Gezz Robert, I hope she didn't leave her puppies some where. Sometimes, when a stray mother knows her puppies need to be weaned, she will leave them for a while seeking out food for them and herself, so it is possible she wasn't dumped on you. I hope you checked all around your property and under the house. Also hope that you asked all of your neighbors if they lost a chi and posted signs that you found one, and looked at the local papers in case anyone advertised that she was lost. You can even put an add in a local paper, but make sure that they tell you something special about the dog to prove that she really belongs to them. You wouldn't want someone who just takes any dogs and then sells them to the PMs or Labs for testing or uses them for Bait dogs, or uses her as a breeder.
Call your shelter and ask if anyone has lost a chi-mix. Bring her to a Vet and ask them to check if she is microchipped. Most Vets won't charge to do that for a stray. Check local papers if she is listed as lost. Post Signs for a found small dog. Place an ad in local papers for a found small dog. There are web sites that list lost and found dogs: See if she is listed, if not list her as being found http://www.petamberalert.com/ click on ''View Lost dogs'' and also click on ''Report Found Dog'' http://www.thecenterforlostpets.com/ http://www.fidofinder.com/ http://www.lostandfound.com/ http://www.lostpetusa.net/home http://www.missingpet.net/ http://www.lostdogsearch.com/links.htm Call rescues to see if they can pick her up, if you don't get a response from anyone looking for her. She looks like a sweet little girl, perhaps you can convince your mother to give you another couple of weeks to find her owners first. Most strays are afraid of strangers, especially when they have puppies, so for her to be that sweet and trusting shows she came from a home where she was spoiled some what. What town, city and state do you live in? I can find rescues in your state to help you, and also help with searching for her owners. You can email me privately if you want to. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: r.scott Date: 8/17/2013 11:22:25 AM To: chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from r.scott included below] Just one thing I didn't need a little half Chihuahua dumped off here at my house. she is grown and I think she had puppies. she's very friendly and sweet and loving but I can't keep her. my 80 year old widowed mom lives here too she owns this house and won't let me have more than one dog so what do I do??? I have grown really attached to her, it was one week today I went outside and there she was in the yard tail wagging and my neutered male Cody wanted to get to know her. my mom is really putting pressure on me to get rid of her ASAP. I'm afraid if I don't find her a home or a shelter my mom will try to get me to take her off somewhere else and if I don't do it she'll get one of my sisters to come and take her off and dump her else where. so I'm in a real dilemma. here is a picture of the dog. I sort of started calling her "Daisy Mae" Rob.
