I should really not look at dog ads...

[dazedtrucker]

Originally Posted by Magwart

Check your local animal care ordinances re permissible chain weight. The size of that thick, heavy chain might be illegal, depending in where you are (too heavy). A call to animal control might conceivably spring her from that life...and into your arms when she becomes adoptable at the shelter.

I know of at least one state that allows prosecution for too-heavy chains under cruelty laws (since the weight can severely damage the neck and spine). I don't think most will, though.

This is not a local deal. She's 350 miles away. I am going down there Wednesday. I just would like to peacefully go get her. I don't even have an address. Most likely rural... and getting help for an animal in a rural location is nxt to impossible. I observed a starving horse once... I made literally HUNDREDS of phone calls. Every one of them said it's not their job. Finally talked personally to a local sheriff deputy who ended up actually getting on it, the person had everyone convinced the horse was just "old".