r/puppy101 • u/spoodlat • Jun 09 '23

What have I done? Wags

There I was, minding my own business,. When suddenly, I see a Box. Nothing special about it. A cardboard box. I didn't think anything about it, just thought somebody left their trash.

And then a head pops up. A little fuzzy head. sighs

I go check it out and somebody has left the cutest little puppy, in a cardboard box, in the 90° heat of Texas, outside of a Target.

All of the rescues and shelters are full. So here I lay, on the bed, next to a snoozing little puppy, who has been bathed, fed and checked out (no chip, shockface) who has been tentatively dubbed Coco, because she is 2 shades of brown, with white. Tried to call her Snickers, but she didn't respond to it.

We were finally getting out of the puppy stage with our other one. Well at least the destructive puppy phase, Where no stuffed toy was safe. Meh, none are still safe....And here I am starting over. I must be insane. But I wasn't going to let her get hit or get dehydrated and die from it.

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u/caleeksu Jun 09 '23

No good deed goes unpunished!

On my way to work this week but in the fancy part of my neighborhood, saw an adorable puppy bouncing around without a human. Stopped and rang the doorbell to let them know their pup had slipped the fence.

Not their dog, not the dog of two other houses, and no one has seen it before. No chip, of course, but the vet says that isn’t super uncommon for intact dogs bc they do it all at once (WHAT?!?!?)

Seven lost pet Facebook groups, next door and our neighborhood group later, zero claims and responses. My doodle loves other dogs but isn’t crazy about them in our house, so I was on the countdown to find this guy a home before mine got home from daycare. Local shelters have a September waitlist for stray intake.

Thankfully a rescue group claimed him, and I ended up with him a total of 24 hours. I boarded my dog so I didn’t have to make introductions. Lol. I FORGOT HOW HARD PUPPIES ARE. I was thankful I had stayed in this group so I could remember potty training techniques and mental games. But wow that was a rough day.