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He's in the house now. has tags but no name tag... I don't want him hit by a car so I'll keep him in here for a while.. Nice dog 07657

The county treasures office was very helpful they gave me the owners name & number...

Perfect ending!! The dog is on it's way home... safe & sound..

Was the dog from very far away?

Good work neighbor!

A personal approach that probably saved the owner a fine at the dog pound. Not to mention how much of an effort they would make to locate the owner.

Best to leave law enforcement out of it, if at all possible . . .

3 miles. The owner said it was missing scene 7:00 last night.. and were very happy to get him back. He is a inside dog and they didn't sleep a wink last night worrying about him.... They looked for several hours for him But not out this far.... She kept trying to give me a handful of money.. But being a dog owner myself I just couldn't take it... Plus I got a hug from a friend of mine that came with her to get the dog.........

The County Treasures office and the dog's owners are the ones responsible for the dogs speedy safe return. Tag/records

thats great-

Kudos to you for taking care of the dog and getting it in the house!

My dogs are sad now They must have thought it was an early Christmas present for them.. If it didn't have tags it might have been...

an ID tag with the owner's name and address would have worked even better

(I hate to give the dog license credit for anything. The license is to pay for enforcing getting rabies vaccinations, there is no more canine rabies in the United States. We are vaccinating our dogs for an 'extinct' disease. At no small financial cost to us, I might add. I think they could do away with rabies vaccinations. Outside of bats (different strain of the virus) there was only 9 cases of rabies reported in all species of animals in Michigan - none of which are required to have rabies vaccinations, most wild - but 1 cat.)

Just a minoot here.

If my dog DOES NOT have a rabies vaccination, and he gets bitten by a rabid bat, skunk, fox, or various critters that do in fact contract rabies, then my dog will not contract rabies? My dog will not then be able to transmit rabies to any human or animal that they bite while they are contagious?

Which by extension, if I were bitten by a rabid bat (different strain of the disease), then I need not be the least concerned, and can tell the doctor that I don't need the rabies treatment series of shots?

I believe that rabies is not a species specific disease. Unless I miss my guess, it can be transmitted from any mammal to any other mammal.

We don't vaccinate dogs and cats for rabies because they might transmit it to other dogs or cats. We vaccinate them because dogs and cats have a habit of messing around with other critters, especially wild ones that no one bothers to vaccinate.

You may want to re-think that, Kaylor. Either that or convince me that everything I have ever read about rabies is wrong.

I'm thinking they will get a name tag now.....

Rabies in Michigan

There are species specific strains of rabies. The dog strain is gone and yes they could get it from another species, but that is hardly likely enough to make it worth all the effort we dog owners are REQUIRED to put into it. We could do away with the dog law. I, personally, would still vaccinate my dogs, but we wouldn't need the expense of the license and the dog catcher.

In 30 years there have been 12 cases of rabies in dogs.

As a dog lover, you are a good person and a hero for not just ignoring the dog and waiting for it to get hit by a car!!! You just saved their Christmas!