Anonymous wrote:For all the people talking about stolen animals--I'm in this situation now with a cat. I know that the cat has been microchipped. What to do?

They cannot "trace" the microchip, it can only be read with a chip reader, intentionally at a vet or shelter.

For all the people talking about stolen animals--I'm in this situation now with a cat. I know that the cat has been microchipped. What to do?

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Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.

True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.

Yup. One of the best dogs I’ve ever met was stolen from some assholes backyard. He was such a sweet, sensitive , smart soul. It has made me happy forever to know that that dog was stolen from his torturous life abandoned in a backyard. If you want to make it legal leave some cash but I doubt anyone’s coming to claim their neglected dog anytime soon.

That doesn’t make it legal!

But it is entirely ethical.

The law is not necessarily ethical.

Op I think we may live in the same neighborhood. Same description of dog and situation. The poor dog was barking after midnight for an extended amount of time. It was this past Tuesday night (early Wednesday am) I looked up their number and called their house several times, no answer. I called the police non emergency number and was given this phone number for Montgomery county 301-279-8000. When I called they said, since it was after 10:00 pm, the animal service department had closed but they would have dispatch send police over. By the time they arrived the dog had stopped barking, I am sure he was finally let in the home. so upsetting that they leave this poor dog outside in this weather and that they thought it was okay that the poor dog barked for so long that it woke up the whole neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.

True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.

Yup. One of the best dogs I’ve ever met was stolen from some assholes backyard. He was such a sweet, sensitive , smart soul. It has made me happy forever to know that that dog was stolen from his torturous life abandoned in a backyard. If you want to make it legal leave some cash but I doubt anyone’s coming to claim their neglected dog anytime soon.

That doesn’t make it legal!

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Anonymous wrote:^^ yes it is if conditions outside are extreme - so very hot days over 90 degrees and very cold, snowy ones under 30 degrees.

No. It doesn’t matter. If they have ADEQUTE shelter you can keep them outside.

Not during emergency weather conditions in MoCo, which is now and where OP lives.

I live in a small house with a short driveway ... I took the trash out at 6:30 this morning and on the way back into the house from my short trip, my hands had already begun to hurt and I wondered how the homeless and domestic animals could possibly live through these conditions...

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Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.

True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.

I have little tolerance for those who steal ... EXCEPT IN THIS CASE! I love this and the name is worthy of some award!

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Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.

True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.

Yup. One of the best dogs I’ve ever met was stolen from some assholes backyard. He was such a sweet, sensitive , smart soul. It has made me happy forever to know that that dog was stolen from his torturous life abandoned in a backyard. If you want to make it legal leave some cash but I doubt anyone’s coming to claim their neglected dog anytime soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.

True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.

My dog was also stolen from someone who was neglecting him! He has lived to a very ripe old age (15) and is currently out in the snow. (He's a husky and will just lie outside and be snowed on. I always worry that the neighbors think we are neglecting him, but he loves it out there and won't come in. Different than OP's situation, though.)

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Anonymous wrote:Animal Services Division, 301-279-8000

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices/Resources/Files/Cold%20Weather%20ASD%201_2_17%20FINAL.pdf

Regardless of dog breed call them and let them sort it out, it's their job.

I'm not sure the default position should be "always get the state involved". People are capable of reason and thinking for themselves.

OP here. I am MYOB type of person by nature. I hate getting into someone else's business but seeing this dog freezing outside really makes me sad. They do bring him inside time to time but, most days, the dog is outside. It's a med sized mutt and def not a husky. No shelter outside as far as I can tell.

PP who provided the contact info, thanks!

OP, what did you do?

Worth repeating another PP's post:

https://wtop.com/entertainment/2018/01/review-i-tonya-masterfully-skates-the-cutting-edge-of-comedy-tragedy/

Thank you for doing the right thing, OP!

I would steal the dog. My sister did this. The neighbors obviously don't give a crap about a living creature.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ yes it is if conditions outside are extreme - so very hot days over 90 degrees and very cold, snowy ones under 30 degrees.

No. It doesn’t matter. If they have ADEQUTE shelter you can keep them outside.

Not during emergency weather conditions in MoCo, which is now and where OP lives.

OP, any news on the dog?

Anonymous wrote:^^ yes it is if conditions outside are extreme - so very hot days over 90 degrees and very cold, snowy ones under 30 degrees.

No. It doesn’t matter. If they have ADEQUTE shelter you can keep them outside.