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

I don’t suppose they can stop you just leaving it there, however i frequently see posts in Facebook from vets saying an animal has been handed in. I guess they are very familiar with the protocol of what to do if the animal is not swiftly claimed

If you have the time I’d drop him to a kennel and send her the bill. The cheek of her.

As for neighbour - no more chances.

Only one more text needs to be sent to the neighbour and that is advising her of whatever place OP has already relinquished the dog to:

'Spot has been collected by dog warden/left with vet.'

End of.

You've gone above and beyond, OP. Enjoy your holiday.

Police?! Don’t be so utterly ridiculous dogs are not within the police’s remit ffs! This isn’t primary school and the police are not the teachers!

Call the dog warden and say you’ve found him/her wandering

Yeah that's what I would do.

You've given them fair warning. I'd probably try to call as well. If you can't get through, that's all you can do.

It's not your dog, you can't miss your holiday over this.

No, but they do have kennels and they do use them for stray dogs.

Dear friend
As you know we are going on holiday today. I have asked locally for someone to look after the dog but have drawn a blank. The kennels will take him but need payment up front. If I don’t hear from you by …… then unfortunately I will have to take dog to the vets where he will be classed as abandoned. I will happily take dog to kennels if payment can be arranged but given all current circumstances I can’t do anymore.

She’s probably gone away, some people really don’t care about their animals. The poodle my mum rescued, was found in a locked backyard of an empty house, in deepest winter, 4 days after they moved out!

I can’t believe so many people think you should pay kennel fees! Def not you’ll never see that money again! Send a message and say as she’s not collecting him by the agreed upon time you’re going to need to take him to the dog warden. They will hold him for 7 days and give her the chance to collect him. If she doesn’t he’ll be placed for adoption. Poor dog.

Even though your neighbour must be extremely upset she is not being fair to you and has abandoned her dog without much thought.
An animal shelter/RSPCA is all you can do.
You’ve been a very good neighbour I hope she appreciates your above and beyond help!

It can be the police remit out of office hours however these services take time op does not have

My mum died three days ago. I’m perfectly capable of making arrangements for my dog. As is she, she just doesn’t want to.

leave the dog in the garden with plenty of water and shade and call the rspca/dog warden to inform them the dog has been abandoned (waiting until they arrive obviously).

Me three. I hate to say it but I did think it. Is there actually a deceased mother at all? Strange how the cousin has been making excuses for the woman. That's what you do when you're lying. Get someone to cover.

I hope I'm wrong!

Until the dspca pick them up, abandoned dogs handed in, this dog technically isn’t a lost and found dog, they don’t hold them for people who are away.

Poor dog and poor you @CantGetBackToSleep for trying to do a good deed 😓

I’d be sending her a clear final message that you cannot look after the dog beyond x date and if you don’t have someone collect it you will have to take him to dog warden.

Appreicate it’s a sad time for her but she can’t just ditch all of her responsibilities to this animal onto you because she is having a hard time. Don’t pay kennel fees, you’ll never get it back.

x

Are you mad?
You seriously think a woman who dumped her dog and is ignoring calls will reimburse OP?

Also, call her one last time from no caller ID and see if she picks up to have an actual conversation?

The vet will have to inform dog warden, who will then take the dog. They then keep them for 7 days and, if unclaimed, will let a rescue have it or, if none of the rescues have space for it, in most areas will euthanise it and neighbour will then be twice bereaved.

Even with grief I find you are still aware of your responsibilities and actually it can weirdly help to HAVE to look after children/pets etc. I'd message to say you're leaving now, the dog is in her house and it's up to her to sort it out.

Necessity of the mother of all invention, she'll suddenly find a way then.

Don't think it was all plotted to dump the dog. I do believe the woman is in state and probably isn't capable of making the arrangements for the dog. Her relatives, though, are. They just don't care..
Dog warden/vets sound like the only option.

That's shocking. You should be excited about going away not stressing over her dog.

I know it's sad she's lost her mum but she's an irresponsible dog owner.

I would say that kennel fee needs to be paid in the next half hour or kennels are assuming it’s abandoned and will call rspca. So it takes heat off you a bit perhaps thigh I’d be so angry I wouldn’t care what she thinks. I’d tell her youlll never help out again.

I’m not sure they will in this circumstance. They would need the owner to engage, first of all. Then you’d be relying on there being a volunteer available today who is close enough to collect the dog.
The owner may not even be eligible for their services - is she elderly / disabled/ terminally ill?
I also believe that the CT now charge for their services.

Op think another attempt to call, then a firm text saying you’ve done all you can and you’ll now be dropping the dog off at the dog warden.

And all the neighbour needs to do to avoid that is call the kennels and give them her card details, or ask one of her family members to call on her behalf is she isn’t capable of picking up the phone.

This will sound awful but her mum died, not her child. Every one of us knows that one day, our parents will die - we’re biologically programmed for that. She is behaving really badly by abandoning her dog and ignoring all communication about it, especially as she clearly has other family around her. One of them can book the kennels.

It is entirely out of order to expect a neighbour to lose thousands of pounds on a holiday because you can’t pick up the phone and sort out dog care. If she loses her dog because of this, she has no one to blame by herself.