Ok I Need Some Help

[persephone]

oh poor little dog - and they had no idea she was gone ?

[Pinchy]

Nah they didn't seem fussed at all really. I would have been looking all night if she were mine

[persephone]

same here ....

[melzawelza]

In NSW, the vet is supposed to take a stray dog off your hands. The owner's information is private and only so many vet staff have access to the chip database.

That said, I have had one vet refuse to take the stray dog I found but generally they will.

Hope you find the owner soon - take some photos and put them up on posts around the area as well!

This. I've taken stray dogs to the vets and haven't had a problem. Mind you, I also said that if an owner couldn't be found, the dogs were not to be shipped off to the pound but sent to an appropriate rescue or returned to me. Perhaps fortunately for my marriage, all were safely returned to their humans.

Your profile says you're in NSW and if that's the case the vets would be breaking the law to do that. If they're an authorised premises they may keep the pet up to 72 hours to find it's owner but after that it becomes property of the local Council and MUST go to the Council's impounding facility.

Edited December 22, 2013 by melzawelza

[Dame Aussie]

Nah they didn't seem fussed at all really. I would have been looking all night if she were mine

Oh that's a shame well done for helping herget home though :)