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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
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Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
3dogs2arms if you follow the link to the craiglist posting you will see that the dog was scanned for a microchip but he didn't have one. He was taken to the shelter and it is my understanding that one of the first things that a shelter does is scan dogs for a microchip.
Additionally, vet offices also have microchip scans. I found a dog last year and took her to our vet office and she was scanned free of charge.
He is such a beautiful dog. I hope he finds a good home!
I believe animal shelters routinely scan dogs for microchips these days when they are brought into their facilities. Shelter staffers are more than happy to find an owner out there somewhere. But you make a very good point and it would be worth double checking. Microchips are incredible tools.
I wrote a story last year about a San Pedro dog that was found a full year after he'd gotten out of his yard and disappeared. Someone spotted the pooch running loose in a public park in Long Beach & took him to a vet to be checked out. The medical staff there "scanned" him for a microchip, which he had, and turned up the original owners who enjoyed a wonderful reunion with their long-missing dog.
You didn't mention if your friends had the dog scanned to see if there was a microchip, if that hasn't been done please suggest it to them.
If there is no chip and no one comes forward to claim the dog, please consider a rescue group such as Ace of Hearts that diligently works to find homes for pits. Dang! I just went to find the Ace of Hearts homepage and it states that they don't take in dogs, they only take dogs from shelters...but maybe they could direct you to some other rescue that works with pits and has an excellent placement record. It's worth a call.
Dog dumpers are very cruel, I've picked up more than my share of their "unwanteds" and turned them into pure treasure.
www.acesangels.org