Comments on: Be a Good Samaritan for Pets http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets Current Dog News, Canine Advocacy, Tips and Information and More for You and Your Canine Companion Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Admin http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18740 Admin Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:32:42 +0000 http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18740 Gig, what a wonderful story and thank goodness it ended the way it did. I bet it did make their Christmas! <br> I guess the bottom line is just to be reasonable and cautious when it comes to an injured animal. If you approach a hurt animal and it shows signs of aggression, you know not to get too close. Sometimes you can mean the difference between life and death though, so think and act with heart and head.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18740','Admin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18740','Admin','Gig, what a wonderful story and thank goodness it ended the way it did. I bet it did make their Christmas!\r\n<br>\r\nI guess the bottom line is just to be reasonable and cautious when it comes to an injured animal. If you approach a hurt animal and it shows signs of aggression, you know not to get too close. Sometimes you can mean the difference between life and death though, so think and act with heart and head.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Gig, what a wonderful story and thank goodness it ended the way it did. I bet it did make their Christmas!

I guess the bottom line is just to be reasonable and cautious when it comes to an injured animal. If you approach a hurt animal and it shows signs of aggression, you know not to get too close. Sometimes you can mean the difference between life and death though, so think and act with heart and head.
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]]> By: Betty Howard (Gig) http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18739 Betty Howard (Gig) Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:15:58 +0000 http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18739 I agree with Susan's advice completely, but approaching with caution, does not necessarily mean not to approach at all. My husband scooped a pup off the highway and ran it to the vet. The pup had to spend the night at the vet, and the next day we picked it up, still no owner. We had left notes in all the mailboxes in the area. The second day we had her the owners called. They had been so frantic looking for their dog that they had not checked their mailbox. This was 2 days before Christmas and the pup belonged to a 9 yr old and an 11 yr old. It made their Christmas, and ours, too.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18739','Betty Howard (Gig)'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18739','Betty Howard (Gig)','I agree with Susan\'s advice completely, but approaching with caution, does not necessarily mean not to approach at all. My husband scooped a pup off the highway and ran it to the vet. The pup had to spend the night at the vet, and the next day we picked it up, still no owner. We had left notes in all the mailboxes in the area. The second day we had her the owners called. They had been so frantic looking for their dog that they had not checked their mailbox. This was 2 days before Christmas and the pup belonged to a 9 yr old and an 11 yr old. It made their Christmas, and ours, too.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I agree with Susan’s advice completely, but approaching with caution, does not necessarily mean not to approach at all. My husband scooped a pup off the highway and ran it to the vet. The pup had to spend the night at the vet, and the next day we picked it up, still no owner. We had left notes in all the mailboxes in the area. The second day we had her the owners called. They had been so frantic looking for their dog that they had not checked their mailbox. This was 2 days before Christmas and the pup belonged to a 9 yr old and an 11 yr old. It made their Christmas, and ours, too.
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]]> By: Admin http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18650 Admin Sat, 31 May 2008 02:12:53 +0000 http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18650 Susan, that's a wonderful piece of advice and so very true. Thanks for adding that. A hurt animal can be very dangerous even if it's not normally.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18650','Admin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18650','Admin','Susan, that\'s a wonderful piece of advice and so very true. Thanks for adding that. A hurt animal can be very dangerous even if it\'s not normally.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Susan, that’s a wonderful piece of advice and so very true. Thanks for adding that. A hurt animal can be very dangerous even if it’s not normally.
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]]> By: Susan http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18648 Susan Sat, 31 May 2008 00:18:33 +0000 http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/recommendations/be-a-good-samaritan-for-pets#comment-18648 I have one bit of advice to add to this post: if you see an injured/possibly dead animal and decide to check on it, please do so with caution! In that kind of situation, even the gentlest and most docile of domestic animals can lash out in fear and pain. If possible, call animal control to do this; in a lot of areas they are trained on how to approach and handle an injured pet (though they still sometimes get hurt).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18648','Susan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18648','Susan','I have one bit of advice to add to this post: if you see an injured\/possibly dead animal and decide to check on it, please do so with caution! In that kind of situation, even the gentlest and most docile of domestic animals can lash out in fear and pain. If possible, call animal control to do this; in a lot of areas they are trained on how to approach and handle an injured pet (though they still sometimes get hurt).'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have one bit of advice to add to this post: if you see an injured/possibly dead animal and decide to check on it, please do so with caution! In that kind of situation, even the gentlest and most docile of domestic animals can lash out in fear and pain. If possible, call animal control to do this; in a lot of areas they are trained on how to approach and handle an injured pet (though they still sometimes get hurt).
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