Urgent help needed in Wrexham

My oh has just spent the last half hour trying to get a staffy which was running loose around the roads in Wrexham.

He has put in in our dogs travel crate in the car. Apparently it was freezing cold and incredibly distressed.

Question is what to do with her? Worst case scenario we can take her back to our house but what are our other options?? I don't want to give her to a dog warden if he will put her down after 7 days etc. Apologies I am just worried about handing her over to anyone if anything bad would happen I've heard too many bad things!

Shes a beautiful girl (my OH sent me a pic).

Are there any nearby shelters/rescues? You can call to ask if they can take it.

What about Roden?

Have you got any details? I'm currently in work and can't actually go online too much!

Oh and its a boy not girl apparently...pic didnt show the anatomy.

01952 770225 Heres the number, they are open late nights on a Thursday until half 7, give them a ring and obviously say you need to bring him in asap because hes got nowhere else to go, HOPEFULLY they will! Let us know x

07740103393 Or try this - Grinshill animal rescue in Shrewsbury - if Roden cant help x

OR Hilbrae Kennels, their website looks like they take in stray or lost dogs in and around telford 01952 541254

Thank you so much! Will post the pic of him later.

I hope there is an innocent explanation as to why such a handsome dog would be petrified and wandering alone saddens me alot if theres not.

No worries! Hope hes ok

Well HOPEFULLY it may be a case of the dog ran out the front door or something as opposed to being LET out the front door. Hopefully someone somewhere is desperate to find the poor little thing!

If you can get him to a rescue centre please do so. He will then get the appropriate checks and hopefully be re homed very soon, they will also scan for a microchip.

Just called Capricorn animal rescue they say politically they can't take the dog as it was in wrexham and thats a different area.

They said i have to call the dog warden and i asked what happens if the dogs not picked up after 7 days...she said 'some go to rescues' how can I give the dog to people like this?? Makes me cry thinking about it being pts

Grrr we are going to take it to a vets and hopefully its chipped.

Maybe you could try ringing a local vet? If someone has lost him they may have phoned their vet to see if anyone has seen him - especially if hes chipped

what about doglost website?

Just saw this, hope you managed to get something sorted out. Im forever catching stray and lost dogs!

Definitely try that Hilbrae Kennels - they seem to take in a few so may have more chance with them

Dog, lets call him Bob, is coming home with us tonight just spoke to my other half.

They went to a local vet and he's not chipped. He needs a good feed and water. Basically vets told oh off the record if you can take him its better than him going to the warden. There was another dog in the vets and they got on fine with no DA.

My oh keeps telling me 'we're not keeping him' hehehe! We have a heated garage and outdoor kennel if he doesn't get on with our two.

Oh thats good! At least he will be safe and warm tonight! I bet the owners are kicking themselves for not chipping him Presuming of course they lost him by accident!

I will ring loads of vets tonight and see if he's been reported missing and then try and find him a home. So many other people just ignored him running scared amongst a very busy town road. Very proud of my oh.

Fab news I take it he wasn't chipped

The link below is for Dogslost if you want to try it:

http://www.doglost.co.uk/

Yeah good for him! Its disgusting no one helped!!

As a positive this story has raised the topic of staffy's in my office....

One person dared to say a negative about how aggresive they were and thats why they were in rescues. Well then there was no shutting me up then lol!

Dogs are a topic I do not take lightly.

You'll have to post a couple of pics and some precise details of where he was found then we can post around , share on FB etc and see if we can get this fella home , good luck and well done to you and the OH for doing the decent thing

Just sat down for a cup of tea! He is such a good dog!

Took them all out on a walk (neutral ground etc) and they were all really good!

Our cat comes on dog walks and Dereck the dog (OH named him temporarily!) was brill, actually scared of the cat! Our cats are now camped out on the stairs clearly not so happy about the new arrival.

Fed him and he clearly is partial to chicken, would only eat in the crate. We've just put him into his crate and he is clearly knackered.

Moll has had a brilliant time playing this evening!

Will do a proper post later and try to get some pics after I've had dinner

All in all a scared but lovely dog.

Can I smell a bit of a chance at an extra long term house guest here

Would it be a feasible prospect for him to stay with you should he not be claimed ??

OOh! Good job! I hope that you just keep him! I am partial to multiple dogs myself and have a special soft spot for those who need a home.

So glad there are people out there like yourselves ! Will check again tomorrow for updates x x

Hmmm not too sure 3 seems many more than 2! They've all been playing tonight but now all in tired out!

That's a sweet looking dog. did you put that collar on him, or is it his own? No name tag I suppose, if so.

If you can keep him tonight, that would be great, and hopefully some news will come from a frantic owner in the meantime.

He is absolutely gorgeous!!! Im not sure if i should say this but but he looks so relaxed

Collar was on him, no tag or microchip. The vets my oh went to have reported him as found to the council and they have all of our details. So if the owner contacts the dog warden they know exactly where he is.

He's had a good dog and yup hope he is loved and they come find him

Shame there's no tag or microchip (the collar tag at least is "law" in the UK) but he looks well cared for - someone must be missing him surely.

He's gorgeous, he does look well cared for so hopefully he can be reunited with his mom/dad but looks like he is settling in well to his foster family

I dreamt about finding a stray Stafford on the motorway last night

I brought her to my mum's cleaned her up then introduced her to Logan and it worked well.

This was only a dream though lol. Still think this is what I'd do

Good looking dog and well done for taking him in. I'm sure his family is out looking and hopefully they can be reunited soon

I'm going to work on making him a profile on doglost tonight. I know should have probably done it already but being honest its been very manic!

He was really good during the night. Woke up once with him barking but I think that was because the cat was nosing in the crate! He has a healthy respect/scared of the cats!

This morning I was preying that our two were very well behaved on the walk as it was just me walking all three. And although we only went out for 25 mins they were all really good! New dog stayed on an extender lead with Moll and Watson off lead.

Tonight we will go for a longer walk and my oh is coming with me.

Very vocal dog it's funny. We've been talking seriously about keeping him if he's not claimed and to be hoenst the main issue is finances. Just going to have a good long think over the next couple of days!

On his chest is a little dirty and red, would you put anything on it like sudocrem? Its like hes been lying on concrete.

I wouldn't bother. Poor lad may have been out for a good while. It'll most likely just go away.

Might, if I'm feeling ambitious, try and give him a bath tomorrow and de flea him after! Oh the joys he's got to look forward to!

What a lovely boy

Glad there are still people out there like you and your OH!

Hope he finds his owner soon, or a happy new forever home