About five days ago, I spotted a new female dog running around in the neighbourhood, looking scared and lost.
Since then, we have gone out with food to look for the dog, but each time we were armed with food, we could not find the dog.
Every day, I would see the dog, either in my morning walk or when driving out. She is also afraid of humans because when she sees me, she would go away.
Yesterday, I met two ladies on another road and they too have noticed the dog. In fact, according to them, someone in one of the houses had been beating the poor dog too because she tried to seek shelter in that house. They both said the dog had been abandoned in our area and was often seen on their road.
This morning, husband and I went out to look for the dog again and could not find her. But later in the morning, the dog was passing our road, so I quickly placed a bowl of food outside our gate. Hopefully, she will smell the food and come to eat.
By the time we got home, the food was completely eaten. Hopefully by the dog and not passing cats.
Then, we put a packet of chicken rice and a big bowl of water outside again and this time, we caught this on CCTV:
The dog came to eat, but she only ate up the chicken and left all the rice! She did drink from the big bowl of water.
Two days ago, I saw her eating a packet of noodles by the roadside. She seemed very hungry then.
The poor thing…
These kind of things will never end and we can only do our best, one day at a time.