Not how I planned on starting my day..!

[ponyparty]

I was waiting for my train to work this morning - I’d already reported an abandoned bag on my platform (looked like someone’s lunch) - and two husky type dogs came running onto the next platform. No collars, no owner. They got to the end of the platform and it looked like they were going to jump down onto the tracks! So I legged it back up the stairs and down onto that platform (luckily they were friendly and approachable, and I had some treats in my pocket); emptied my canvas lunch bag out, and used the handles to make collars; caught them; herded them into a secure area with help from the member of station staff. Advised him to call the dog warden. Aren’t they gorgeous?

Apparently there was another running around the streets with them but someone caught it in their garden, according to local Facebook.

I’m now exhausted and pumped full of adrenalin - not how I planned on starting the day

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

They look like lovely dogs good on you for herding them up could have been a not very nice outcome had you not been there.

 

[Titchy Reindeer]

They are beautiful, but I do wonder why they are out and about on their own. Well done on the rescue operation.

 

[ArklePig]

That's definitely your good deed for the day! I hope they're reunited/taken care of soon.

 

[ponyparty]

Not the first time I’ve rounded up stray dogs… remember George, who I found running the streets, took in, and ended up rehoming with another forum member?

I won’t be taking these in though, they look like bloomin’ hard work and escape artists

There seems to be a huge problem with dogs getting loose at the moment round by me, every day there’s another one. I know accidents happen but… surely not this much?!

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

So many people’s kids leave the gates open and dogs get out I think why are you leaving your dogs in the garden?!

 

[ArklePig]

The last time I found a dog, I called the number on his tag, the owner refused to come get him because apparently he will 'find his own way home' so I called the dog warden. Then it nipped me. No good deed

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

The last time I found a dog, I called the number on his tag, the owner refused to come get him because apparently he will 'find his own way home' so I called the dog warden. Then it nipped me. No good deed

Similar happened to me!

I saw a slow-moving car come over a hump backed bridge on a narrow country lane. Turns out there was a loose dog in the road and they thought they'd clipped it (no obvious injury so unlikely). Traffic stopped both ways as automated lights didn't recognise a dog and traffic stopped until the dog moved. I was walking so went to shoo the dog out of the road. It refused so I grabbed its collar and dragged it out of the road and held it while traffic sorted itself out. As soon as I let it go it was straight back to the middle of the road on the bridge where a car coming the other way simply wouldn't be able to avoid it.

I grabbed it again and decided to walk it to the nearest pub. It was a small terrier type dog so not easy and it bit me but I couldn't leave it in the road.

Went to the pub beer garden and got a staff member to find out who owned it. He came back and said owner was inside but wasn't coming out. Owner had said let it go again because it knows not to go into the road. I let it go and said tell the owner it needs a vet because it just got clipped by a car while playing in the road.

Wish I'd called the dog warden.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Well done PonyParty!!

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Yay @ponyparty you go!

Well done!

They are beautiful, but I do wonder why they are out and about on their own. Well done on the rescue operation.

Maybe they became too much for the owner who dumped them somewhere, but since they're huskies, I also wouldn't be surprised if they simply escaped.

 

[some show]

Well done!! Awesome job with the bag handles!

 

[fiwen30]

Good job!

I went through a phase of finding straying dogs almost once a month, to the point where I kept treats and spare collar/lead in the car.

Once had to use my penknife to cut off the string of my hoodie to catch a little Pomeranian that did NOT want my hands anywhere near it!

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Was out doing the horses earlier and could hear someone calling a lost dog for about an hour, it's a regular thing round here I live opposite a popular dog walking spot, I've had loose dogs in my field and seen loose ones on the lane.

 

[TheresaW]

We own 2 huskies. One we’ve had since a pup, and the latest one we adopted around 6 months ago at approx 7yo. He was picked up as a stray. Baffling, because he has definitely been someone’s pet at some point.

 

[ponyparty]

I used an iPhone charger last time I found a stray dog got to get creative when needs must..!

 

[Titchy Reindeer]

I used an iPhone charger last time I found a stray dog got to get creative when needs must..!

My non-horsey Dad once hung on to an escapee horse until the police arrived using my mum's swimming costume top. I still laugh every time I think about it.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Blimey, well done! That was super quick thinking!

 

[TheOldTrout]

Well done for saving the dogs! Did you make your train?

 

[nagblagger]

Well done for catching them.
Have you heard whether their owner was found?

 

[ponyparty]

I made my train, just about, and the dogs were returned to the owner. Someone on the local FB group has said this isn’t the first time they’ve been missing though; I’m not surprised in the slightest.

 

[Archangel]

My non-horsey Dad once hung on to an escapee horse until the police arrived using my mum's swimming costume top.

Did he just whip it off your mum?

 

[Titchy Reindeer]

Did he just whip it off your mum?

Thank goodness no! They were driving back from the lake where mum had taken to swimming that summer and a loose horse was running around and crossing a fairly busy main road. Dad decided that having a horsey daughter obviously qualified him to intervene and grabbed it with the only thing he had to hand that would go around its neck. Someone else had warned the police who fortunately took over not long after.