Above: We carefully introduce Buddy to Dilly to see how he gets along with cats.

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A fellow dog walker discovered this little guy up around 18th and Spring Garden on 11/09/09. We have had him scanned for a microchip (no luck), and we have posted signs and left little flyers in the area with no luck so far. We have also posted to Craigslist and Petfinder.com

He looks to be about 3-4 months old and maybe six pounds. His mix seems to be predominantly Cairn Terrier and Jack Russell Terrier. The photo shows that he has a bit of wire hair in him.

What happened:

We posted signs. We made and distributed post cards. He was scanned for a microchip at Banfield and Girard Veterinary Clinic (there are different brands and thus different scanners for microchips). We posted to petfinder.com. We posted to craigslist.com. His foster family had him neutered. (It turns out that the vet thought he was about twelve weeks old.) His foster family also diligently worked on house training and crate training. Finally, he found his forever home with two cats and two new, loving, human parents. And, just in time for a nice Christmas story ending!

Thank you for the emails highlighting how young puppies can get stolen in the hopes of reselling them to pet stores. We held out hope for an entire month and spoke to many local dog owners in the hopes of finding his original owner.

Thank you too for the follow up emails. It is good to know that lost puppies are not easily forgotten.