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If she's an indoor dog, leave the door of the house open. The one she is most used to coming in and out of. This was recommended to us by an OC animal control lady years ago when a dog my friend was pet sitting escaped. It took several hours but the pup came home and went right inside. I did the same thing several years later when our cat escaped and it worked.
ReplyDelete8:55 They've been trying to catch this girl for a while. She will not "go home", as she doesn't know a "home". She's in the Pemberton Dr / Rockawalkin / maybe Upper Ferry area, as of yesterday. If you spot her, call and insist THEY BRING A TRAP and food. If cornered, she will be gone again. TRAP is the only way.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't recommend putting food out unless it's in a trap.
ReplyDeleteI read several times a 'modern way' of thinking that suggests canines fear will overrule their hunger. Not true and actually the complete opposite is true.
Anyone with ranching experience can tell you. Large operations that have a dozen or more LGD to keep tabs on use the withholding food and the dogs almost always end up going to people and these are dogs that haven't been 'socialized' in any sense of the word and even have an inherent trait to be wary of strangers.
You see the hunger factor in place with foxes and coyotes canines as well. They will scale a 6 foot fence if they are hungry enough something they will never do usually because they are fearful.
I want to know why she fears her owners. Lay a jacket or items with the person she was close to along with food she will stay in the area. If she is not afraid of actual owners ????
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ReplyDeleteOnce a dog is on their own for a few days they go into survival mode and they fear everything. That is why it is so important to find them quickly.
I had a beagle years ago hanging around my farm. He wouldn't come anywhere near me and would run and disappear in the woods again for a few hours then return. After a day or 2 I put food and water out for him and he would come and eat but still wouldn't let me anywhere near him. Finally an elderly lady I knew who was a farm veterinarian for over 60 years and on the Board of a nationally recognized animal rights organization told me to stop feeding him. She assured me when he got hungry enough he would come closer to the house and even up to me. After a day he did start coming closer and closer and finally came to my back door and I was able to pet him. We ended up keeping him since no one was looking for him and no ID. He never left our farm again and he wasn't fenced in or anything. I think he was abused because he had a shock collar on and was hand shy for a long time.
ReplyDeleteMy friend in another state had a similar situation. It was a mastiff and her first experience with fostering. The dog got spooked and took off and at 140 pounds she couldn't hold on to him. He was gone for days (dragging a leash as well) and spotted occasionally. Well meaning people set up a "food station" with cameras and he would come to eat when no one was around. Then someone called my friend anonymously saying he was a vet and didn't want to burn any bridges with the rescue groups or the shelter and his advice was to remove the food as hungry takes precedence over being scared. Also to not search for the dog as that may scare him and cause him to run in the road.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't even a day later and finding nothing to eat, the dog got up enough courage to make his way to a house and a lady was able to lure him into her garage with an empty bowl and shut the door.