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There has been a dog in our front garden all evening. It seems to have a hurt leg and no collar. We waited for our neighbours to come home but it wasnt their dog! So now we have this scared hurt dog camping out in our little driveway garden strip and its getting quite late & really cold.
What should we do?
Can you put it somewhere warm for tonight (a shed/garage) and call the council tomorrow? Are you willing to take it to a vet - it might have a microchip but could cost you?
Is there a local radio station that would put out a "found dog" notice?
Hope you find its owners, poor little thing.
I would try and secure it somewhere warm. If you think it is really sick, please call the RSPCA. They will tell you what to do.
Otherwise secure it somewhere till the morning and call the council
I live inner north suburb of Melbourne - so no idea if we have a local radio?? None that I know of. We have no shed or garage, we have a 2 bedroom house and then a bathroom and the rest of its one big open plan. So not really anywhere to put him, bareing in mind we have a baby and preppy in the house too (not knowing the dog, I dont want to risk anything going bad). I would bring him inside, but not sure where to put him...
And who do I call in the morning, I have a sick child and a plumber coming sometime in the morning...I cant really get to a vet tomorrow.
:( poor little guy.
Could you put him in your laundry over night with some old towels to sleep on?
THat's why I would call RSPCA now and they might even come and get him tonight.
i'd either call the rspca or a 24 hour emergency vet - it shouldn't cost you anything if you drop it in there explaining it was hurt and lost.
um, well this all seems easier said than done. The RSPCA dont do anything at night, and so we had to ring the council who will send someone out as long as the dog is contained. But whenever we try to go up to the dog its runs off, so not having much luck getting it even round the back of our house where its fenced let alone inside where its warm :(
Its too scared to come in and has now gotten frightened by someone else walkng their dog and run off. Its leg look hurt. I want to help it, but not sure we can do much.
You did the best you could. Lets hope it goes home and the owner will help it.
For future reference, Lort Smith Animal Hospital in North Melbourne take in lost and injured animals.
They are open 8.30am to midnight for emergencies.
They also offer reduced price vet treatments for low income earners.
We called the council when it happened to us, luckily the dog had tags, and it was from up the street. It was really well managed the daughter came to pick up the dog (their mother was on holidays and they were having reno's done and the builder had left the gate open!)
yeah for inner north contact the lort smith animal hospital. they are open til midnight. you can drop animals off to them at no charge whatsoever.
if the dog is still around this morning try and coax it with some food. it is no doubt very stressed and in pain and will need some gentle coaxing. call the lort smith as well and get advice and see if they can come by. I know that they do pick ups of dogs in our area (brunswick).
hope the poor wee thing is okay and has a nice family looking for it...
Didnt come back after the last time it ran off so hopefully it found its way home. Thanks for the tip about the animal hospital. Being new to the area we didnt know who to contact.
I hope he has good owners who notice he is hurt. I hope he lost his collar and it wasnt because his owners didnt bother getting him one that he was unable to be reunited by us.
dogs can lose collars pretty easily. it can happen quite often that they are tied up outside a shop and get frightened by something and slip loose. could also explain the sore leg as they tend to run and dont stop. silly things!
yeah the lort smith is awesome! a local institution for the inner north LOL! man oh man, our pets have given us some *interesting* nights LOL!