I'd love to take him to live with me. Then he and PJ (my dog) could frolic in all their hyper-ness together.
I'll have to pay a few more visits and decide what to do. I don't want to risk him having to be put down if in fact he is living a happy life where he is. Although the green patches sort of beg to differ...
He's a big, adult labrador though, and very boisterous. When people walk past he barks like CRAZY and at first I thought he was an aggressive dog. But one time when walking my dog my own labrador insisted on going up to the dog. He was SOO friendly!! He just sat and looked up at me wagging his tail like crazy, and when I patted him on the head he rolled over for me to scratch his belly....reminds me sooo much of my own dog! I love him so much and we visit every day. It absolutely kills me when I have to leave.
The yard has a picket fence, and is reasonably large. The dog isn't tied up despite the green fur around his collar. I don't know whether he has food or water because the yard slopes up onto a hill. I can see a kennel though.
Like I said, the backyard backs onto a park (my backyard backs onto the same park) so there are lots of children as well as a daycare centre. My concern is even if I were to let him go, that he would run around and go mental and possibly hurt children or babies (though he's NEVER bitten me or seemed inclined to).
To Christina3,
Does he look malnutrioned? If not, he is probably just very, very lonely. A lot of people will feed their dogs and or cats, but never give them the attention that they need & deserve, like walking them, playing with them or giving them a bath, etc., the list goes on. Do you think that he is lonely or abused?
To Christina3,
Sorry, this dog is OBVIOUSLY lonely, does he appear to have been mistreated in any other way? I don't have much respect for the RSPCA these days, but they MAY be able to view this poor dog & assess his green ears. You never know with them if they are going to actually REALLY look into a case or not. If you have no luck there, I would urge you to call your local Vet. They might be able to arrange some help for the poor dog. If he is malnutritioned & showing other signs of distress, then go & let him off his restraint & open the gate. A Lab is one of the most child-loving, dogs that God ever made. He will probably settle down after he has been free for a while, especially if he is a more mature dog.
That is discusting. Why own a dog and treat it so badly? what goes through these peoples minds? Do they see the animals upset? or do they just honestly not give a damn. My old next door neighbour was a "lets buy an animal for the fun of it" then two weeks after the animal was brought home they would get bored with it and just leave them in a small caged area to bark and howl all day long. They had endless amounts of cats, dogs would come and go, just like they were a novelty item for the kids to play with until they got bored. We would hear the man come out and kick the dog for barking (probably because the poor thing was starving), unfortunately theres not much you can do in this situation. I think your doing a great job by giving him food. He is looking for you because he knows he can rely on you to feed him. Animals are smart. Keep doing what your doing, even if the RSPCA doesnt care. Your little bit of food could be saving him from starving to death. I admire it
