Friend asking for dog food 'compensation'

I'd tell the stupid mother you told this little story to what has happened since. Two dogs try each other's food once or twice and you mention it in passing as a bit of a joke. Suddenly the story is that you fed her dog cheap food and your dog her expensive food? Something has gone seriously wrong there. I presume this dog owner likes burning bridges.

Holy Lord, humans never cease to amaze me. What an utter cheek

Wow! She’s unbelievable!

I pay just over £30 a day at a local boarding kennels. They look after my dog very well and included in the price is a mid range dried dog food. They make it quite clear that their policy is; if your dog has an alternative diet, you provide it and they are happy to feed it on your behalf, but there is no discount on the daily rate because your dog is not eating the food provided by them.

My dog is on a raw diet which we find suits her, so we still have to essentially pay additionally for her food whilst we’re away.

Does this cheeky woman have any idea how much money you have saved her in the first place?! So ungrateful!

Omg she sounds nuts. How can someone even think like that? You did her a massive favour. She should offer to pay for your dogs dinners too. How did she actually thank you for this wonderful kind deed you did? Did she give a gift or offer to pay for your dogs food? She can’t be serious that you have to pay for her dogs food.

I’m afraid your “friend” is being totally unreasonable. It’s not as if you were keeping her dogs food solely for your dog, and also, it would have cost her a heck of a lot more to put her dog in kennels than it cost her having you look after her dog. In your position, I would plonk the 4 tins of food in her hands at the school gates and tell her, in no uncertain terms, that next time she needs a favour don’t bother asking me.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, of course, but the lesson to be learned from this is not to mention to anyone other than the owner what went off when caring for owners pet regarding food and which dog ate which food, as someone is bound to say something whether intending mischief or not.

I would make an invoice for dog sitting with your bank account and on the bottom put 'good manners cost nothing'.

I don't think I would bother with the food.

I would be so grateful to anyone looking after my dog, keeping her safe and happy, and I'd be additionally delighted that she was going to be mucking in with other dogs. I'd want to give her half an opened tin back.

Don't replace the food! Be honest and say you're shocked she's even dared to ask considering how much money you saved her in dog sitting/boarding fees. If she persists, send her an invoice with the price of the food taken off.

Why didn't you say to her face that she's a CF worthy of her own AIBU thread?

I would be so petty by return that I would buy one tin of the expensive food, give your dog half of it, and then give her the half that was left over, having tucked a bill into the empty part of the can for services rendered as a dog sitter. I would also ask her if she's had a sense of humour bypass while she was away. What a bitch!!!

Don't give her any tins! You gave her what the dog didn't eat and gave her dog free board and care.
If she brings it up again, I'd hand her an invoice for your services!

I agree. There would be more chance of me growing another head than giving the tight arse even a spoonful of dog food the CF.

I think I’d gave up say ‘just deduct the cost of the food off what you planned to pay me for dog sitting, that’s easiest way Mary’

I personally couldn’t give a toss about causing bad feeling - this is on her not you.

I’d buy the tins, stick a bow on them and never speak to her again.

Send her a bill detailing all aspects of her dogs care and itemised. You sound like a good friend she sounds like a pick your own four letter word 🤣

I’d write her a bill for the dog sitting charges at £45 per day. I’d hand her the bill and say out of courtesy I’ve deducted the cost of the dog food. Cash would be preferable thank you!

Lol this reminds me of when my friend lived in my spare room for 18 months rent free and dared to complain when my then 8 year old helped himself to some of "her" cereal (which I'd bought) because he thought it was ours.

YANBU OP. As a pp says, no good deed goes unpunished. With some people, the more you do for them, the less appreciative they are, because they take it for granted.

Bill her for the dog sitting then do not bother with her again. Ungrateful cow and nice one for the arsehole who was shit stirring the story with her.

Wow! Poor dog living with a woman like her. Look down your nose, snort with indignation, roll your eyes - then 180* and ignore.

Not that it makes it ok but I think she's taken it as your dog liked her dogs food so you just fed all her dog food to your dog as well as her dog. Rather than that your dog just ate the food and her dog your dogs food. Regardless, I'd buy her the food and say you're quite right, you're not here to provide for my dog and I'm not here to dog sit yours, so here's your food and kindly don't speak to me again.

Give her an Invoice for your rates and tell her to deduct the half can of dog food your dog stole 🤣 what a brat she sounds!

My dog only wants what the humans are eating.

Then she hops over the fence to see what the cat next door is eating.

Also, she sits in the front garden with her snout through the fence waiting for the man with treats who gets off the 6 30pm-ish bus and walks past our house.

Then she comes inside and observes us minutely to see what evening snacks we might try to sneak.

Her food bowl is always still full when we go to bed, but polished clean in the morning!

Animals ALWAYS want what the other guy is eating! When we had three cats, we fed them three identical portions of exactly the same cat food morning and evening, and they wasted a lot of time swapping bowls...

That’s ludicrous! When I look after my daughter’s dog and it joins mine she supplies me with loads of food and treats for them knowing they will all eat the same at the same time. Silly to give them different food so if Mary was fussy about what her dog ate she should have provided enough for all. Dogs also don’t know which is theirs, they don’t care which bowl. But I do notice that when they are all fed together they gobble it all up though will check the others don’t have something more tasty😋
I'm so sorry this woman has spoiled your generous act for all your sakes. It’s gobsmacking.

Surely you aren't going to give these tins of food? Why would you on principle! You owe her FA.

Work out the difference between your cheap stuff and her poncey stuff and hand cash over to her at the school gate. In small coins.