Are the notched ears definitely "notched" and not just beat up from being in a dog box? I know a lot of my friends have dogs with ears that look a little chewed up from them shaking their heads in the dog box after a run through some water after a hog.
Only website I can think of that might help ya track down the owner would be baydog.com or perhaps the hogdogging forum on GON....even then, it's unlikely at best that you find the previous owner. If he was brought in by a Ranger, I'd imagine someone was running dogs on protected lands either legally, or illegally and lost a dog. If they were poaching, I doubt anyone would claim the dog anyhow.
My concern with posting pictures of him is that someone with dishonest intentions could claim that Coffee is their dog. I love this dog dearly and don't want him to end up in the wrong hands. His coloring is very distinctive, so the rightful owner could describe him in a way that would leave no question whether or not Coffee is his dog. I'm pretty certain the notches aren't from a fight. Both of his ears are notched in the same spot with the exact same shape. His tail is also docked in a relatively unusual way. It's not fully docked, but docked about halfway like some of the pointer breeds are. I'm not sure if this is common for certain types of hunting dogs ... ?
He wasn't chipped when he got to the shelter, so no luck there. They did microchip him when I bailed him out. He also wasn't neutered, but the shelter won't let any dog leave without being neutered. I know most hunters leave their dogs intact, and I know the vast majority are very responsible owners and breeders, but for Coffee it was the snip or the needle. I hope if the owner is found they'll understand that it was that or death for him.
I really appreciate everyone's input!
Sounds like you got yourself a dog then LOL. The half docked tail is done to minimize infection from getting the end of their tails cut in the briars. Take a look at a few of my dogs I posted in this forum and see if the tails are docked in the same manner.
Being honest with you, without a picture you have about a snowball's chance in hell of finding the owner. If it didn't have a collar/tracking collar on in the first place, then the owner probably never intended to see it again anyway.
Off on a tangent, it's the cruelest thing in the world to release a dog into the wild and expect it to survive on it's own. These ppl that do this should be hung IMO
Gut Shoot them, then let their family find their rotted corpse.
