hi everyone, first thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any help or advice offered. it's going to be a long post so I apologise, How are you? I hope you well.
I will give you a tiny background on myself which may help you understand my relationship with my dogs, at 27 I was diagnosed with stage 2b cervical cancer and told i needed a hysterectomy and a five-week course of chemoradiation, my partner and I had been trying for a baby for 3 years I have no biological children of my own I do however have DSS aged 11, anyway I had a dog a Japanese Akita,,, beautiful lady she was (she passed in July), we bred her with a GSD and she gave us a whopping litter of 10pups, we decided to keep three (hence my name!) we now have a 18 week old puppy in the mix. these dogs really are my my world, they are my kids,
so my father in law booked a last minute trip for 6 of us to Greece (very generous man) and as our dogs do not have Passports they went to a dog kennel, the same kennel we have used a number of times over the last few years, whenever we have gone anywhere and the dogs cannot come, we have never had any problems, apart from the very first time when they all where a bit pissed off we had left them so didn't eat as much as they usually would but after that time they where always excited to visit their "uncle bob" (as we would call him to them) when they saw him they would dash over be jumping and licking him it always set our mind at ease, and they would return fine happy dogs,
however this time upon their return I wanted to kill him my heart broke!
all dogs came back underweight and dehydrated, they have been left in such dirty condition that it's affected one of their skin and he has chewed various areas it's irritated so much. he could barely get up the stairs he was so exhausted
All my dogs have returned absolutely stinking to high heaven of urine and faeces, their fur is stained despite all of them being bathed three times now, there is still a smell to them. I have to shampoo my carpet and sofa and wash all bedding daily! I haven't made a start on my holiday washing yet! (imagine that pile)
one dog needed vet attention and off to the vet again tomorrow (he went in Saturday and yesterday) he is on steroids and antibiotics, has a supplement for his intestinal tract, (that's what medication we came home from the vet with), in the vet Saturday they run his full blood count, gave him a vitamin B12 injection a shot of antibiotic and a shot of steroids to start him off, as well as emptying his back passage glands totalling £178.23.
I'm taking all my dogs to the groomers for a better wash and blow dry this afternoon at £30 a dog. I should also mention it cost us nearly £400 to kennel the dogs for the time we were away.
I contacted him as he forgot to bring my bag of belongings back to me when he dropped my dogs off, (this contains a £40 brush, a £20 puppy harness, around £50 worth of puppy toys and around £50 of other dog toys, a £16 bottle of ranitidine from the vet and a file containing all my dogs microchip details vaccination records previous vet bills which also have my personal information on)
I feel he should refund me, he has not provided me with the service he is supposed to per his kennel licence, or my dogs adequate care and attention. I fell he should also pass me his insurance details to cover my veterinary cost, when I said this he became nasty and said it was not his problem he did not care he doesn't have time for this I said (it was all in text and I have saved them made backups of backups) I said just to cover my costs return my property and I will leave it, if you dont you will be forcing my hand to take this further and I really don't want to I like you but he was adamant he would "see me in court" ok so that's what I will do......
I'm aware it is a civil matter, the veterinary surgery is being amazing allowing me to keep the account open while I pursue this I have insurance for my pets though I never use it, its there as a backup for something crazy expensive, emergency surgery CT scans that sort of thing. I always use my "dog fund" to pay bills, I have warned him last night I can also press charges for appropriation of theft...no reply. all very nicely put on my side I'm happy to post the pictures if anyone would like to see the texts.
I have informed the relevant local authority department who issue the kennel licence, however, I am now stuck as to what to do I'm giving him until 2:30 to return my property then i'm calling the police (he is aware) I have an appointment with a solicitor tomorrow what else can i do ? any advice would be much apprciated!
I do not have facebook twitter etc to slam him on social media and with wanting to make this a civil matter I suppose that wouldn't be the best idea as it would make me look bad, so I'm holding my husband and son off there. as much as they want to they understand it could potentially jeopardise our case if it goes to court slander etc
thanks for reading!
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CrazyDogLady87 · 21/08/2018 08:20
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