Ok typing this out makes it seem really petty, and I know it's only a dog, but I can't seem to bring myself to just hand it back.
So 5.5 years ago, my sibling got a dog and after looking after it for a year they then gave it to us to look after for the winter while they were abroad. This then extended to a year and when the dog was requested to be returned we said fine but we won't take the dog again after the summer, if we give it back we won't take it again. So we've ended up keeping the dog for 4.5 years now without a gap. Occasionally the sibling has asked for it back but has never been in a position where they could look after the dog, or at one point I was pregnant, so our parents told my sibling not to upset me. Last summer after much discussion my sibling told me that they wanted the dog returned in June 2016. I have disputed the ownership rights in response and now neither of us are speaking. My sibling wants to fly the extremely timid dog on a long distance flight to a hot country and I actually don't think that the dog would survive the flight and it does not enjoy being hot. Obviously it's very upsetting that we are now falling out over this, but as I've said, I can't bring myself just to hand it back. Apart from the money side, (vet, food and dog walker bills for 4.5 years) I've put an enormous amount of effort in for this dog. For 2 years while working I got up every day at 515 to walk it before work and now as a sahm I have to juggle walking it and looking after a toddler on my own for most of the week. I don't begrudge this to the dog at all as we all love it dearly and it's one of the family, but I feel this effort should be recognised. Anyway rabbitting now. Wwyd?