Lack of Resources for Found Dogs

Last Friday my bf and I found a dog running in the road by the Queen City car wash at 1am. We gave her a sandwich and waited a while by the road to see if anybody came to get her. We loaded her up in the car and started calling around, nothing! Animal control doesn’t work at night, the closest shelter opened at 1pm the next day, we even went to the police station to ask for advice and they said “well it’s not that cold out tonight.” Everybody’s advice was to not pick up lost dogs. We ended up bringing her to an emergency vet and they took her in, it was the only option, we couldn’t keep her overnight bc we have a cat and live in a small apartment. I hated to spring that on them but I couldn’t in good conscience just go put her back where we found her to get hit by a car, I had to swerve to not hit her. They scanned her and she had a microchip, they got her info but the microchip company didn’t take calls until 8am and it was 3am, so they couldn’t get the owners phone number or address until the morning. I understand stores closing after hours and such, but what’s up with the WHOLE city closing? What if you need animal control at night? If we could’ve bought a kennel we would’ve housed her, but I was actually shocked at the lack of resources. She was so sweet and I’m so glad she had a chip, she made my night better. submitted by [comments]