[quote=butterflywing]if you have a caring vet, ask him/her if you can put up a poster in the office offering the dog to a loving home. sometimes a family that has just put a dog down will take a young dog to their heart.
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This is an excellent idea. Years ago I found the tiniest Poodle I've ever seen in the middle of a highway. It came to me instantly as I slowed the car and called it. Took it to the vet after no one ever claimed it (may have fallen from an open car window) and he instantly said he had a home for it. He had just put down an elderly poodle for an older lady. She wanted another one and would get this one. I didn't want him to charge for it..he just laughed and said this way, giving it to her he would have the Poodle as a patient for the rest of the dog's life.