I usually have a hard time coming up with names. Ranger? Sniper? Apparently I like -er names.

He’s very lucky to have found a home that’s gonna care for him. My brother and sister were both adopted the same way and they love our family.

Good luck in your efforts to give him a new loving place to live.

This is not always the case but happens often enough.

I encourage you to contact a group such as Dogs Deserve Beter. Their take is to approach people. They deal mostly with chained dogs but if a dog is never in the house, they may help. They won’t seize the dog nor have the authority to, but they approach people in less threatening way or could at least give some advice. Maybe they can convince the people to sign the dog over to rescue. Maybe not ALL the parties at the house agree with abuse and maybe the abuse will stop. You can find their link in my sidebar of my blog.

As far as “Humane society” please note that not every shelter that uses the “humane society” name is a nokill shelter or is even associated with the national US humane society. some are animal advocacy groups, some are just regular old kill shelters, and some are small lowkill shelters. you have to do your research.

Also, another tip is to have your friends express to the authorities or the shelter that they wish to adopt the dog. Maybe the dog will get a chance. But they may not rule in favor of letting them have the dog being that they are right next door.

I have known cases where someone brings in a stray to the shelter, but states they want to adopt if they don’t get reclaimed, and keep in touch adn are there with bells on the day the dog becomes available to adopt but abuse cases could be different.

God Bless your friends for caring