From found to adopted: two puppies find a home with Greensville man

A man found two puppies he believes were abandoned, on the side of a busy road near Millgrove this week.

He took them to a vet to get checked out, and tried to find their owner on social media.

After no response, he found the healthy puppies a new home.

The rather large puppies were found wandering along a busy road in Millgrove on Tuesday.

“There were a bunch of cars stopped, and this little one was hiding in the grass, and she came out onto the road,” said Matthieu Pedron. “Her sister and everyone had to stop, because no one knew what was going on.”

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Pedron and the others who stopped to help the puppies called around to people in the area to see if anyone knew who owned them, but it was a mystery.

He took them to the Lynden Animal Clinic, where staff there scanned them for microchips, but none were found.

They told CHCH News that the puppies looked very healthy and well cared for, and believes they were socialized.

Hamilton Animal Control told CHCH News that Pedron should have called them first, that they would have scanned for microchips and tried to find the owners.

After five days, the pups would have been assessed for adoption.

That being said, they haven’t received any calls about lost puppies — Pedron is certain they were dumped.

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“If it came from a puppy mill, or an area where they sold most of the litter, these guys just got a little too big to be sold as puppies,” said Pedron. “They still are puppies, but they’re not — that’s what you’re expecting when you go to get a little guy and you’re going to bring them home, and then he becomes big.”

He brought the puppies to his workplace, where one of his customers jumped at the chance to adopt them and keep them together.

“I was out looking for dogs myself and I just happened to walk in and there’s two of them laying here,” said Paul Jones. “So we’re doing alright.”

Jones says his property in Greensville is the perfect size for the two-month-old mastiff shepherd crosses.

“They’ll come down to the house, feed them and have fun,” said Jones. “I’m retired, so I need some companionship.”

He’s currently named them Curly and Larry.

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