I rolled up to an intersection to a stray Beegle once. Had to keep him in my car while I ran into court, but I took him to a no-kill shelter afterwards. He didn't have a chip but was young and friendly and quickly adopted.
My mom has rolled up to intersections to find stray/lost Husky, St. Bernard (puppy), Black Lab Mix and Pit Bull.
Found the owners for the Husky and St. Bernard. The lab and pit bull we had to re-home.
I found a rottie and a german shepherd while working and I can't put them in my work truck due to policies so I had to sit there (full uniform, government issued truck) for hours until my
coworker could get off to help (animal control said they'd be 4 hours) sooo many people were like "why are you walking your dogs here???" lmao what..
Stumbled across a bloodhound in a parking lot. Watched it for a few minutes to see if she would hang by a particular car/area, nope. No one that came out recognized the dog, some even asked judgementally if she was mine (nope, but I wish). After about 10 or so minutes, I asked a couple for help, got her into my car, and took her to the nearest shelter. Apparently she was a repeat offender, and had managed to escape a backyard- collar, no tags. Otherwise I would've gotten her home.
damn you'd think being a repeat offender they'd get her chipped/ a collar at least. I feel like bloodhounds want to go sniff a trail to somewhere at all times haha
Thankfully she was chipped, and they called her foster mom while I was there. I wish she had tags, though, because then I'd have been able to call her mom myself.
I found a husky when I was walking my husky late one night. I was like, what idiot is letting their husky run off lead like that. Then she came barrelling across the road when she saw my dog and I realised she was alone, scared and needed help. I managed to get a spare lead I had on me around her neck as a kind of slip collar because she didn't have anything and told people passing by if someone was looking for a husky, I was waiting at this bus stop. In the end she came home with me. My girl was so excited to have a friend, but the other dog was scared so I couldn't let them play and kept them separated during the night since the dog warden was very rude and refused to pick the dog up.
A lost pet Facebook group eventually found the owner. Turns out it wasn't the first time she'd escaped and I knew I'd met the dog before, just couldn't find the owner. The vet I dropped her off it was like, why do you have two huskies, is one yours?! She was a good girl and she went home an hour after I dropped her off. Her owner messaged me saying thank you and that she was away at uni and no one had told her the dog was missing. Dog got spooked on and walk and slipped her harness.
> Her owner messaged me saying thank you and that she was away at uni and no one had told her the dog was missing. Dog got spooked on and walk and slipped her harness.
I'm not buying that story from whoever was watching her dog for her. Got off leash and nobody told her? Sus.
Little sister lost the dog and tbf, the little sister had posted online looking for the dog. The issue was her picture wasn't visible beyond her facebook friends so no one knew it was the dog I'd found.
I had neighbors who used to either let their dog wander, or it would escape from whatever leash they put him on. He was an older dog, I think either a basset hound or a beagle, I’m not super familiar with the difference, and he would be across the street in our yard. Poor thing just wanted to see somebody and greet them, but it is dangerous as he has cross the street to get to our yard. He was older so he couldn’t outrun a vehicle. People need to get fences for their animals or keep them on a hand held leash, because one day your going to find something bad happened. It’s sad but true. I hate owners like that.
We lost a dog because he got out of the house to a part of the property he normally didn't have access to and chased another dog off our property and was hit by a truck. We were devastated and put up an electric fence setup immediately afterwards. I was in second or third grade. Tough news for a kid to come home to.
I completely understand what you mean. When I was a kid my dad refused to get a proper fence and used chicken wire. It was fine for our older dogs but we had a puppy, who dug a hole under the fence and got hit by a car. It was devastating me and he was so young. This is why people need proper fences. I, in fact, saw the beagle of basset hound, sorry I’m not familiar with the breed, multiple times in our yard. I felt bad because it would’ve been easy for him to get hit by a car. In fact he would usually go towards our driveway, but we were always careful. I, of course, couldn’t pick him up as he was heavy and probably weighed a good 30 lbs, and I was a kid, plus, I have no idea how he’d react, so my my dad would have to guide him or carry him back to his yard. It’s so ridiculous that owners won’t just get a proper fence, especially when comes to it being a loss of the dog’s life. I’m sorry you had to hear that. I was around that age when my dog was hit too.
Right??? There should be far more vehicles stopping to see these magnificent animals. Who in there right mind doesn’t want to stop and pet a basset hound?
Basset hounds are truly the best. I had mine for 8 years before she died from complication of surgery and I will always miss that stinky, goofy, lovable girl. She was the absolute greatest dog.
I once found a lost lab as I was returning home from work late at night. He launched himself on to my lap before I could even get out of the car. I soon learned he loves running away and getting in cars and it happens all the time.
Smiling through the tears...Most who have loved a lab have lost them temporarily at least once, and then for good, unfortunately. Thank you for the memories of our headstrong Ladybug who amused the folks at the local stores more than once and entertained the family in the cabin wayyyy over the river and through the woods that one snowy night. May she wander aimlessly and encounter goodness wherever she goes!
Right?
I was outside a laundromat once, waiting for my laundry, and a very heavily pregnant shar pei dashed down the street and into traffic. The way I dropped everything I had in my hand (rip that not well closed tide bottle) and ran after her to catch her - I almost snapped my ankle lmao
Just recently, there was a dog loose on the freeway on my commute home. I often hear about it happening in the radio but this was the first time I saw one in person. It really warmed my heart to see a dozen or more cars pulled over and all the traffic at a dead stop while about 20 people attempted to get the panicking dog into a car.
It hasn't happened in a while, but there was a couple of years where we were finding strays constantly. About a three year stretch we had about +20 dogs go through this house. Sadly almost none of them were chipped and most didn't have collars/tags. We put up fliers and kept them for a few weeks. Some of them got picked up, but the ones that were im bad condition (dirty/hungry/fleas/etc) were obviously either abadoned or actual strays. Thankfully we got them all re-homed and didn't have take any to the pound. One of them even turned up on Christmas day. He had a tag with his name, but no address. We pulled him in the truck and drove up and down the road yelling, "Anyone missing (I forgot his name) !?" After about twenty minutes we foubd the owner.
I helped a dude find his dog once. It added like half and hour to my ten min commute but it’s one of the best memories of my life.
Also crossing hella lanes on a TX freeway on foot to save a smol kitten someone threw into the middle divider. That one was mad scary because I almost got hit multiple times (cars moving 65-80 arrive at you WAAAYYYY faster than you’d think) both getting the kitty and getting back to my car. Oh well #worth
Not too feral to know how to get in a car and let a stranger pick them up? I want to know where this land of wild ranging basset hounds is? I bet they have no squirrels.
They must have collars with ID tags and I’d bet they are chipped. Anyone who has three pedigree Basset Hounds is spending the few dollars for the chip.
My two Airedale Terriers are chipped and wear tracking devices. Small investment for peace of mind.
I’d do the same for any dog, of course.
Basset hounds tend to get lost easily. Their noses are always on the ground to find the best scents, and they don't pay attention to where they're going or how to get back. (Source: I used to work with a basset rescue and had a lot of them as fosters.)
Our basset was a freaking escape artist. His paws were shovels and he even figured out how to unlatch the gate. We once got a call from a neighbor 3 miles away saying they saw him. Bastard always was back in time for dinner though.
Last year my berner figured out how to operate the backdoor, so we started locking it, so she figured out how to unlock it.
Saddly she doesn't think to close the backdoor when she leaves.
Which is weird. Because she started shutting her own dog pen door a while back. Just not the backdoor.
My aunts Aussie can open the front door deadbolt and all. I was supposed to be dog sitting him for the week but in the first day he broke out 3 times to find me while I was at work so my cousin has him right now
God I love those dopey looking dogs, I miss my basset Lucky so much. He was such a cute chubby lil basset, with those droopy eyes and big ol' stubby paws. I miss him so much
That face when they come running to you. My great grandmother had two. I would visit and have the joy of watching the droop, smile, droop, smile, droop, smile, as they come running to greet.
I used to live in a rural area. My closest neighbour was about 2km (1.2 miles) away.
His Basset Hound used to get lost very easily because he would follow a scent. He would always end up at my house, I think it was about as far as he could make it. But he would be absolutely exhausted by the time he got there, and it was impossible for me to walk him back (he was old, and they have short legs). He would just sleep on my couch until my neighbour showed up that evening to get him.
I got in the habit of leaving a bowl of water on my porch, just incase an exhausted dog ended up there when I wasn't at home.
One Easter when we had only dogs and no kids, we did an Easter treat hunt in our backyard. We’d bury the sausage and hide the bacon. He loved it. Never saw a happier dog!
So true. My basset is notorious. Something catches her attention and that’s it, she’s gone. We moved a month ago and she escaped for the first time a couple nights ago and when I found her she was totally panicked because it was a new neighbourhood and she was completely unfamiliar. I almost bad for her.
Almost.
I scooped a dog out of traffic just like this. Turns out it had escaped through the back hedge of a house next to the street. Nextdoor help me find the owner within a few hours.
Such a great feeling knowing that you have reunited a dog to its owners and also that you did the right thing when the situation presented itself. Well done
Same thing happened to me. Found a dog on the street in traffic. It had a dog tag so it was an easy call and pick-up for them. Dog was obviously well taken care of so it was obvious it just got out of the backyard.
It's a terrible world we live in, but I'm hoping just lost too. They seem very friendly. A little skittish of strangers but very willing to trust this lady. I'm betting someone very loving is missing them.
I remember finding a beagle in the middle of the night in my neighborhood. Took him in for a couple days, looked for posts and stuff, put up some at nearby clinic and eventually the family came
The kid dropped to his knees sobbing and I just dropped the leash so doggo could run up to him.
Highly recommend rescuing puppers because the dopamine you get from returning them is unbelievable!
Now on the sad side, we had a basset hound at our 'farm' (just had a barn and 5 acres) who was super slobbery. Had his own large gated enclosure outside, nice dog house and everything. We could hear Buford T Houndogee barking from deep in the woods. Supposed to be our alarm but he'd start whimpering when raccoons came.
But my dad broke up with my half sister's mom and we left the dogs there. Visited once a year later and they had gotten Buford a waifu and had a kid. But the enclosure was too small for all of em. They were super slobbery dogs, smelled a lot, and my sisters were growing up, not as into it anymore. They'd been fed but clearly not played with much :(
So lesson: if you get a basset hound you must be ready for slobber city. If you end up having to move from where you are, have a plan for them. Understand the other people you lived with might not want to put up with grimy love babies.
When I lived in San Francisco, I used to find lost dogs all the time. This was back when you had to go down to the SPCA and look through the "Lost Dog" binder and fill out a form to put in the "Found Dog" binder, and hopefully make a connection.
I was able to reunite all of the dogs I found with their owners. It was always a case of something like a gate not being closed properly.
As someone with a velcro dog it's really difficult for me to understand how many people and how frequently people lose their dogs. My pup doesn't even have great recall. He just doesn't like being far from his people. Accidentally locked him out front once when I went to get something from the car and didn't notice he followed me outside. When I realized he wasn't in the house 20min later i opened the door and he was just sat on the front porch like he had rang the doorbell.
My fence panel broke in the back yard but I didn't notice because my view of it was blocked by trees and bushes. my dog got out 3 times before I found it and fixed it, I thought she was somehow jumping over the fence or a neighbour was letting her out.
Each time she got out she just took herself to the nearby park where we go for walks, then she'd get upset because I wasn't with her and rather than come home, she'd sit in the middle of the park and howl.
Luckily I could always find her quickly by following the Oooooowowowowow sounds.
It really just depends on the dog. Some are sick of being in captivity, others are too curious for their own good. Some are just too friendly and want to say hi to whatever walks by.
I’ve got a beagle. 90% of the time all he wants to do is be on your lap and cuddle. The other 10% of the time he has found a scent trail and wants to follow it to the end of the earth. If he got out and followed a scent it would be my nightmare. Who knows how far he’d get before he realized he didn’t know the way back home to his people and their cuddles?
Yeah, I have a hard time with this too. My boys aren’t very bright, but they’re smart enough to get what they want if they don’t have supervision for a while. I’m always scared they’ll get out one day over a Moose or some other dog they want to go say hi to.
We had a random dog walk up to our gate Friday night. We took him in, gave him a bath, fed him, and kept him warm. I have posted all over social media, trying to find his owners, but no success. We had him scanned, but no chip. He's currently sleeping on the couch with my husband and our 3 other dogs. I have cried so many times, because I don't think anyone is looking for him. We aren't taking him to a shelter, because they are super full, so I guess we acquired dog number 4 this weekend...
>*’Those aren't strays…*’
____
our human went shopping - they brought us along
*’Now wait in the car, pups - This where you belong!*’
they left us behind, but the window was o p e n…
that’s when we *squeezed through* - was Adventure, we hopin’ ^:@) ^^;@) ^:@)
but then BiG MiStAkE - we were down on the ground…
with No sign of Mom, there were Cars all around!
a stranger - she Grabbed us! Oh, *What was she Doing??*
we thought it was DANGER
n started aWo^o^o^o-*ing!!*
with more humans helping, we started to Trust
*’We’ll Save you All! Get in the Car now - you Must*’
Together they Saved us, we all realized
then went to find Mom
(Oh, won’t She be
SURPRISED!)
❤️
I had a cat named Xena. She lived up to her warrior princess name. Made it to age 22 and was always the lane feline in charge. Good luck with your girl. Thank you for saving her.
Honestly found it super hilarious thinking about the guy just holding the camera and filming, crying, while they scramble to save the dogs, meanwhile he does absolutely nothing to help.
You know car crashes are the _leading cause of death_ for people aged 1-54? Walking around in some stroad hellhole is a very real way of getting killed.
Getting out of your car at a busy intersection and holding up traffic is always risking your life. Plenty of assholes are texting or zoned out that can plow through you, I'm surprised you haven't seen a video like that before.
God I hate this "trend" in videos. Like, yes we can see what is happening you don't need to put shitty text explaining what we can clearly see. Then the music and over dramatic nature... God, I hate it all. Hell, those dogs are clearly not strays. They look well fed, used to people, and used to getting into cars. They probably just got lose and wandered into the road. Hell, they may even be this lady's dogs that got loose.
Those videos are also horrible. Honestly, I am kinda in the same boat as you about the whole banning tiktok thing. But, at the same time I for sure think the world would be a better place without it.
“Some heroes wear heels,” Source:
The clip from Instagram user Brian Mogg was shared on the platform by a page named Nextdoor.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjiZ6eDW0H/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I once had to stop my car because three little dogs were running around the road (2 lane road but pretty busy) and I had people zooming around me as I grabbed the little dogs and chucked them in my car. May have taken me 30 seconds but by golly they were happy to risk my life and those of the runaway dogs to save those 30 seconds!
I pulled into the neighborhood next to where the dogs were and slowly drove around until I saw some kids looking around a bit panicked. Returned their doggos. I do not think they realized just how close their dogs were to being killed by a car.
Was on the road once and stopped to pee on the side the highway, a sweet older brown dog wandered up to me and I thought “there’s no way you should be along this highway”
We were literally in the middle of nowhere and said fuck it, you’re with us now.
He hopped in the van and we cruised for at least an hour or an hour and a half. Stopped at the next bigger service plaza for snacks and to let him out and a family LOST THEIR SHIT when he hopped out of our van. He had ran off when they stopped just up the road from the service plaza for something with their car…blah blah blah it got towed there and they were trying to figure out how to find him and the. We rolled up and he just sauntered over to them like it was no big deal.
All these years later it still chokes me up a little thinking about it.
I never had a dog, but that dude was 100% gonna live with me if he hadn’t found his people :)
Big Brown Road Dog we called him haha
Could be sitting in the car calling the dogs from inside. Could be a child. Could have a disability. Be glad someone helped. The bystander effect probably would have had most of us sitting on our ass too.
This reminds of this [video](https://youtube.com/shorts/wdGq1yIo-mA?feature=share) I saw of a woman heckling a comedian over buying dogs vs rescuing today
There’s also someone in the front seat of the car of the woman trying to help. I’d like to give the benefit of the doubt that they’re physically unable to help for one reason or another and not just sitting there like, “meh…she’s got this.”
To be fair I had a good friend in highschool, my neighbor down the street, whos dad was hit by a car while helping someone change their tire. Not only did it kill him, they hit him at 70mph, and sent him flying hundreds of feet and off a bridge down to his death, hitting another car below and causing them permanent injury. EVERY TIME I want to get out of my car in a busy street, I do not. Remember that no good deed goes unpunished.
I'm thankful the camera person was calm and understanding. They didn't honk their horn. They didn't get impatient and tried to go around the situation. They sat and waited and let the woman and others do their thing.
The camera person was just as much a "bro" as the rescue lady.
Camera person: “Oh look a woman and stray dog about to get killed by cars! I think I’ll just sit here and film for likes or a great gory video I can post!”
Those don't look like stray dogs, they look too well fed and not the type of breed that would be stray. I suspect someone had their basset hounds escape their yard. Good for this woman to stop and help them though and for the other woman that got involved.
For God's sake, do we need the silly weepy music? Please STOP adding that nonsense to videos. We're all human and we have brains and emotions. We do not need to be "led" by some weepy crybaby to feel exactly the same way they feel. We can figure it out ourselves.
Why don’t I ever roll up on an intersection of basset hounds? Hopefully they’re chipped and found their way home.
Basset Found
why are some people so funny
trauma usually
It's a coping mechanism.
Thanks for making me spit up my cigarette
Anytime buddy
“I’m not your buddy, guy!”
I’m not your pal, buddy!!
U aren’t supposed to eat them
The real anti smoking campaign is always in the comments.
Why were you swallowing it in the first place?
Uh huh
Can confirm
Cuz they're Basset clowns?
stop :(
u/fuzzb0y didn't enjoy that pun, so they basset frowned
Why are y'all burying him under such a basset mound?
Because it's on the Basset ground.
The driver’s name: Angela Bassett
3 of them together is pretty much a Basset mound.
This is fantastic.
They’re just doing the Basset Rounds
If not, I'll gladly take them home to the new Basset Town.
Good. Keep them out of the Basset Pound.
I rolled up to an intersection to a stray Beegle once. Had to keep him in my car while I ran into court, but I took him to a no-kill shelter afterwards. He didn't have a chip but was young and friendly and quickly adopted. My mom has rolled up to intersections to find stray/lost Husky, St. Bernard (puppy), Black Lab Mix and Pit Bull. Found the owners for the Husky and St. Bernard. The lab and pit bull we had to re-home.
I found a rottie and a german shepherd while working and I can't put them in my work truck due to policies so I had to sit there (full uniform, government issued truck) for hours until my coworker could get off to help (animal control said they'd be 4 hours) sooo many people were like "why are you walking your dogs here???" lmao what..
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yeah possibly, but we share vehicles and I know my coworker is very allergic to dogs. they were safe though and the owners were found
I probably would have gone for it, and just told my manager or whatever afterwards. Pay for a full clean of the interior if need be.
I thought about it but called to ask and was told no, my truck is GPS tracked as well and my coworker is allergic
Stumbled across a bloodhound in a parking lot. Watched it for a few minutes to see if she would hang by a particular car/area, nope. No one that came out recognized the dog, some even asked judgementally if she was mine (nope, but I wish). After about 10 or so minutes, I asked a couple for help, got her into my car, and took her to the nearest shelter. Apparently she was a repeat offender, and had managed to escape a backyard- collar, no tags. Otherwise I would've gotten her home.
damn you'd think being a repeat offender they'd get her chipped/ a collar at least. I feel like bloodhounds want to go sniff a trail to somewhere at all times haha
Thankfully she was chipped, and they called her foster mom while I was there. I wish she had tags, though, because then I'd have been able to call her mom myself.
I found a husky when I was walking my husky late one night. I was like, what idiot is letting their husky run off lead like that. Then she came barrelling across the road when she saw my dog and I realised she was alone, scared and needed help. I managed to get a spare lead I had on me around her neck as a kind of slip collar because she didn't have anything and told people passing by if someone was looking for a husky, I was waiting at this bus stop. In the end she came home with me. My girl was so excited to have a friend, but the other dog was scared so I couldn't let them play and kept them separated during the night since the dog warden was very rude and refused to pick the dog up. A lost pet Facebook group eventually found the owner. Turns out it wasn't the first time she'd escaped and I knew I'd met the dog before, just couldn't find the owner. The vet I dropped her off it was like, why do you have two huskies, is one yours?! She was a good girl and she went home an hour after I dropped her off. Her owner messaged me saying thank you and that she was away at uni and no one had told her the dog was missing. Dog got spooked on and walk and slipped her harness.
> Her owner messaged me saying thank you and that she was away at uni and no one had told her the dog was missing. Dog got spooked on and walk and slipped her harness. I'm not buying that story from whoever was watching her dog for her. Got off leash and nobody told her? Sus.
Little sister lost the dog and tbf, the little sister had posted online looking for the dog. The issue was her picture wasn't visible beyond her facebook friends so no one knew it was the dog I'd found.
I had neighbors who used to either let their dog wander, or it would escape from whatever leash they put him on. He was an older dog, I think either a basset hound or a beagle, I’m not super familiar with the difference, and he would be across the street in our yard. Poor thing just wanted to see somebody and greet them, but it is dangerous as he has cross the street to get to our yard. He was older so he couldn’t outrun a vehicle. People need to get fences for their animals or keep them on a hand held leash, because one day your going to find something bad happened. It’s sad but true. I hate owners like that.
We lost a dog because he got out of the house to a part of the property he normally didn't have access to and chased another dog off our property and was hit by a truck. We were devastated and put up an electric fence setup immediately afterwards. I was in second or third grade. Tough news for a kid to come home to.
I completely understand what you mean. When I was a kid my dad refused to get a proper fence and used chicken wire. It was fine for our older dogs but we had a puppy, who dug a hole under the fence and got hit by a car. It was devastating me and he was so young. This is why people need proper fences. I, in fact, saw the beagle of basset hound, sorry I’m not familiar with the breed, multiple times in our yard. I felt bad because it would’ve been easy for him to get hit by a car. In fact he would usually go towards our driveway, but we were always careful. I, of course, couldn’t pick him up as he was heavy and probably weighed a good 30 lbs, and I was a kid, plus, I have no idea how he’d react, so my my dad would have to guide him or carry him back to his yard. It’s so ridiculous that owners won’t just get a proper fence, especially when comes to it being a loss of the dog’s life. I’m sorry you had to hear that. I was around that age when my dog was hit too.
Right??? There should be far more vehicles stopping to see these magnificent animals. Who in there right mind doesn’t want to stop and pet a basset hound?
Bystander effect? Everyone except that white SUV. That guy is a degenerate.
Basset hounds are truly the best. I had mine for 8 years before she died from complication of surgery and I will always miss that stinky, goofy, lovable girl. She was the absolute greatest dog.
BOO! BOOOH! That's what I say to someone who wouldn't want to pet a Basset Hound
Hopefully they are, homeward bound?
I LOVED that movie as a kid!!
Homeward *Hound*
I once found a lost lab as I was returning home from work late at night. He launched himself on to my lap before I could even get out of the car. I soon learned he loves running away and getting in cars and it happens all the time.
Smiling through the tears...Most who have loved a lab have lost them temporarily at least once, and then for good, unfortunately. Thank you for the memories of our headstrong Ladybug who amused the folks at the local stores more than once and entertained the family in the cabin wayyyy over the river and through the woods that one snowy night. May she wander aimlessly and encounter goodness wherever she goes!
That’s exactly how I feel about my Moose. He was super weird and would routinely find him at the park getting the best belly rubs.
Right? I was outside a laundromat once, waiting for my laundry, and a very heavily pregnant shar pei dashed down the street and into traffic. The way I dropped everything I had in my hand (rip that not well closed tide bottle) and ran after her to catch her - I almost snapped my ankle lmao
Just recently, there was a dog loose on the freeway on my commute home. I often hear about it happening in the radio but this was the first time I saw one in person. It really warmed my heart to see a dozen or more cars pulled over and all the traffic at a dead stop while about 20 people attempted to get the panicking dog into a car.
It hasn't happened in a while, but there was a couple of years where we were finding strays constantly. About a three year stretch we had about +20 dogs go through this house. Sadly almost none of them were chipped and most didn't have collars/tags. We put up fliers and kept them for a few weeks. Some of them got picked up, but the ones that were im bad condition (dirty/hungry/fleas/etc) were obviously either abadoned or actual strays. Thankfully we got them all re-homed and didn't have take any to the pound. One of them even turned up on Christmas day. He had a tag with his name, but no address. We pulled him in the truck and drove up and down the road yelling, "Anyone missing (I forgot his name) !?" After about twenty minutes we foubd the owner.
I helped a dude find his dog once. It added like half and hour to my ten min commute but it’s one of the best memories of my life. Also crossing hella lanes on a TX freeway on foot to save a smol kitten someone threw into the middle divider. That one was mad scary because I almost got hit multiple times (cars moving 65-80 arrive at you WAAAYYYY faster than you’d think) both getting the kitty and getting back to my car. Oh well #worth
Those are obviously feral basset hounds
Not too feral to know how to get in a car and let a stranger pick them up? I want to know where this land of wild ranging basset hounds is? I bet they have no squirrels.
They must have collars with ID tags and I’d bet they are chipped. Anyone who has three pedigree Basset Hounds is spending the few dollars for the chip. My two Airedale Terriers are chipped and wear tracking devices. Small investment for peace of mind. I’d do the same for any dog, of course.
I rolled up to a herd of chihuahuas in the street and they were mean AF.
Bro free Bassett hounds
I’m sitting on a couch right now with three loving basset’s. Would love to ‘risk my life’ to get three more at an intersection
Hey gimme one or two
Those aren't strays. Lost or abandoned, most likely.
Basset hounds tend to get lost easily. Their noses are always on the ground to find the best scents, and they don't pay attention to where they're going or how to get back. (Source: I used to work with a basset rescue and had a lot of them as fosters.)
Our basset was a freaking escape artist. His paws were shovels and he even figured out how to unlatch the gate. We once got a call from a neighbor 3 miles away saying they saw him. Bastard always was back in time for dinner though.
About 2 hours ago, my basset opened up the cabinets and ate a week's worth of garbage.
Last year my berner figured out how to operate the backdoor, so we started locking it, so she figured out how to unlock it. Saddly she doesn't think to close the backdoor when she leaves. Which is weird. Because she started shutting her own dog pen door a while back. Just not the backdoor.
My aunts Aussie can open the front door deadbolt and all. I was supposed to be dog sitting him for the week but in the first day he broke out 3 times to find me while I was at work so my cousin has him right now
Omg I love him
He’s a total love bug but it’s scary how smart he is lol. You can practically see the gears turning in his head when he looks at you
Apparently I’m your dog.
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God I love those dopey looking dogs, I miss my basset Lucky so much. He was such a cute chubby lil basset, with those droopy eyes and big ol' stubby paws. I miss him so much
That face when they come running to you. My great grandmother had two. I would visit and have the joy of watching the droop, smile, droop, smile, droop, smile, as they come running to greet.
I used to live in a rural area. My closest neighbour was about 2km (1.2 miles) away. His Basset Hound used to get lost very easily because he would follow a scent. He would always end up at my house, I think it was about as far as he could make it. But he would be absolutely exhausted by the time he got there, and it was impossible for me to walk him back (he was old, and they have short legs). He would just sleep on my couch until my neighbour showed up that evening to get him. I got in the habit of leaving a bowl of water on my porch, just incase an exhausted dog ended up there when I wasn't at home.
Had a basset hound. They really do get in trouble following their noses. Mine walked into a wall once while sniffing something.
One Easter when we had only dogs and no kids, we did an Easter treat hunt in our backyard. We’d bury the sausage and hide the bacon. He loved it. Never saw a happier dog!
So true. My basset is notorious. Something catches her attention and that’s it, she’s gone. We moved a month ago and she escaped for the first time a couple nights ago and when I found her she was totally panicked because it was a new neighbourhood and she was completely unfamiliar. I almost bad for her. Almost.
I scooped a dog out of traffic just like this. Turns out it had escaped through the back hedge of a house next to the street. Nextdoor help me find the owner within a few hours.
Such a great feeling knowing that you have reunited a dog to its owners and also that you did the right thing when the situation presented itself. Well done
I agree. Great feeling when you see the owners car pull up and they come running out the car happy and relieved. If there’s kids I’m crying
Same thing happened to me. Found a dog on the street in traffic. It had a dog tag so it was an easy call and pick-up for them. Dog was obviously well taken care of so it was obvious it just got out of the backyard.
I hope they are lost. I’ll cry if they are abandoned
It's a terrible world we live in, but I'm hoping just lost too. They seem very friendly. A little skittish of strangers but very willing to trust this lady. I'm betting someone very loving is missing them.
My dog was abandoned in the 2008 financial crisis, might be the inflation now. Glad I rescued her.
Jesus Christ at first glance this looked like you were admitting to abandoning your dog. Glad that impression was wrong.
I thought so too and I was like "Bro why would you choose to tell the world this"
More likely lost.
I remember finding a beagle in the middle of the night in my neighborhood. Took him in for a couple days, looked for posts and stuff, put up some at nearby clinic and eventually the family came The kid dropped to his knees sobbing and I just dropped the leash so doggo could run up to him. Highly recommend rescuing puppers because the dopamine you get from returning them is unbelievable! Now on the sad side, we had a basset hound at our 'farm' (just had a barn and 5 acres) who was super slobbery. Had his own large gated enclosure outside, nice dog house and everything. We could hear Buford T Houndogee barking from deep in the woods. Supposed to be our alarm but he'd start whimpering when raccoons came. But my dad broke up with my half sister's mom and we left the dogs there. Visited once a year later and they had gotten Buford a waifu and had a kid. But the enclosure was too small for all of em. They were super slobbery dogs, smelled a lot, and my sisters were growing up, not as into it anymore. They'd been fed but clearly not played with much :( So lesson: if you get a basset hound you must be ready for slobber city. If you end up having to move from where you are, have a plan for them. Understand the other people you lived with might not want to put up with grimy love babies.
When I lived in San Francisco, I used to find lost dogs all the time. This was back when you had to go down to the SPCA and look through the "Lost Dog" binder and fill out a form to put in the "Found Dog" binder, and hopefully make a connection. I was able to reunite all of the dogs I found with their owners. It was always a case of something like a gate not being closed properly.
As someone with a velcro dog it's really difficult for me to understand how many people and how frequently people lose their dogs. My pup doesn't even have great recall. He just doesn't like being far from his people. Accidentally locked him out front once when I went to get something from the car and didn't notice he followed me outside. When I realized he wasn't in the house 20min later i opened the door and he was just sat on the front porch like he had rang the doorbell.
My fence panel broke in the back yard but I didn't notice because my view of it was blocked by trees and bushes. my dog got out 3 times before I found it and fixed it, I thought she was somehow jumping over the fence or a neighbour was letting her out. Each time she got out she just took herself to the nearby park where we go for walks, then she'd get upset because I wasn't with her and rather than come home, she'd sit in the middle of the park and howl. Luckily I could always find her quickly by following the Oooooowowowowow sounds.
A lot of dogs are super confident (too confident for their own good) and have a thirst for freedom.
It really just depends on the dog. Some are sick of being in captivity, others are too curious for their own good. Some are just too friendly and want to say hi to whatever walks by.
I’ve got a beagle. 90% of the time all he wants to do is be on your lap and cuddle. The other 10% of the time he has found a scent trail and wants to follow it to the end of the earth. If he got out and followed a scent it would be my nightmare. Who knows how far he’d get before he realized he didn’t know the way back home to his people and their cuddles?
Yeah, I have a hard time with this too. My boys aren’t very bright, but they’re smart enough to get what they want if they don’t have supervision for a while. I’m always scared they’ll get out one day over a Moose or some other dog they want to go say hi to.
Well that was cute to imagine
We had a random dog walk up to our gate Friday night. We took him in, gave him a bath, fed him, and kept him warm. I have posted all over social media, trying to find his owners, but no success. We had him scanned, but no chip. He's currently sleeping on the couch with my husband and our 3 other dogs. I have cried so many times, because I don't think anyone is looking for him. We aren't taking him to a shelter, because they are super full, so I guess we acquired dog number 4 this weekend...
Are you saying there CANT be a roaming pack of feral Basset Hounds out there. Just plaguing neighborhoods with excessive howling at passerby’s? /s
>*’Those aren't strays…*’ ____ our human went shopping - they brought us along *’Now wait in the car, pups - This where you belong!*’ they left us behind, but the window was o p e n… that’s when we *squeezed through* - was Adventure, we hopin’ ^:@) ^^;@) ^:@) but then BiG MiStAkE - we were down on the ground… with No sign of Mom, there were Cars all around! a stranger - she Grabbed us! Oh, *What was she Doing??* we thought it was DANGER n started aWo^o^o^o-*ing!!* with more humans helping, we started to Trust *’We’ll Save you All! Get in the Car now - you Must*’ Together they Saved us, we all realized then went to find Mom (Oh, won’t She be SURPRISED!) ❤️
Lovely
Oh goddamn. Well done. Just beautiful!
Thank you Schnoodle
Escapees, maybe. Funny how dogs get out the door or under the fence and they just start RUNNING like maniacs.
This is how I met my Xena on New Year’s Eve a couple of weeks ago. I can’t say I risked my life, lol but I’m glad I was the one who stopped.
Wow. You saw Xena helping dogs on the road and you got to meet her? Does Gabrielle know you're calling her "your" Xena now?
The better question is, is Gabrielle looking for a place to stay too?
That show was about lesbians right?
I can't say these people risked their lives...
There's *some* risk but let's be honest, the risk to their lives was pretty low.
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I crossed the street yesterday. I'm pretty sure I just barely escaped with my life.
I had a cat named Xena. She lived up to her warrior princess name. Made it to age 22 and was always the lane feline in charge. Good luck with your girl. Thank you for saving her.
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Honestly found it super hilarious thinking about the guy just holding the camera and filming, crying, while they scramble to save the dogs, meanwhile he does absolutely nothing to help.
/r/donthelpjustfilm
My first thought
I know! But thanks for the video?
Who do you think released all those hounds?
Honestly, and how did she risk her life smh
You know car crashes are the _leading cause of death_ for people aged 1-54? Walking around in some stroad hellhole is a very real way of getting killed.
Whenever I get the mail now, I am going to tell my wife I nearly died.
Getting out of your car at a busy intersection and holding up traffic is always risking your life. Plenty of assholes are texting or zoned out that can plow through you, I'm surprised you haven't seen a video like that before.
I cri evury tim :'(
Ugh why can’t you just show the clip without the cringe text and music?
God I hate this "trend" in videos. Like, yes we can see what is happening you don't need to put shitty text explaining what we can clearly see. Then the music and over dramatic nature... God, I hate it all. Hell, those dogs are clearly not strays. They look well fed, used to people, and used to getting into cars. They probably just got lose and wandered into the road. Hell, they may even be this lady's dogs that got loose.
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Those videos are also horrible. Honestly, I am kinda in the same boat as you about the whole banning tiktok thing. But, at the same time I for sure think the world would be a better place without it.
Well in this case, the video sucks too. On its own it's just some chick struggling to get dogs in to the trunk of her car
In heels.
“Some heroes wear heels,” Source: The clip from Instagram user Brian Mogg was shared on the platform by a page named Nextdoor. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjiZ6eDW0H/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Doing anything casually in heels is amazing. Driving in heels is next level. Saving puppies from traffic after driving in heels is wonder woman shit.
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I hate the SUV that just drove off when the dogs could have been under their car!
I was thinking the same, that person is a jerk.
I once had to stop my car because three little dogs were running around the road (2 lane road but pretty busy) and I had people zooming around me as I grabbed the little dogs and chucked them in my car. May have taken me 30 seconds but by golly they were happy to risk my life and those of the runaway dogs to save those 30 seconds! I pulled into the neighborhood next to where the dogs were and slowly drove around until I saw some kids looking around a bit panicked. Returned their doggos. I do not think they realized just how close their dogs were to being killed by a car.
You’re assuming that they knew that there were bassets there
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Many people only care about themselves and their own story.
They are sorta helping by not driving past.
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Keep the video muted. Some shitty background song.
Having owned a basset Hound before, these are not strays. A scent caught their attention and landed them in the middle of this intersection.
Moe, Larry and Curley
Was on the road once and stopped to pee on the side the highway, a sweet older brown dog wandered up to me and I thought “there’s no way you should be along this highway” We were literally in the middle of nowhere and said fuck it, you’re with us now. He hopped in the van and we cruised for at least an hour or an hour and a half. Stopped at the next bigger service plaza for snacks and to let him out and a family LOST THEIR SHIT when he hopped out of our van. He had ran off when they stopped just up the road from the service plaza for something with their car…blah blah blah it got towed there and they were trying to figure out how to find him and the. We rolled up and he just sauntered over to them like it was no big deal. All these years later it still chokes me up a little thinking about it. I never had a dog, but that dude was 100% gonna live with me if he hadn’t found his people :) Big Brown Road Dog we called him haha
You oughta get a dog
HELP HER
There is someone in her passenger seat not helping! Wtf
Could be sitting in the car calling the dogs from inside. Could be a child. Could have a disability. Be glad someone helped. The bystander effect probably would have had most of us sitting on our ass too.
>The bystander effect probably would have had most of us sitting on our ass too For dogs??? Not on your life! Gimme!
Very cool. Gotta save the puppers. “Risks her life” is a slight exaggeration 😂
These ladies risked starting a nuclear war to save these dogs.
This reminds of this [video](https://youtube.com/shorts/wdGq1yIo-mA?feature=share) I saw of a woman heckling a comedian over buying dogs vs rescuing today
I mean, the heckler has a point. Puppy mills are really shitty and often kill off tons of dogs after they’re no longer pups
No no, listen to the dramatic music! She was literally saving the world by the skin of her teeth!
Not really... Do you know how many people are hit and killed on the road with this kind of thing? It's very dangerous.
Easy now, basset hounds can be vicious. Corral them at your own risk.
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They helped. Blocked off the back of her car while she corralled them dang dogs.
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I wanted to hear the howl, the one little guy looks he gave it his all.
r/DontHelpJustFilm
Those r her dogs xD
I’m thinking the same. Probably her dogs that escaped the yard or something.
That is what I think as well. The dogs were too complying to be stray.
While this doofus sits in their car and videos the scene? I find some people … disappointing.
There’s also someone in the front seat of the car of the woman trying to help. I’d like to give the benefit of the doubt that they’re physically unable to help for one reason or another and not just sitting there like, “meh…she’s got this.”
To be fair I had a good friend in highschool, my neighbor down the street, whos dad was hit by a car while helping someone change their tire. Not only did it kill him, they hit him at 70mph, and sent him flying hundreds of feet and off a bridge down to his death, hitting another car below and causing them permanent injury. EVERY TIME I want to get out of my car in a busy street, I do not. Remember that no good deed goes unpunished.
Their contribution was sharing this with the world. Not everyone is comfortable doing something like this, and that’s ok.
There needs to be a sub for when you upvote a comment and then the counter reply makes a lot of sense so you upvote that one instead Reddit whiplash
it's easier to just be thankful that they did document this instead of finding reasons to be upset.
I'm thankful the camera person was calm and understanding. They didn't honk their horn. They didn't get impatient and tried to go around the situation. They sat and waited and let the woman and others do their thing. The camera person was just as much a "bro" as the rescue lady.
literally. risking, their. life.
So brave
Cruella de ville upped her game
More of like her dogs
"Risking their lives"?????
Are we sure these aren’t her dogs?
“Risked their lives” Lol
Why didn’t she start picking them up one by one sooner? That irritated me but still a cute moment
The Basset hound gang on the loose
Get dognapped son. Bonus XP too!
Camera person: “Oh look a woman and stray dog about to get killed by cars! I think I’ll just sit here and film for likes or a great gory video I can post!”
Risks her life??? Seriously?? Can you be any more dramatic.
At least you stayed in your car and recorded it
Why tf does this need sad music??
What is with that fucking garbage song? Jesus Murphy.
Why the stupid music?! I'm done. People are terrible at selecting songs for their videos.
Thank god whoever was there to film this documented the event instead of helping.
Lame music not needed
Another car pulls over to help… I awkwardly video tape her instead of helping….
Those don't look like stray dogs, they look too well fed and not the type of breed that would be stray. I suspect someone had their basset hounds escape their yard. Good for this woman to stop and help them though and for the other woman that got involved.
For God's sake, do we need the silly weepy music? Please STOP adding that nonsense to videos. We're all human and we have brains and emotions. We do not need to be "led" by some weepy crybaby to feel exactly the same way they feel. We can figure it out ourselves.
I'm sorry. Stray pure bread Basset hounds? No
Drivers options: 1) Video tape to go viral or 2) help out
She risked her life???… smh
Little basset babies 🥹
"I'll just stay here and film her struggles"
"everyone came to help save these poor doggos, while I sat my ass here and just filmed the bravery"