Puppy love is all I need

A 4-month-old puppy dumped in a recycling skip behind Domino's Pizza in Masterton is on the hunt for a new home.

The amicable pooch already has a name picked out - Skip.

A passerby found the mongrel pup in a skip between Domino's and Mobil about 3am Sunday, and called police when he was unable to get him out.

Officers took the puppy back to the station and called Wairarapa SPCA, who is looking after the pup.

Wairarapa SPCA manager Val Ball said Skip is in good health and will be going for vet checks and vaccinations today and would be desexed in a week's time.

She said someone may have dumped the puppy because it was making too much noise or a landlord found out a tenant was keeping a pet when they shouldn't.

Mrs Ball describes the pup as amicable and relatively obedient, and it appeared as though someone had put some time into training it.