Finding a Good Home for a Stray Dog

This article is about my experience of finding a stray dog, looking for his owners and ultimately placing him in a good home. It was about six months ago that I was out for a walk and came upon a stray dog, that I would later name Georgie. He was obviously starving, somewhat frightened and it looked like his nails were growing into his pads.

I petted him and told him that he was a good boy. I knew I could not keep him, but I just had to help him. So I ran home and grabbed some food, water and a bowl. To my relief, he was still in the same area when I returned and happily gobbled up all the food that I had brought back. He was just as happy to get the water as well, and looked up at me adoringly with big brown puppy dog eyes. As your probably guessing by now, I took him home with me. This really wasn't a good time for me to take in a stray dog, but sometimes you have to do what is right, even though it may not be convenient.

In the area where I live the city pound has a really bad reputation. I recall reading in the paper that one of the employees at the pound was disciplined for beating a dog to death. I have been there before and the employees seem to hate both animals and people, and all the animals there seem to be terrified. So, there is no way that I would surrender any animal to the pound in my area under any circumstance.

First, I took him to the veterinarian to get his nails fixed, vaccines and to check for a microchip. Then I began an unfruitful search for the owner for about two weeks. I put up signs everywhere and talked to people that lived in the area he was found. I even put up a sign about him at the pound. Another resource I found is Pet Finder, they will let you list dogs that you find on their site.