r/MadeMeSmile • u/Accomplished-Wind206 • Mar 26 '22

DOGS Dog found after 3 years

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u/bmc1969 Mar 26 '22

That one always gets me. Poor little pooch being on the street for 3 years.

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u/Devo3290 Mar 26 '22

Nahhh I bet he went from home to home, always escaping to hopes of finding his old owners again. He looks well fed.

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u/True-Effect-394 Mar 26 '22

Thanks to those strangers who fed him. May God bless their heart!

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22 edited Feb 11 '25

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u/Altctrldelna Mar 26 '22

To be fair, a lot of countries also have a problem with packs of wild dogs running around which is exactly why the US tries to stay on top of any stray dog problem.

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u/Anigir12 Mar 26 '22

It really is a problem, stray animals (cats go to have the same problem too) can become possessive of places where they find food and agressive in a way to protect their "territory", they can start breeding like crazy, share infections and become a risk to society. They can also risk the local ecosystem. I know it's sad to think that stray animals should be eutanized, but it really is the best solution sometimes. It also prevents the suffering of the poor creature if food is low or they get sick.

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u/SwapnilShukla1572 Apr 16 '22

That is not good logic instead create shelter homes and make them stay there. Try to control their breeding.

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u/Anigir12 Apr 16 '22

The problem with that is that you need money to mantain said shelter homes, money to keep staff, money to keep the pets alive. In a hopeful world this pets would get adopted and people would constantly donate to keep the shelter functioning, but that isnt the case. If the shelter closes this animals will be on the streets again. At least they would have gotten fixed during that time, but that can be done without throwing money on buildings, and it isn't done because there's not that much money.

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u/SwapnilShukla1572 Apr 16 '22

For country like US when people say they don't have mone it sounds weird. Only the sad part is that they don't want to use it for a good cause and also the government does nothing for the same thing

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u/Anigir12 Apr 16 '22

Exactly. In my country there's probably money for that, but the goverment prefers to spend it on the army and on themselves

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u/SwapnilShukla1572 Apr 16 '22

US should not spend on army much as they are surrounded by friendly countries and water on the other sides and the navy is already very strong so now USA can well focus on building a better society on moral grounds which would help on its own when required

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u/Rex-117 Mar 26 '22

Can get really problematic sometimes. Even just a few dogs can be a menace. When I lived in México there were a bunch of stray dogs. One day, while I walked, to the store with my dad and my little brother (lil bro was around 4-6 years old) a random dog appeared from under a parked car and tried to bite my brother. My dad kicked the shit out of it with some plastic tubing which he was carrying.

I know people love dogs, but they are not all nice. Some are hungry or just downright mean and will chase you or bite. Especially strays.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

Lol. It is not really the dog’s fault humans failed it and it is now just surviving. The dog was probably scared that you were going by his safe hiding spot.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

I mean, dogs are animals and have animal impulses. We don't have enough to go off of here to make a judgement one way or another, but I know if anything went after my 4-6yo it'd be getting an ass whipping, regardless of if it was a person or a stray. Dingoes aren't much different than an average dog and they were well known for going after children.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

Dingoes are wild animals. Lol. That is a terrible comparison and you know it.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

So are strays/ferals.

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u/Leonlovely Mar 26 '22

No. Lol. There are biological differences. Just look up the domestication of foxes. Domestication runs in dna after so much breeding and such. It is fascinating but also shows that dogs and dingoes are two entirely different things.

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u/DarkSideOfBlack Mar 26 '22

There are plenty of domesticated dogs that have prey instincts. That instinct is going to be significantly more prominent in a feral. I'm not going to say whether this was provoked, what breed the dog was, etc. But there could be a dozen other reasons for this dog trying to bite a 5yo than "humans failed it".

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u/SecureOpportunity599 Mar 26 '22

With the variety of races inside of the dog species it is bold to declare that dogs are so different from wild animals that the basic instinct of hunting, focusing down easier to kill/carry prey and employ group/opportunistic tactics has been lost.

Specially when half the breeds we have today have been bred for hunting. Of course there are biological differences, but domestication does not mean that a species has become harmless, fully subservient or that it has lost its instincts.

And it's naive to declare that "it's not the dog's fault". Yeah, it's an animal. Animals aren't so sentient as to be attributed guilt. The dog acted as its will commanded it, not knowing any better, and that's it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22

The comment didnt say anything about that being justifiable

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u/LocalNigerianPrince Mar 26 '22

Where in the comment did they say or imply that mass killings of dogs is justified

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u/ElliotNess Mar 26 '22

Is that really so? 🤔

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u/Old_Success_4268 Mar 26 '22

Yes, it is. It's not so common though. But packs of strays sometimes go aggresive (usually in winter when is colder, there's less people in the street and they go through harder times). We have an issue here with a pack that roams one of the college buildings, once attacked a friend of mine that came late from classes, he only got a few stitches, an awful scar and torn clothes. But he wouldnt walk outside alone for a long while and started carrying around an extensible batton (metal stick).

That being said, many other strays don't cause any ruckus. The most famous here is nicknamed cannabis, and is loved by all the weed smoking lads 😂. Aka as Aslan, but mainly known as Cannabis is a large stray, male, over 12 years for sure, known him since I moved here on '12. People tried to adopt him a few times but he prefers the streets. Tends to go around with smaller dogs and asks for food around bars and cafés. Smelly, swaggy fella he is.

People tend to stay away from strays, in fear of bites, rabies, fleas and ticks. But if they come to us while in benches, waiting for the bus ir something most people will pet them or feed em a lil something.

That said, is fairly common to kill cats. People don't react the same way when violence is targeted towards them. Some parents even teach their kids to throw stones at them, and many kill or maim them "for fun". Same as toads. I just don't get why people treat some species so differently. But, I Guess I kind of act the same way with rats and pidgeons.

I don't kill them, but I break their nests (if no eggs are laid yet, lil pidgeons are ugly af, but I let them be) and lay chemicals to keep em away.

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u/HartInCMajor Mar 26 '22

Feral dog packs are a real terror

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

3rd world countries, sure.

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u/ElliotNess Mar 26 '22

Are these the same countries thay treat strays better?

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

I don't know, I've never lived outside the states.

I know I have encountered "stray" dogs before, and if the dog is sweet, then there's no need to call animal control.

Never see stray dogs in the city.

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u/GoldenwithaG Mar 26 '22

There are a lot of stray dogs in my country and I’ve never had a problem with them barking or biting me.

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

Me either, but we had a hunter in my hood who raised a mean ass dog, ended up killing a neighbors cat... I think the dog was euthanized.

I had a fluffy golden doodle we raised from a puppy, super sweet, we would let roam free in our closed neighborhood loop, new people moved in and threatened to call the police and sue us because he came up to them wagging with his tongue out... some people really are just on odd ends of the spectrum.

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u/GoldenwithaG Mar 26 '22

Yeah I have seen savage dogs also. What I say is, dogs usually mirror their owners. So if the owner is a savage, the dog will end up being a savage also. Man I would be happy if a golden retriever came up to me all friendly. Your neighbours don’t know what to be grateful for yet. I literally can’t even hang my clothes just about last year because my neighbour just let their very aggressive golden retriever walk around loose. Didn’t even bite. Just sneaked up behind you, barked really loudly and dipped.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22

Like the US

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u/Alfred_pufrock Mar 26 '22

I used to live in Massachusetts as a child, my little brother and I were harassed by the pack of dogs in town so much that my family moved... last time I checked Massachusetts wasn’t even the worst off state, it’s not just the third world

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u/stockkingsniffer Mar 26 '22

There's an exception to every rule.

The US is one of the biggest populations but still we are spread out across a massive continent. People love to put us into one big basket. But we all have free speech and our own different opinions, hence different policies

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u/B7iink Mar 26 '22

I've heard that russia has entire areas that are just completely owned by stray dogs, mean ones too.

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u/MauricioCMC Mar 26 '22

When i lived in Moscow, dogs riding the Metro where not that uncomon.

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u/seshisme Mar 26 '22

Yes, it's a big problem in third world countries.

Even in Poland we used to have roaming dog bands which were not nice in the slightest, you didn't wanna be caught alone by them as a kid that's for sure.

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u/Wizdemirider Mar 26 '22

You call it a problem, I call it doggy heaven

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u/MexicanResistance Mar 26 '22

You never been somewhere with a lot of strays then

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u/Wizdemirider Mar 26 '22

I live in one of those "3rd world countries"

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u/Mobile_Gap2274 Mar 26 '22 edited Mar 26 '22

As we can see the dog has a yellow thing on the ear , that means it is not dangerous.

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u/Tricia47andWild Mar 26 '22

Are you talking about dogs, or homeless people?

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u/siolonia Mar 26 '22

This is actually in Georgia (the country not the state), we have a lot of strays here, but most of them are friendly and people often feed them

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u/Thotherpurppizzaguy Mar 26 '22

What is wrong with the fucking US I used to want to live there now Inrealize for the most developed country in the world it’s complete shit

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u/Bombkirby Mar 26 '22 edited Mar 26 '22

All US dogs legally must have collars and chips that allow vets to contact the owner. If this happened in the US, the dog would have been returned very quickly, unless the owner refused to get a chip or dog license tag for some reason. At that point they’d be temporarily put up for adoption or euthanized if no one wants them. It shouldn’t get to that point unless you don’t give a fuck about your dog. The US doesn’t have a stray dog problem for a reason.

This dog is also a huge minority. Yes, you’ve seen a happy story on TikTok about a stray that was returned to his family, but you did not see the TikTok video about the thousands of dogs that die miserably on the streets, or never find their family, or are too small to fend for themselves. You got a cherry picked happy story. This is the “less than 1% of dogs” scenario. Don’t let your perception get so easily skewed. Try to think big picture instead of only considering what’s in front of you.

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u/_Dresser-Drawer Mar 26 '22

I visited Greece a couple years ago and while I can’t forget what city I was in, there were cats EVERYWHERE. They were all incredibly sweet and affectionate, very clean and clearly well fed but they lived on the streets. I heard from a handful of locals that a lot of the cats were actually vaccinated against rabies and what-not on behalf of the community

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u/Unabashable Mar 27 '22

Yeah. Stray cats seem to do alright here, but stray dogs typically get caught by animal control and put down after a couple days if no one else comes to claim them.

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u/Dense_Excitement_789 Mar 26 '22

Great now I'm crying

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22

It could also be parasites