Animal Welfare Professionals

Hello,

Does anyone have a graphic/informational photo about leaving farm dogs alone? We have a huge problem with people in town driving into the country, finding a Great Pyrenees or working dog, and assuming it's a stray. They then bring it back to town and want us to take it. There is no leash law in the county and owners let their dogs roam because they are working. I wondered if anyone else has this problem and has an educational graphic they post?

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Rachel Wasserman
Animal Welfare Supervisor
Stillwater Animal Welfare
OK
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Better safe than sorry. People dump dogs around here in the countryside a lot. Misunderstandings about dogs running loose at certain times of the year here in fawn and hunting season can lead to harm(DNR rules). A hunter collar and tag is my suggestion for those working dogs.

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Rochelle Hamp
Executive Director
Headwaters Animal Shelter
MN
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Yes!! We are a very rural county.  Our next county up has a university. Every year there is a class that sends the students out into the world for a scavenger hunt, and always always always, at least 2 of these groups of kids pick up a working dog! One set learned what that little strand of electric fence was!  But they did it anyway and got that GP out of the fence! At this point I have the owners phone numbers, if I can figure out which GP belongs to whom. The owners now have "working dog" collars on their dogs, and it does help. I finally had a set of students please ask their professor to tell the class they are NOT to pick up dogs on this adventure in the country. It has helped over the past two years. Possibly if you have social media do a post? 

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Dee Cummins
Dog Warden/Operations Manager
Meigs County Rescue & Adoption Center
OH
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