What is the deal here?

[TribalRats]

So my boys were outside playing yesterday afternoon, they had been out for longer then normal and no one was at the back door wanting in so I decided to check things out.....
I look out the kitchen window and see the back of a little black and white dog and I thought"What is Lexie doing out side, I would have sworn she was on the couch" So, I go look...sure enough she was out cold on the couch. "WHAT THE HECK?" So I look again...this in INSIDE my back yard mind you. I see a small black and white dog
with HUGE ears hiding under my patio furniture and my boys are trying desperately to play with the little dog.
I go outside to investigate and this little guy comes right to me. He looks a bit like a Gremlin. I scoop him up and inside we go to call animal control and find out if any one has reported him missing...nope. Not yet any way. Today we will run an add in the paper to see if any one claims him that way. If not I will contact the small breed rescue here in town and we are not set up yet and wont be for quite some time. It was a good thing he ended up in the yard because it rained buckets last night and he would have been soaked to the bone.
We think he is maybe Chi and Doxie or Rat and Doxie, he is about 12lbs or so and very long bodied.

Here he is, we are calling him Mighty Mouse.....don't know why but it seemed to fit him.

[Beryl]

LOL! He does look like a Mighty Mouse.

[Jamila]

what a cutie

[sammy]

I hope someone's looking for him! Those EARS! Very cute. Do you have a secure yard? Makes me wonder if someone thought you'd be a good home for him or find him one and put him in your yard?

[calgal]

I'm sure someone must be looking for this cute boy. Bless you for taking him in.

[Pondwader]

What a cuite, Mighty Mouse suits him very well

[angie023]

i hope someone is looking for him. he is soooo adorrable. or however u spell the word. but, he's really cute!!!!

[bigdoglover]

Poor thing! Glad he's with you, though.....can't imagine how he got in your yard!

[mrsgrubby]

Oh he is so cute. i love him!!!!!! Is your yard fenced? Do you think someone put him back there so you would care for him?

Mighty mouse is perfect!!!!! Such a darling little dog and those ears are just precious.

[TribalRats]

We have a 6 foot fence surrounding out yard, some one had to have put him in our yard. That does not necessarily mean though that his owners are the ones who did it. Could have been some teenagers or some one with a grudge, who knows. Still no leads on owners thus far. I will give it until tomorrow before I turn him over tot he small breed rescue here in town.

[britishbandit]

What a cutie, I love those ears!

It is strange that he got in a 6 foot fence though, makes you wonder what the real story is behind it, and who put him there.

[TribalRats]

I totally wonder. But what ever the reason at least he is safe, warm and full of food.
Not only is it a 6 foot fence BUT there are locks on the gates as well. We also have chicken wire 6 inches under the ground and running up the fence so that the dogs can not dig out. So I am really clueless. Obviously someone had to have put him back there but who and why I have no idea.

[IceyBlueSibes]

Aw! He's so cute! I sure do hope you can find his family. Poor guy... it does sound like he was "dumped" by someone. He's lucky to have ended up in your backyard though!

Do you think someone could have found him wandering, and seeing that he looks similar to a rattie, thought that he was yours and put him in your fence?

[TribalRats]

I suppose that is possible but why not knock on the door?

[Rivsky]

What a cutie - and I agree Mighty Mouse suits him 100%.

I hope he finds his family soon but at least he's got a great person looking after him in the meantime!!