Posted on 01/31/2009 11:40:14 AM PST by El Whino
A great, heart-warming story about airport employees trying help save an animal.
forgot who the doggie ping person is!
Great story about man’s best friend. GO Buddy!!!!
Thanks for posting this and please update when Buddy is treated and adopted.
BUDDY PING
Can’t animal control shoot it with one of those drug things? That way they could get him to a vet to remove that collar. Otherwise...it will choke him to death or it will tear his skin and get infected. I think what they use for bears and the like would work here. I hope so. Hate to keep the thought of that little dog with that awful collar embedded in his neck. Can’t someone do something???
I wonder how we could get an update and know when he gets rescued?
I had the same problem with a cat that had been abused and took to the woods around my house. It took me over a month of doing the same thing they are.
I put food out about 30 feet from my door. Each day, I'd move the dish one foot closer. She kept a constant eye on me as she ate and would skitter away if I made any motion to open the door.
We kept up this game until she was eating at the porch steps and got used to me watching through the door. Then letting me sit on the porch. I finally got ahold of her.
That was over 10 years ago. Her favorite place to sleep is in the curve of my waist or on the pillows over my head.
A watercolor I did of her...
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They'll never get him now!
He’ll yell to the airport people as he hangs out the window of the car...’hey everybody!!! I’m going to get TUTORED’
that poor dog has been out there over a year - by now, he’s acclimated to people on the base. Were I there, I’d pitch a pup tent and stay as long as it took...probably not that long...you feed it, put out water...talk to him. Even after you can reach out to pat him - leave it be for a day or so...pretty soon, you’d have a tent buddy...and then the poor animal could get treatment before it’s too late.
About a year ago there was a woman whose dog got loose on a tarmac and they could not find the dog. It was like a whippet or greyhound. I remember the greyhound adoption groups were searching around to find it and I never read anywhere that it was found. Don’t remember the airport. This could be a lost pet that got out of his cage before being loaded onto a plane.
Animal Control will not dart Buddy...they claim he will haul it into the dense woods near the airport after he’s shot and we’d never be able to find him while he’s “out”.
That’s sad. Sure he could haul but...he couldn’t stand for long could he? Can’t imagine they couldn’t find him afterwards. Makes me want to cry.
It takes a while for the dart to take effect...and dogs typically try and retreat to a safe haven when they feel the effects. In this case, there are dense woods where Buddy takes refuge. We also tried drugging his food several weeks ago and he same thing happened. When he started feeling drowsy, he took refuge in the woods and we couldn’t find him.
Wow...that just makes me really sad. I am sure he could take care of himself but it’s that collar that has me so upset. Can’t SOMEONE come up with some kind of idea?????
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