ending. To answer your question. Yes, I have done this many times through out my life. Most recently I picked up a stray chihauhau. I couldn't find the owner. It was a female puppy. Since I already have to dogs of my own. I turned the pup over to a rescue. Where the person who runs the rescue adopted the pup for herself.

Thats a sweet story. I had that happen to me when I live in a different town. The cutest little beagel stay around my house for days so I had to feed her and my neighbor noticed the dog and said that dog lives down the street. So I had to take her home and I really missed her when she was gone.

It is so nice of you to do this! I'm an animal lover, and I can't imagine how I would feel if one of my pets wandered off and was lost. To know that there are people like you out there to take care of them until they can come home is a good feeling. A dog or cat wandering around lost is in such danger of getting hit by a care or hurt in other ways. House pets are not able to fend for themselves out on the streets. I'm glad that the owner was able to be re-united with him, but he would have had a great home either way, it sounds like!

that's so cute. taking care of a puppy you've seen on the streets is a good thing to do. plus you did call the police just in case someone looks for the puppy. lucky puppy then! we have this well in our yard. it's been long there. one day, my brother found out that there were two dogs who accidentally dropped themselves inside the well. they are still puppies. one black and one brown. so, my brother immediately took a bit pail so he can get those puppies out from the well. and he did it. we dried them, fed them and took care of them for awhile. then, we went to our neighbors asking if they might be the owners of the puppy. and our neighbor was thankful, too. and just like you, we never asked for something in return. we're happy to atleast save their lives. now, the dogs are grown ups and they always come inside our yard to take a visit and even sleep beside that well.

That is why I have my Bengal cat. I adopted her after we couldn't find her owner. I have taken in many dogs in my life time and one other cat. I rarely consider taking in cats but a good dog is hard to leave out in the cold, rain or dangerous conditions. I think that was great of you and I am glad that your husband is so warm hearted as well. Bless you both!

My Son did once when he was little. This little Dog followed him home and he thought that he would be able to hide the poor thing in the Shed as he wanted to keep him. But we took him in the Car and he took me where he had found the Dog. We also knocked on Doors and eventually found the owners.

this was so nice of you do care about the lost dog.an take him home with you.im sure the owner was very lucky an happy that you were the one to find him.maybe your next dog you find will be yours to keep.good job! you saved a dog an someone pet.we need more people like you.

Yes well my daughter found a stray dog down in the park one afternoon, she bought him up to the house and asked me if he could stay the night seeing it was going on dusk, I said that would be alright and rang all the authorities, to see if anyone had lost a dog nobody had so the next morning my daughter said to me Mum don't call the dog pound as they will put him down I said no I won't do this and I put a notice on our community board and a young woman came and knocked at my door as she had lost her dog and when the dog seen the woman the dog was very excited and they went home together so I was relived that I had done the right thing by the dog, and all went well but my daughter really did love that particular dog.

Oh, we do it constantly. That's why we've got three dogs and three cats. They were all strays or unwanted, and ended up at our house. And I'm sure that despite the best intentions, this house will clutter with animals and it will become a zoo. But it gives so much joy to have them.

As a kid a friend and I rescued a baby kitten out of a tree down the street from my Grandmothers house. We put it on the ground but it didn't seem to want to go anyway, so after a bit of discussion we took it back to her place. We went door knocking around the houses where it was but noone claimed it. About three days later someone a few houses up came door knocking looking for their cat. After that, my friend and I often wondered what actually happened to it as we never saw it again. The second cat I ever owned was a stray that was dumped in a cardboard box on my grandparents front lawn. Noone ever claimed it, and we never did find its original owner. While we never had any idea of who dumped it we suspect that they knew us, and that my mother and I were cat lovers. We found it funny that of all the places it could get dumped, it was dumped on my grandmothers lawn in a box it couldn't escape from with holes pocked in it so it could still breathe. Two of my current kitties are strays we took in as well. Their mother had a litter of three under a family friends house. Our friend had gone door knocking in the area to try and find the original owner, she actually suspected the mum cat was her next door neighbours as they had a Ginger kitty just like this one. Needless to say they swore black and blue it wasn't, but she hasn't seen their cat since. She was woried her dog would kill them or attack them at least if they discovered her backyard. So we rescued them all out. Took them home, temporarily housed them all, while they were still feeding from mum. Then found a home for one kitten, took the mum to a local cat shelter (she kept attacking one of our other cats, and it wasn't fair on him) and ended up keeping the other two kittens. I'm a sucker for animals and would probably do any of it all over again.

I have 2 dog (one German Boxer and a Japan-chin) 6 hamster's some fish and some other animal on hose but i can't have more becouse i live in a apartamant only with 3 rooms

That was a very nice thing you did by bringing the dog home with you to keep him safe. I know first hand how much dogs like to run into traffic (infact I started a discussion about this earlier today) and chances are that he would've been hurt if you hadn't taken him with you. It always makes me so happy to see animal lovers out there because too often they aren't treated the way that they should be. It's probably best that his owner came to get him right away, it would've been sad if you had become attached and then like a week later she came to get him.

Well done,thanks for caring...I used to be an animal officer, I greatly appreciate people that give a damn!!!

Yep. But I always wind up keeping the pet. that's how I get all of my pets. They find me when I'm not even looking.

I do not like dogs,but I like cats,because the cats is smaller,beautiful than dogs.But It is wonderful of you to have done this.

So glad his owner come to claim him.. So nice to hear a lovely story like this! You did a great job in helping both the dog and his owner! Lynn-Marie

I adopted a dog before, but i gave it away