This is unusually terse for such a feel good story

Thank you & Thank You the kind soul that is going to adapt the pup!

on the side note, Please People, try to contact rescue organizations instead of city municipal animal services/shelters. The kill rate in such shelters is very very high (40% - from what statistics is avail.)

If the dog is lost:
When people loose their animals they check the municipal animal control in their area first. This is 100% true. There can be issues where a dog's finder keeps the dog and tries to find the owner themselves. After time, the finder cannot keep the animal and then surrenders them to animal control...weeks after the owner has stopped looking here.
Where would you look first if you lost an animal? That's where the animal should be taken for the best chance of being reunited.

Forgot to say glade the pooch is OK!
Also "lose"

The picture of dog in this article helps. If the owner looks here, he will recognize the dog and know where to find him. Also, mountain view neighbors and mountain view friends of the owner may be able to help alert the owner about where the dog is now.

MP: stop writing about things you know little about. SVACA has an almost 100 percent save rate on their animals.

Perhaps you should spend more time educating yourself on facts then condemning others.

All dogs and cats should have a microchip. In addition, they should all wear an ID tag. Losing one pet i heartbreaking.

"Best Opinion"??? Your comment sounds like a reprimand to the dispatcher who adopted the dog. This dog was not LOST it was abandoned in a locked cage with food, and had been there a while because it was covered in its own feces. The "owner" was not coming back.

So I don't understand your "lost dog" lecture here.

For myself, I cheer the dispatcher and want to give her and the dog a big hug.

You misinterpreted my post. It was more of a comment on the false info about the municipal shelters. Rescue orgs are good for leaving your dog, but if one is found, the muni shelter gives the best chance of the owner finding their dog. I was simply stating the best odds of getting a dog back to it's owner are to take it where the owners will look first. You can un-bunch. You'll know if the post is an actual lecture.

I think this may be a short story, because it is a short story. Abandoned dog, dispatcher kindness, a few details, end of story (happy dog, happy dispatchers, bit of good PR for our local police)

Today is a federal holiday. Veterans Day. Are we allowing any of our armed services veterans to be abandoned in our city? In our parks, in our creeksides? Think about that. I saw a sobering, thoughtful PBS documentary on the plight of wondered and shellshocked was veterans. It is running today. I suggest you view it, and contemplate.