If you would like to find your friend a new forever home and are willing to foster in the meantime, there are several things to do to ensure a responsible outcome. You have been unsuccessful finding the owner and the hold period has expired: The hard work begins. Be sure to ask the neighborhood children if they recognize the dog- they are far more observant that adults! Post a free found ad on Craigslist, Petfinder and in the local paper. Be sure to post them around supermarkets, schools, gas stations, and major intersections. Whether you leave him at the shelter or take him home, you can greatly assist in reuniting him with his family by posting “Found” signs at the shelter, and around the neighborhood. The hold period is much longer (typically 14 days or more) if the dog is not processed through animal control.
If you opt to take the dog home instead of leaving him at the shelter, you must also abide by the legal hold period while you try to find the owner. Another option is to get his impound number and network him to friends, family and rescues to adopt him from the shelter. If the owner does not claim him after the required hold period, you will have the first right to adopt providing you are present on the morning the dog becomes available. You may put you name in as an interested party/first rights. After the hold period expires, the dog becomes available for adoption. When you turn a stray over to the shelter there is a legal hold period in which the dog is still considered the property of the owner. Current policy requires a behavioral test for all "Dominant Breeds" and it is possible that if the owner does not claim the dog, you will not be able to rescue him if he does not score well on the test.
Important note: It is not recommended to leave a stray pit bull at a Los Angeles County Shelter. Thoroughly check all of the ‘Lost Dog” books at the shelter as well.
At the shelter, the dog will be scanned for a microchip and if one is present, the family will be contacted. While it is true that several of the Los Angeles City shelters still have high euthanasia rates for pit bulls, the best way to help reunite a lost dog with his family is by taking him to the shelter. Try to find the owner: We frequently receive calls from good samaritans who have found a pit bull and don’t want to take it to the shelter for fear that it will be euthanized.
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