This dog was found in Dormont today. Do you know who it belongs to?
Do you know this dog? This sandy-colored beauty was found in an alley behind Dormont Public Library on Monday afternoon and was brought to the Dormont police station. The dog appears to be a Chow Chow, or a Chow Chow mix. It has no microchip and no collar, but part of a walking harness was strapped around its chest when it was found. The toenails on its front paws appeared to have been painted pink and blue. South Hills Cooperative Animal Control picked up the dog around 3 p.m. Monday. Those with information about the dog should call the Dormont police station at 412-561-8900 ext. 300 or call County Dispatch at 412-279-6911 and ask for Animal Control.
Bella went missing last week, but has been spotted around Peters Township four times since then.
Owner Jennifer Garfold said her family misses their lost dog, Bella, very much. She went missing last Friday when she slipped out of her collar outside of Pleasant Valley Veterinary Clinic on East McMurray Road in Peters Township. Since then, she has been spotted nearly four times. Last Saturday, she was seen running across Fife Farm on Thompsonville Road. Monday afternoon, she was spotted near Valley Brook Road and Route 19—close to a gravel lot by the trail. And this week, residents told Garfold over the phone that Bella was roaming the Hidden Brook neighborhood and Molly Drive. Garfold said when she receives a call she tells the person not to try and catch her because Bella gets scared and will run. She said a "very nice family" has …
William Weichler
9:10 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
great to hear they got the dog back, I had stopped today and got the news from the shelter. more ›