Posted on 07/02/2011 9:49:45 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Hope this works out for you.
Next time please hire a professional dog sitter to come to your home. They are insured and bonded and have another professional ds to back them up in case of emergency.
I’m sure your dog is going to be fine. Hang in there and consider it a lesson learned.
I am so sorry. Find a great friend or referenced house sitter and have them stay at your place while you are gone and watch your dog and home. Pay them and know that your beloved pet and home will be well cared for while you are away.
Not much you can do in this case except maybe not pay them.
Doesn’t matter. They told you in advance that they were going away for the weekend and you still allowed them to take your dog. You could have said, ‘never mind, we’ll find someone else or a kennel.’ But, you didn’t. You chose to let them take your dog, anyway.
They are probably on vacation which is why they didn’t want to say where they were. Ohio has Cedar Point, Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and other points of interest.
Your dog is probably fine, but all of your relationships in this most likely will never be the same.
They may have felt there was no need to call because they had already told them before getting the dog that they were going out of town and taking the dog with them.
I agree on leaving the police out of it at this point. The police will ask how they came to have their dog, and when told that they gave it to them to watch, while knowing that they were going to be taking it out of town for the weekend, they will just walk away.
That's about it.
How are you doing these days? :)
Our older daughter is 15. Our daughter with Asperger’s is 12. As far as I know, the dog-sitter is healthy and not on the autism spectrum. But I see your point.
I know very little, but there is a young adult living in the home who appears to have a full-time live-in nurse/caretaker. And attempting an online search last night of the family name, the mother sits on the Board of Directors for a law school in another part of the country *and* she is personally supports the furthering of autism awareness. So maybe the person being cared for in her home is dx’d with a form of autism; just a guess. I’m guessing my daughter doesn’t matter to her.
I don’t know what to think. I appreciate your time and thoughts.
They'll most likely treat the dog well and she'll return in as good or better shape than you left her. The question I have is with all this will they want to give her back to you.
Fine, hot, big belly only getting bigger, lol!
your dog is probably happy to get away for a while......
Thanks, but no thanks.
Just chiming in to offer my best wishes....really hope this all works out well.
I’d just wait until next week and get your dog back.
I appreciate your kind thoughts.
Please try to cheer up. I’m sure your dog is fine.
And I don’t think anyone’s lying to you, either. The mother told you they were going away & they planned to take your dog along with their own dogs....You had the opportunity to say “no” at that point, but you OK’d it.
(They may have had every intention of staying home,when they agreed to doggie-sit, but their plans may have changed & they felt this was the best solution for both of your families.)
Now it seems their mother’s ill & they can’t come home on schedule.
You’ve told us these people aren’t lowlife or criminals. They sound like a respectable family & responsible petowners, themselves.
I think you should just be patient in the knowledge that they’ve cared for your beloved pet previously & that they’re caring for her properly now.
This is absolutely NOT a police matter, in imo.
No one’s stolen your 1.5 yo dog.(For heaven’s sake, this is your daughter’s friend & you’ve known them over a year.)
It just seems like an unavoidable,unexpected delay & I’ll bet they want to get home ASAP themselves.
I hope you find it in your heart to say a prayer for their sick mother & I’ll say a prayer for your father.
Please try to be calm & put this all in perspective.....plans change & ****(stuff) happens. Let us all know when your pooch arrives home ....I just know she will soon.
God Bless
Any word on the dog yet?
No dog yet. Very sadly.
Thats terrible. :(
Have you heard anything from them? Or your daughter from their daughter regarding the dog and when they would be home? I know they said they’d be home sometime this week. I would guess by sometime Sunday at the latest.
Please pray that the father keeps his word and that he will hand Zoe over today to my husband — who is traveling this morning to go and get her. Last night the father phoned my husband to say th —— well, never mind what he said. The point is that he instructed my husband to come to Mobile, AL where this man will meet him, bringing our dog with him to give back to us. My husband is as I type, in New Orleans, and only a few more hours to go. Please, pray that this will go smoothly. For my husband and for our furry member of the family.
Thanks FRiends.
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