Pets

Dear PoPville,

Today I found a dog wandering in the alley between 11th and 10th street near Monroe and Otis NW. She is a very friendly dog and let me pick her right up. She had a collar on but no tags. Her picture is attached. If you could please post and if this is someone’s dog I am sure they are missing her already. My email is kathleensdavis(at)gmail(dot)com.

A reader sends:

“Collar but no tags. Poor guy is muddy and obviously very cold. Humane society has been called”

Dear PoPville,

I have a friend who is looking for a home for her retired guide dog, Missy. Missy is 12 years old and a bit overweight, but really sweet and great with kids and other pets. She’s also well trained. I would take her if I could, but I’m already at the pet limit for my apartment complex.

If you are interested, please email me at estrickland@gmail.

“Some friends of mine found a dog this morning on 14th and Newton and asked that I post a picture of the pup here in hopes that someone recognizes him. Here he is below, approximately 10lbs. If anyone recognizes him, please contact my friend at [email protected]”

Photo by PoPville flickr user theupper

Dear PoPville,

We adopted a wonderful year-old dog in October (shout out to Humane Society for being great) and she needs a lot of exercise. We live near the Upshur dog park, but unfortunately our pooch is shy around large numbers of other dogs and after several attempts now refuses even to walk down the block in the direction of the park. Neither of us are runners, but we like to walk and hike a lot, and she gets her best exercise by dashing madly up and down a quiet section of trail off-leash in front of us. We often take her walking off-leash in the northern section of Rock Creek Park where she sometimes meets and does fine with other off-leash dogs singly or in small groups. But, we’ve already explored many of the more distant trails in Rock Creek Park and would love to take the opportunity to exercise our dog and explore other parts of the city!

Any recommendations on good places to walk/hike off-leash (read: away from roads and cars, not highly trafficked with other dogs but popular enough to feel safe) with our dog?

“Dear PoPville,

My wife and I found a stray pit bull on Maryland Ave NE- just past Stanton Park.

He is incredibly friendly but in rough shape. Appears to be no more than 6-8 months old- he is neutered. No collar besides the prong collar and he has some wounds on his backside.

I’m giving him to animal control as I can’t really bring him home to our pup. They are bringing him to NY ave shelter if anyone is looking for him or needs a new friend.”