Back to All About SoWal

Lost Pup Needs Old/New Home

georgeenBeach Crab
2,005 views
Hello everyone -

I'm new to this site but heard through Kurt you were all great people who might be able to offer some help. Two weeks ago while gardening out at Eden State Park a delightful young pup attached himself to me. A local resident said he had been hanging around for about a week. Both the resident and the Park officials were preparing to call animal control to have him picked up so I volunteered to try to find his home or a new owner. If any of you live in the Pt Washington area and know who might own this pup, please let me know. He's really very sweet, smart and housebroken so someone at one point put some time into raising him. Or, if anyone has more room than my postage stamp back yard (I live in a town home) and would like a great young dog, please let me know. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Here's the basic info:

Found 12/28/05 at Eden State Park
Male Black Lab Pup (6mo ? year), aprox 45 pounds
Housebroken, great with kids, cats and other dogs
Gentle and very smart
He needs to find his old home or a new family who will adopt him.
Please email: georgeenn@hotmail.com

Edited

Replies

14
kathydwells avatar
kathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#2
I don't live in the area, but I just wanted to say :welcome: to you! Good luck finding puppy a home! I wish I could help.
Gypsea avatar
GypseaBeach Fanatic
#3
georgeen, thanks so much for taking the time to find this puppy a home. I would love to have a black lab again but I travel too much and it wouldn't be fair to the pup. Good luck in your search!!! :clap_1:
Kurt avatar
KurtAdmin
#4
Georgeen welcome - e-mail me the photo and I'll post it. info at sowal.com

You might also be interested in this:

If you'd like to resize your photos on your computer, here is a link to the world's easiest picture resizer by Microsoft. Click on it, then select run, and it will install. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on any pic file on your computer, select "Resize Pictures" and it will give you several size options - it's that easy!
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...wertoySetup.exe
Rita avatar
Ritamargarita brocolia
#5
:welcome: georgeen! And good luck finding a home for the pup.
Mermaidpicky
#6
What a kind heart you have. I hope someone will be able to take the puppy home and make it part of their family! :wub:
ShallowsNole avatar
ShallowsNoleBeach Fanatic
#7
I hope he just got separated from his owners, who are hopefully frantic, but lots of people get lab puppies - and want desperately to get rid of them when they get to be six months to a year old. I am hoping this is not the case. I've had several dogs in my life, but none have been so much work or as destructive as our Lab - and folks don't realize how much work they are until they have one. Daisy is just over two years old, and is STILL making mincemeat of our furniture. But she's beautiful, just like the little male Lab - and is showing signs of (finally!)being a devoted companion. :wub:

I'd take him, but I honestly can't afford to take proper care of him plus our other pets. He'd be a perfect companion for Daisy, though.

You might try posting his picture and flyers at the local vets offices? There is one in Emerald Coast Plaza, Kindness Pet Hospital on 30A next to Butler Elementary, and Barry Veterinary just west of Silver Sands. Also, see if you can put something up in the Santa Rosa Beach post office.

I'll ask around too...
Mermaidpicky
#8
I hope he just got separated from his owners, who are hopefully frantic, but lots of people get lab puppies - and want desperately to get rid of them when they get to be six months to a year old. I am hoping this is not the case. I've had several dogs in my life, but none have been so much work or as destructive as our Lab - and folks don't realize how much work they are until they have one. Daisy is just over two years old, and is STILL making mincemeat of our furniture. But she's beautiful, just like the little male Lab - and is showing signs of (finally!)being a devoted companion. :wub:

I'd take him, but I honestly can't afford to take proper care of him plus our other pets. He'd be a perfect companion for Daisy, though.

You might try posting his picture and flyers at the local vets offices? There is one in Emerald Coast Plaza, Kindness Pet Hospital on 30A next to Butler Elementary, and Barry Veterinary just west of Silver Sands. Also, see if you can put something up in the Santa Rosa Beach post office.

I'll ask around too...

Sigh. We have a Daisy, too, who's also made mincemeat of the furniture. And the Persian carpets are toast. But we love her; what can we say?? ;-)
Miss Kitty avatar
Miss KittyMeow
#9
Sigh. We have a Daisy, too, who's also made mincemeat of the furniture. And the Persian carpets are toast. But we love her; what can we say?? ;-)

Furniture and rugs are overrated anyway!!!


Good luck little lab boy....I hope you find a good home.
Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
#10
Sigh. We have a Daisy, too, who's also made mincemeat of the furniture. And the Persian carpets are toast. But we love her; what can we say?? ;-)


And that is why we have rugs from e-bay. Practically disposable- important if you have animals!
DD avatar
DDSoWal Expert
#11
Sigh. We have a Daisy, too, who's also made mincemeat of the furniture. And the Persian carpets are toast. But we love her; what can we say?? ;-)

So do I. Ray-bans, many pairs of shoes, bills(she can have those!), garage door keypad, golf balls, sofa cushions. I could go on....but we love our Maggie too!

Hope you find a home for him--he looks sweet. :wub:
Franny avatar
FrannyBeach Fanatic
#12
I believe I have seen that puppy in our yard/Pt Wahington..will check with my husband to see if he recognizes him. Thanks G. and Tootsie.
Smiling JOe avatar
Smiling JOeSoWal Expert
#13
...but lots of people get lab puppies - and want desperately to get rid of them when they get to be six months to a year old....
Why do people do that? :bang: I, too, have seen several cases of this. One neighbor, who still has the dog, got a Lab mix pup because he thought it would turn out to look like a Lab. After the dog didn't grow more than one foot tall, the owner lost interest. That dog has stolen a shoe off of our porch, and stole another shoe of mine while I was visiting another neighbor (shoes on the porch), but I still think that is the sweetest dog, and would take her in a heartbeat if her owner decided to get rid of her.

The sweetie in the photo looks cute, perhaps a little Chow mixed in? Big question -- have you taken him to a vet to see if he has a micro chip which could identify his owner? If my dogs ever lose their colar and someone else picks them up, I hope the finder has them scanned for the chip.
georgeenBeach CrabAuthor
#14
You might try posting his picture and flyers at the local vets offices? There is one in Emerald Coast Plaza, Kindness Pet Hospital on 30A next to Butler Elementary, and Barry Veterinary just west of Silver Sands. Also, see if you can put something up in the Santa Rosa Beach post office.

I'll ask around too...

Thanks for these suggestions. I've recently fired up an old desktop computer so I've been technically challenged but the flyers will be posted today. I will be sure to include both post offices and all vet offices. I had him scanned by Kindess on Monday. They found no chip. Thanks also for asking around.
rosiee7777 avatar
rosiee7777scooter
#15
georgeen,
Send or take the photo to the Walton Sun they will run it for you for free. call them @ 267-4555

Checking your forum account

Please wait while we verify your forum account.

New posts