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That was so sad to watch. Poor owners

Came across this the other day and thought it was pretty clever! Delaware Animal Control and Care in the U.S are putting up signs (with property owner's permission) whenever they pick up a stray dog. That way if the owner of the lost dog then goes driving around the neighbourhood looking for their dog they can then see the sign and see that their dog has been picked up. http://www.fsac-spca.org/news/2015/1/26/found-dog-signs-assist-return-to-owner-rate Of course it's great if dogs are microchipped and are wearing a collar with an id tag, and are microchipped but for cases where they aren't this seems like a really good solution? And just read of another council in the US doing this http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/2014/10/07/maricopa-county-animal-care-and-control-no-lost-pets-program/16863771/

That does sound super dodgy

Maree, also heard about the poodle and the other dog. Was this the poodle? It is very worrying

He is so stunning! What a change from when he was first found in a carpark.

Thank you guys so much for all your informed replies. I think I am fairly convinced now to wait until she had had her first heat cycle, especially if the increased risk in her getting cancer is only negligible :) .

I have a 7 month old female cross breed. She is fairly large (25kgs) already. She is currently not desexed, but this is obviously something I am planning on doing. The question is 'when'? A behaviourist told me it would be very beneficial if I could wait until at least after her first heat cycle. In addition to this leading to a lower likelihood of health problems such as urinary incontinence she said that (if I understood this correctly) during the oestrus the females release calming hormones. So her overall emotional development would be better if she gets a chance to have her first cycle first. Does anyone else have any ideas or opinions about this? Thanks :)

The original listing said 'Handed in for re-homing'....but for some reason it has now changed. Perhaps just a mistake?

Here is the listing on the DAS pound. He is in Yard 6 http://www.tams.act.gov.au/city-services/pets/keeping_dogs_in_the_act/lost,_found,_impounded_and_wanted_dogs/impounded_dogs?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZG9tZXN0aWNhbmltYWxzLmFjdC5nb3YuYXUlMkZJbXBvdW5kLmFzcCUzRkFjdGlvbiUzRFVQRF9JUCUyNlBvdW5kSWQlM0QzNDcyNyZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D He came in on the 18th of March (yesterday). This morning his listing was removed from the pound website. This is very strange since he was added to the website quite late in the afternoon yesterday, just before 2pm and the pound closes at 3pm, not leaving much change for someone to buy him yesterday. Today (Wednesday) the pound is closed so could not have been sold? Hopefully he is still there, and there is just some other reason why he is not appearing on their list of impounded dogs. Looks like a beautiful boy.