A brindle Chihuahua found roaming on Carter Street last week is up for adoption at the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control shelter, officials say.
Here’s Randy, a brindle Chihuahua found roaming down on Carter Street. He’ll be adopted out of the NCPD Animal Control shelter. Contributed photo
Now called ‘Randy,’ the little dog was “running all over the place” and finally was secured by three or four officers at about 8:40 a.m. on July 23, said Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt.
No one has come forward to claim the dog despite the unit’s efforts to locate an owner—Randy had no collar or microchip.
He’s a small-size Chihuahua mix, about three years old, “with a big personality,” says a flier fro Randy.
“This little guy is quite a goofy boy once you get to know him, who enjoys nothing more than lots of loving and long walks,” she said. “He would do best with someone who understands the behavior of small breeds and would be willing to come to the shelter to meet him more than once.”
A quiet household would be best for Randy, though he could settle into a house with plenty of people so long as its occupants could take it slow with him, officials say.
“He is doing excellent with his housebreaking here at the shelter” and will be neutered and micro-chipped prior to his adoption, Kleinschmitt said.
Anyone interested in adoptiong Randy the Chihuahua should phone Animal Control at 203-594-3510.
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Police have admonished a New Canaan man whose chocolate Labrador retriever keeps getting out through a hole in a fence at home, officials say.
Most recently, the dog got out around 11:04 a.m. on July 25 at its home, near Nursery and Marvin Ridge Roads, according to a police report. (There’s another, much older chocolate lab in that neighborhood who is also a serial escape artist.)
It’s an especially dangerous place for a dog to roam, as it’s right on top of the Merritt Parkway.
The owner paid the $15 impound fee this time around and will be fined a full $92 for allowing a dog to roam if it happens again, Kleinschmitt said.
The owner has vowed to fix his fence, she said.