{"id":3198,"date":"2013-07-18T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T16:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2015-01-09T03:44:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T03:44:30","slug":"you-know-you-might-have-an-extraordinary-stray-dog-problem-in-your-neighborhood-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gypsydogops.com\/?p=3198","title":{"rendered":"You know you might have an extraordinary stray dog problem in your neighborhood when…"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nYou know you might have an extraordinary\u00a0 stray dog problem in your neighborhood when you can\u2019t drive .6 of a mile from your house to a restaurant, where you will be having a meeting about stray dogs,\u00a0 without passing a loose stray dog.<\/p>\n

\"BlackDog_2\"<\/a>So here he is \u2013 the \u201cother black dog, the one with the tail.\u201d He looks pretty bad. He has skin problems, an eye infection, bad teeth, \u00a0he is a hot mess.<\/p>\n

Thanks to my refusal to completely unload the car after the Costco haul on Saturday, I had dog food in the car. I grabbed some food and used my best husky whisperer tactics and backed my way up into his space in a non threatening way. He was not interested in the food. He eventually \u00a0walked up to my back and sniffed my back from top to bottom. He gave me a nudge in the back.<\/p>\n

\"photo<\/a>It is very difficult to hold still when that first point of contact is made and you can\u2019t see the dog. For a split second, you don\u2019t know if they are just sniffing you or about to eat you\u2026it took a decent amount of composure not to let my reflexes react to him.<\/p>\n

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\"photo<\/a>Eventually we got to the point where I could scratch his head. I tried several times before I was able to slip leash him. When I did, he jumped back and the slip lead tightened on his neck. He did a pretty good freak out dance but it didn\u2019t take long to settle him down and for him to realize that if HE wasn\u2019t pulling on it, the leash wouldn\u2019t pull on him. But he also quickly realized he could bite the leash and that would be that. He grabbed the lead in his mouth in about 2 second flat he chewed it in half. He is now wearing a little blue string collar – but I’m sure he will get that off in no time flat too.<\/p>\n

He put distance between us and went and hid under the neighbor\u2019s tree. Having no other way to catch him, and being late for a meeting, I left him to settle down. Before I left, I had a brief conversation with the homeowner whose yard he was in. She said he really liked her dog and had been hanging out.\u00a0 I said I would try to come back with a better leash and try again. \u00a0\u00a0So here we are\u2026 time to make another homemade leash that is more bite proof and time to borrow a catch pole\u2026or maybe just see if Duck Team 6 can come out and I\u2019ll just have a cocktail.<\/p>\n

Either way, if you see him, please call him in to 311 and report the time and location. I\u2019m not sure DAS will be able to catch him, but we need to document him with the city.<\/p>\n

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