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[deleted] t1_iwhhv3p wrote

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Ovvenchips OP t1_iwhighg wrote

Agreed! She's a rescue too and she shows so much love

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SSS0617 t1_iwjb32r wrote

Makes me proud of my own border collie that his distant cousin can do this :)

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Justadropinthesea t1_iwi5vsi wrote

My dog did a similar thing years ago. We were visiting a ski resort in Colorado, thousands of miles from home, when he took off after some animal in the dead of night in below zero temperatures. He didn’t respond to our calls and we looked as much as we could in those conditions. I got a call the next morning from the ski patrol to tell me that he had walked across the mountain and turned himself in at the ski patrol headquarters and they brought him back to us on a snowmobile.

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Sprinkle_Puff t1_iwib2a0 wrote

This is a worst nightmare of mine, on vacation and in the snowy winter! That must have been such an awful time for you and your family

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Justadropinthesea t1_iwipb3f wrote

We had just let the dog out to do his business for a moment when he took off. We had 3 young children, all crying, and it just wasn’t safe for us to keep trying to track down this fool of a dog in the dark in the freezing cold. We thought he was gone for good. Thank god he was smart enough to see the only lights on on the wilderness and turn himself in to the ski patrol, and thank god his tags with my phone number were still on his collar. They were a little confused to see the address thousands of miles away from where they were located but it turned out to be only about 5 miles from our vacation rental. The dog seemed to be quite pleased with himself and his adventure.

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AbsyntheMinded1 t1_iwi7ds0 wrote

My old Hinez 57 dog d8d something like this. She got out of the house, and we didn't notice, until HER vet called us. We lived in a big house and didn't see her half the time anyways in pur defense. Apparently she was running across a busy 5 lane deep road, and got grazed by a car, (No major damage just bad brusing, and she hopped for a little awhile) She just got up and walked her butt right over to the vet. She wasn't the brightest dog... She also jumped out a second story window TWICE, but I think that was her one moment of clarity.

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wolfgang784 t1_iwi8nl0 wrote

Good reminder to keep a collar on your dog.

I've come across 3 lost dogs before that clearly had owners, but none had collars or any clue as to who they belonged to.

Thankfully, 2 of the 3 I was able to reunite with the age-old trick of yelling so loudly it feels like you'll lose your voice, and the owners heard me after a few yells. (Woods, so it echoed well)

The third dog another person who lived in the area took because they were somewhat confident the owner lived nearby and I had somewhere else I had to be after a short bit of owner searching.

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bellYllub t1_iwjf00y wrote

You’re an awesome person for helping those dogs! Thank you so much for caring!!

I have to ask though, are microchips not common where you are? It’s the law in England that not only does your dog have to have a collar and tag with name, address and a contact number on but they must also be microchipped too.

Both my dogs have a tag on their collar with all the relevant info on it, but even if they somehow lose their tag, they’re still microchipped and we keep their chip info up to date so that if they go missing, any vet/police/etc could scan them and immediately get the info needed to call us!!

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wolfgang784 t1_iwkiv4z wrote

They might have been chipped, but as luck would have it each of the times cept that one I found the owners quickly.

If I hadn't, idk what I woulda done tbh. Each of those times I was omw to scheduled engagements with someone who is absolutely terrified of dogs to a phobia point so I dunno if I woulda canceled going to my nieces birthday for example in order to drive the dogs to a vet for a chip check.

Although they were all super friendly good boys at least. No barking or growling, licks and love lol.

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bellYllub t1_iwwbbmm wrote

I’m glad you helped out with all of those dogs. Sucks that you were put in an awkward situation regarding either missing an important party or dealing with the lost dog. I don’t blame you for not wanting to drive them to a vet for a chip scan. Handing them off to somebody that has the time to handle it is just as good!!

In the UK, I’d have been able to call the non-emergency police number and tell them I found a lost dog. When it happened to my friend (she lives opposite a huge woodland space where a lot of people exercise their dogs) she called the non-emergency police line and told them she’d found a dog that had either slipped her collar and run off (so no tags) or had been abandoned in the woods and wandered onto her property.

The police sent an officer out to fetch the dog when she explained that she had no way to bring it to the station (she doesn’t drive). They came out and took the pup, then scanned her for a microchip at the station and got the dog’s name (Tara!) and her owner’s info.

Turns out Tara had indeed slipped her collar while on a walk and bolted into the woods after a squirrel. The poor owner had been frantically searching for hours and was ridiculously happy to get the call from the police saying that she’d been found and turned over to them.

I’ve known other people that have called the RSPCA to report dogs they’ve found and they do the same. Collect the dog and scan for a chip.

Not every dog gets back to their owner (a lot of people don’t remember to update the info on the chip when they change their number or address!) but microchips really are brilliant if used correctly.

You definitely didn’t do anything wrong by not immediately sacrificing your own engagements to get the dog scanned though. You do what is right for you at the time. It’s not your fault the dog got lost so you shouldn’t be expected to move heaven and earth to get them home!! Handing them off to someone else is just as good!

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TootsNYC t1_iwl4thk wrote

Chips are great, but they need to be scanned with equipment. Whereas if your phone number is on the collar, someone can call you sooner.

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bellYllub t1_iwntnqo wrote

I agree! Both my dogs have a tag on their collar that has their name, my name, my address and my phone number. When we moved house one of the first things I did was order new tags for them with the new address!

In the event that they get lost, whoever finds them would have all the info needed to contact me.

My dogs are still chipped though and have been since we got them, even before it was a legal requirement to chip them! It was one of the first things we had our vet do when we took them to get their annual vaccinations!

A tag can get lost, a microchip is forever!

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janet45011 t1_iwomkde wrote

It would be so much easier if you could take a lost dog into a supermarket and scan him at the check out!

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bellYllub t1_iwwcz4m wrote

That’s actually a bloody good idea!!!

If each village/town and all the big supermarkets in cities had a designated place that held a microchip scanner, it would be so much quicker and easier to check lost pets for microchips!

No wasting police time calling about lost pets or calling the RSPCA (or your local animal rescue) to collect them. Just take them to the designated spot and get them scanned so you can call the owner and say “Found your pet!”

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nwsm t1_iwhvnrn wrote

OMFG I thought the title said “hangs”

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SheddyMcshedface t1_iwilva0 wrote

For the Yanks that's pronounced Luff-bruh not loogabaroog

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PainInTheAssWife t1_iwnnrzz wrote

Thank you. My (brit) husband had to translate a surprising number of words for me when we were in London. It left me feeling not entirely certain that I am, in fact, speaking English.

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Jak_n_Dax t1_iwiw6al wrote

My parents left their dog in the truck one day and he watched them go into Lowe’s.

A few minutes later he managed to open the sliding glass window on the back of the cab with his nose, jump into the bed, then jump out and trot into the store.

He went up and said hello to the customer service desk to say hello, and they called my very confused dad to ask if he was walking around Lowe’s and missing a dog. Lmao

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Arrow_to_the_knee1 t1_iwia144 wrote

They knew that streets are too rough for a good dog.

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Kthulu666 t1_iwisjob wrote

My brain: Lost dog finds itself in Lambourghini at police station.

Me: wat

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robotsonmars1 t1_iwj0408 wrote

My parents old German Shepard was the biggest escape artist ever and would do this. Pretty much every week he would Houdini his way out of a cement bottom padlocked chainlink outside crate with a lid and walk himself to the animal shelter. It happened so often that the people who worked there recognized him and had my parents number memorized haha. They had to pay a fee every time to pick him up too!

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TootsNYC t1_iwl4lsq wrote

> Leicestershire Police staff fetched some water and gave her a fuss before calling the number on her ID tag.

“Gave her a fuss”—what a wonderful turn of phrase.

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originaw t1_iwlsdr3 wrote

r/pupliftingnews

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Ovvenchips OP t1_iwlsha8 wrote

I can't believe that's a real place. Amazing!

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GameDestiny2 t1_iwisgej wrote

I always wonder if my dog could find his way back, not that I want to find out. He’s pretty smart, but damn does he hate other dogs. Really nice with people, horrible with other animals.

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PainInTheAssWife t1_iwno27y wrote

I had a dog like that. Absolute love bug and angel with people and cats, but will 100% try to murder squirrels, as well as other dogs. She was the absolute best, and would have found her way home, with or without violence, if the need arose.

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RolandBrice t1_iwixn9n wrote

It's a Loughboroughdor-Retriever!

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LitChick97 t1_iwk58w9 wrote

Rosie is a jewel! ❤️

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Lumb3rH4ck t1_iwl8av2 wrote

dogs a legend, very clever. owner should keep it on a lead.

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Ovvenchips OP t1_iwl93a1 wrote

It's difficult to play fetch on a lead. Collies need a lot of running and stimulation

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