to be annoyed about this situation with neighbour and her dog?

*owners/parents (of course)

As pointed out, you can’t just do this. Kennels won’t take a dog without vaccination certificates and (even if they would) what is it, £30-50 a day, which Op will never get back anyway.

you would not fail to make provision for a child in these circumstances, how is a family dog really any different?! Both are entirely reliant on their owners. Even if the bereaved neighbour is heartbroken and unable to function, the person sending the text should have stepped in or found someone who could.

She hasn’t been blocked from finding out - @CantGetBackToSleep after many contact attempts has informed her where the dog is and how to retrieve. Not to mention a shitty text from the neighbours relative when enquiring what to do with the dog, bearing in mind OP was more than clear about what timescale she could offer help within.

what do you expect the OP to do? Cancel her holiday? Pay for a kennel? Why couldn’t the owner take OP up on the kind offer of a sourced kennel place and pay for her own animal to be cared for?

OP did a good thing, and has been taken advantage of.

She could live just over the Border for all you know.
Scotland is not a long way from everywhere, just from where you imagine she lives. It's often much much cheaper to get a plane to go anywhere in England and Wales
(I don't know about NI or Ireland) than get the train. The journey is over in one and, obviously, much quicker, and the woman wanted to see her mother as quickly
as it could be done. My sister has been flying down to the South West to see our parents for years because she couldn't afford the train fares, and I've been amazed at the number of people coming off the plane with just their laptop and a coat, clearly going to a meeting or whatever and then going home again.
It's a stupid opening gambit for you to make. And the fact that you view Scotland as the Faraway Land makes you look silly and weakens all your further (preposterous) arguments.

@HarshbutTrue2 and @maxslice

Genuine ask...do you think the OP should have cancelled her holiday to look after the dog?

She could have answered the phone or replied to messages, even if grief stricken. It is HER dog - @CantGetBackToSleepis not contacting her for random chit chat.

That's not fantasy I'm sorry to say but fact for some dogs who end up in council pounds.
Very much hope this is not the fate for this dog but, if it is, it will be the fault of no one but the owner. The OP had done all she could.
Kennels - no chance at this time and she wouldn't have had the vacs record in any case.
Charities - full to busting.
Neighbours said no.
Parents said no.
Easy to judge (especially as it would have helped their daughter out) but we don't know their circumstances. Or what kind of dog it is and if they were even able to look after it.
Vet (who the dog was registered with) was the best option. And just once more as it doesn't seem to have got through, we don't know what the OP said to the vet, but there is nothing to suggest that she pretended to not know the dog!

Not only the woman but the woman's relative too.

Indeed no. Let's blame the OP instead for a situation she never asked for when initially trying to help....?

Of course the OP can’t cancel her holiday and no way should she pay kennel fees. Shocking that people think she should or can, spend hundreds on someone else’s dog. The owner is responsible and the response to the OP texts is awful and manipulative. I hope OP enjoys her holiday

Ludicrous post. Have you read any of the posts explaining why the dog wouldn't be able to go into kennels, even if OP had been able or willing to pay the hundreds of pounds, possibly thousand, it would cost?
OP has more than one dog. Her parents might well not feel able to look after several.
The neighbour was very fortunate that OP was able to help her at all, but you probably think she and her family should have cancelled their holiday to care for the dog.🙄

The kennel I use is £36 a night...I couldn't afford to pay that on behalf of my neighbour for an unknown amount of time.

The neighbour is obviously with at least one family member since they have already contacted op. If neighbour is too distraught to speak, the family should have responded to op to come up with a solution. You can't just dump your pet on someone, who has already done you a huge favour, because you are grieving

OP you’ve done the right thing. If the Vets wouldn’t take him I would have down rspca too. It’s care for irrelevant of where it is and you should not have to pay.

Yes she’s going through a tragic time but it is no excuse. She can pull herself together for 5 minutes. If she can’t do that she can’t physically care for him either, so vets/rspca was the right call.

The fact she got a relative to call you and they couldn’t help coordinate care or pay for kennels is also a Mickey take.

Have a great holiday and don’t engage with the neighbour. If I was her I would be profusely apologising on my return.

As others have said, it is unlikely kennels would have space at this time of year at such short notice and that certainly wouldn't accept a dog without proof of vaccination.

So you would have cancelled your holiday and lost possibly thousands of pounds in doing do? That is amazing. Good on you. 🙄

I was devastated when my mum died, but i still managed to care for my cat

That's not at all surprising. I don't have dogs but, with notice, I'd look after a known dog or two for a known period. I wouldn't take in an unknown dog for an unknown period, and take on the responsibility of trying to get it back to its owner.

The woman is obviously having a bad reaction to her mother’s death. Some kindness is called for. Just pay for the kennels jeez, you’re parents are clearly as rigid as you are

You did the right thing OP, anyone with common sense can see that. Of course you shouldn’t have to pay hundreds to house someone else’s dog while you go away. She’s obviously grieving and not thinking straight but equally should have sorted her dog or delegated the job to someone else.

My only concern if you like is how tense and awkward the neighbourly situation will now be.

Plus, if it goes to a rescue can the owner not get him back?

Our 2 local dog charities are often on Facebook saying how full and closed to intake they are so doubt they could have taken a dog that has an owner, free of charge for however long was needed. They are also constantly putting posts on Facebook saying how skint they are and they are struggling to make ends meet

Charities shouldnt have to be expected to pick up the pieces and fincances when someone doesn't bother to sort out appropriate care for their pets. Op did a kind thing and left the neighbour/neighbours family plenty of time to make arrangements if neighbour was too distraught to think.

Op has done the most responsible thing. She has ensured the dog is in a safe place and the neighbour just needs to ring the vets to arrange what happens next/find out where the dog is. Even if neighbour can't pick it up yet, she can make arrangements with the kennel wherever the dog is as long as she doesn't keep ignoring the situation

Perhaps Maxslice could go and pick up the dog and look after it while the owner is away given they are all heart.

I’m commenting on page 26 on this thread so this may have already been suggested, but just in case it hasn’t - can’t you message the person who messaged you to tell you that it wasn’t a good time, and tell them they can sort it out for your neighbour instead?

Then either she or her relative should’ve dealt with issue rather than ignoring her obligations to the life she chose to be responsible for.

the entitlement of completely ignoring someone and not dealing with your dog. Is out of order. The favour came with a hard ending that she was aware of.

any consequence is completely her own doing and no one else’s.

It appears that the dog's owner has not got much money. At this time, she may not be able to retrieve the dog from the pound.

Be a lot cheaper than kennels. Anyway, not OPs problem, she's already done the woman a massive favour.

So in your eyes, what should op have done?

Cancel her holiday?

Op couldn't/didn't leave the dog alone.

She tried to get care for it via her own family and the neighbours... noone would take it.

She tried to book kennel but neighbour ignored her. Usually kennel needs vaccination card and part payment on booking. They also need to know how long dog would be there for, which op didn't know. My kennel is £36 a night...I couldn't afford to pay that for my neighbours pet if she refused to pay ot back.

What other options did op have to what she did?

What would you have done in this scenario that op didn't?

I think op did the only thing left available to her to ensure the dog was safe