Red flags should have went up when they called and wanted to pick up the dog early. At that point you should have said “Never mind” and the girl wouldn’t have made any money after all. You didn’t change the plan, they did. As it turned out, you voluntarily took the dog to them.
Now, we know where you went wrong. Simple mistakes in trust. Now you have every right to know where they’ve taken the dog and you have every right to go get it. Get the local sheriff involved and have his office contact them, or have an attorney contact them and advise them of the legal ramifications of not returning your dog. If something bad has happened I’d want to know about it sooner rather than later.
Good luck and I’ll say a prayer. My dogs are my “kids”. They don’t drive so the insurance doesn’t go up when they reach a certain age. I don’t worry about them getting some girl pregnant because I had them fixed. And obama can’t make me buy them insurance.
Thank you for the prayer.