Hello dog lovers. Our basset, has only been with us about a month now. He was found wandering. So we brought him home. He was dirty, and had fleas. His inner ears were really dirty. He got an immediate home bath, and I removed much ear goo. The next day he went to our regular groomer for a deeper bath, and flea treatment. He wasn't skinny, and has been nuetered. It also appears he has had declaws removed. Is this common with the breed?
Surely he is full grown, he is huge and weighs 55 pounds. He has no tarter around his teeth, and his teeth are nice and white.
He also has a burn mark on his muzzle or snout whatever you call it. Like a cigarette burn. A perfect small round circle. It has healed now, but it is a scar now.
He is a perfect dog. He is housetrained, and likes other dogs and small kids.
He taught us that just because he is short, doesn't mean he can't reach food on the kitchen counter. He ate an enitre bag of powdered donuts in less than a minute.
We have checked the local newspaper, lost and found ads, and there is no one looking for him there. The small weekly papers from our surrounding area-also nothing. No flyers around town, nothing on the vets bulletin board.
I have even checked online for lost dogs in this entire state area and there is nothing there either.
His hanging neck rolls have been red and raw-ish on the inside area since he came. Sort of dry looking, and the hair is gone. Maybe rubbed off, I'm not sure. He had no collar when we found him. I have applied neosporin to it, and left his new collar off, but it hasn't healed much.
He is now part of our family. If we take him to any of the vets in our area, what if they know him? Or if he has a chip? Would they know who originally had him and call them?
Someone must have invested some money in him and care, but strange no one is looking for him. What do you all think?
We would really like to keep him here as part of our family.
Surely he is full grown, he is huge and weighs 55 pounds. He has no tarter around his teeth, and his teeth are nice and white.
He also has a burn mark on his muzzle or snout whatever you call it. Like a cigarette burn. A perfect small round circle. It has healed now, but it is a scar now.
He is a perfect dog. He is housetrained, and likes other dogs and small kids.
He taught us that just because he is short, doesn't mean he can't reach food on the kitchen counter. He ate an enitre bag of powdered donuts in less than a minute.
We have checked the local newspaper, lost and found ads, and there is no one looking for him there. The small weekly papers from our surrounding area-also nothing. No flyers around town, nothing on the vets bulletin board.
I have even checked online for lost dogs in this entire state area and there is nothing there either.
His hanging neck rolls have been red and raw-ish on the inside area since he came. Sort of dry looking, and the hair is gone. Maybe rubbed off, I'm not sure. He had no collar when we found him. I have applied neosporin to it, and left his new collar off, but it hasn't healed much.
He is now part of our family. If we take him to any of the vets in our area, what if they know him? Or if he has a chip? Would they know who originally had him and call them?
Someone must have invested some money in him and care, but strange no one is looking for him. What do you all think?
We would really like to keep him here as part of our family.