Unfortunately, he has some mange mites that will need treating, and it looks like he has been “living rough” for a while, so he likely has some other parasites as well.
If no one takes him in the next couple of days, and he keeps sticking around, we will probably have to call animal control.
I personally love dogs and cats. My cat is sitting on my feet.
AND I am going to request a damper be put on the “rescue”.
Here is the requested restriction. The dog cannot come inside DMS.
We have at least one member who has an extreme dog allergy. Epi-pen level issues. So being “nice” to the dog means a member gets blindsided by an extreme allergy attack.
Stan also mention possible parasites. Been there and done that. No fun at all.
My apologies on being a stodgy board member on this one.
I’m at work otherwise I would do it, but he would probably fare better if taken to an animal shelter like Lewisville or Denton. Denton treated the dog we adopted for a skin condition, and didn’t euthanize her even though she was extremely sick.
I recommend getting in touch with animal control immediately. Dogs can pick up parasites pretty quickly and start looking rough after only a few days out in the world. He may be chipped- I’d hate to see someone lose their dog because it got out and got picked up before they could find it, and the person who found it kept it instead of contacting animal control.
I saw that dog on Sat. night as I was leaving. Tried to get it to come but it was probably afraid of my motorcycle. Looks more like a Malinois than a German Shepherd
So getting back to the ORIGINAL intent of the post before it got mired in rules, regulations & politics - How’s the dog? Has it been cared for? Stan - have you scanned it for an RFID chip?
Good press from a returned animal would likely be a good thing. Not to mention a happy safe dog.
I do hope someone took it down to the shelter or somewhere safe.
I’ve heard that some members might have fleas… I didn’t think dogs could be members
Yes, I know about the ID chip and how it works. They should scan it at the shelter.
Of course! Dogs can hear much higher frequencies! Duh!
Actually, I just found out that they can be a variety of different frequencies but I don’t know how common the other frequencies are.
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