Lost Dachshund
My wife texted me earlier today that she wanted to buy a Dachshund. Some of these dogs have some temperament problems, but after seeing this one, and how friendly it was, I agreed. The dog is about 1 year old, was taken to our vet and we were told she had already had many of her shots.
The problem is this dog was found on the street by a friend of a cousin of Marissa. We paid him PHP 1500 for the dog. She is a female, about one-year old, and she has obviously been cared for dearly by someone.
I did not know about how the dog came into the possession of Marissa’s cousin’s friend until after dog was bought and brought to our house.
I told Marissa she could have the dog on one condition: that if my rottweiler bred with this dachshund female I would put a bullet in her head, and she had to promise to keep the dogs totally separated if and when the female went into heat.
Actually, one of our neighbors also has a dachshund, so it is possible we could breed pups and sell them, though this is not my idea of a good way of making money.
My point is here that we have bought a dog that obviously belongs to someone else, who has been cared for and nurtured. This is not a street dog. I am publishing photos of this dog in the hope that her rightful owner will be informed and we can return the dog to such rightful owner. The owner must be able to prove that they are the owner of this dog, not only by recognition from the dog, but by photographic history, which I am sure they must have.
While this female dachshund is a fine and friendly dog and had the same markings as my Rottweiler and will make a good companion for him, my heart goes out to the rightful owner. Please, come claim your dog, if it is yours. Comment on this blog and leave your cell phone number and/or email address and I will contact you.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Certainly not a street dog ,I suspect dognapped from somewhere out there on the process ending up to your wife’s cousin .Indeed I feel for the owner, who might have bought this dog for a some amount of pesos and emotional cost more to it of loosing the dog .But nice that you have the conscience to keep this dog otherwise he might end up as dog pulotan (dog dish ),u never know.
I have a suggestion or you may have done this already ,why not put pictures of this dog in many Philippine forums and sites for increase traffic of your rescued dog blog.Anyhow,the dog is safe and well taken care of it she stays with you.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:42 am
We found the owner soon after I initially posted this. The dog belongs to a barangay captain. I wanted to scold him about letting his dog get free and stolen, but I assumed he’d learned his lesson and will protect his dog more in the future.