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Anonymous
Hello /an/,
I'm a bit concerned about this, but what would happen if you lost your dog and then found him with a new owner? My border collie/australian cattle dog mix got out about a year and a half ago through my garage door, he was wearing both a secure collar and about three tags on him with my phone number/adress on them.

A friend of mine said he saw a dog that looked *exactly* like my mutt playing fetch with some guy infront of his house (the guy's yard, not my friend's). Anyways, he wrote down the address for me and I plan on dropping by to look at the dog.

If I approached the owner, would he have to let me reclaim my dog? I've got pictures up until a few months before he got out, so that should be enough proof, right? Pic related.
>> Anonymous
Well, see if the dog recognizes its name.
>> Anonymous
In some places there is generally a practice that if you feed and care for a dog for so long its considered yours. I don't know how common this practice is, though.

We have a chocolate lab (pure, from what we can tell) we found stray, no tags and no collar. We looked for a while, but didn't really want to put "Found chocolate lab, looking for original owner" in the paper (that looks a lot like "FREE CHOCOLATE LAB!").
>> Anonymous
>>150273

It really depends. Will you still be eager to reclaim it after learning the other guy rescued it from the local pound for $100+?
>> Anonymous
>>150291

If you found a dog and you want to make an attempt to find the owner, just put out ads that say "found dog" and give your contact information. Don't mention anything about it, except perhaps where you found it. Don't describe the dog itself. If the owner is looking for their dog and they see that ad, they'll contact you to see if it is theirs. You then ask them do describe the dog to you. If what they describe is what you've found, then it's their dog. So long as you don't describe the dog in your ad then you're protected from people who just want a free dog.
>> Anonymous
It would help if you still had some of those old "lost dog" posters. Or mabye a newspaper with a AD in it that said lost dog.
>> Anonymous
Don' you have any easier questions? oO
>> Anonymous
The guy probably stole your dog.
Just steal it back from him.
>> Anonymous
>>150351
Thread over
>> Anonymous
>>150309
the pound would have called the number on the dog's tags
>> Anonymous
We will have to cut your dog in half and give each half to each owner
>> Syd2K !yHzbaFtyPA
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>> Anonymous
Reminds me of a friend's dog that went missing. It was last seen getting on a train at the local station. About 3 years later, the guy got a call from this woman who lives about 40 miles away whose son had had the dog for the last 3 years. Apparently he'd found the dog in the carpark of his local station, took off and hid the collar, and kept the dog saying it was a stray. She'd found the dog's collar in her son's room when he went away to college.
>> Anonymous
Moral of the story: chip your pets.
>> The Brave One
I WANT MY DOG BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>151354
your dog has been sent to the the wannabe chefs of /ck/ good luck!