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A thank you would of been nice.

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Scoobydobbywho · 01/06/2019 20:38

So my dh and 2 ds were going out Wednesday evening, when our oldest ds spotted a dog running down our road on to a bit of green we have nearby. I tried to catch it as we couldn't see anyone with it but it was a bit skittish and ran back down the road towards a busier road. Eventually managed to catch it and get in in the car. No name tag so took it to the nearby vets who scanned it, luckily it was chipped. They called the owner who was going to come and pick up the dog. We left my name and number expecting a thank you. But nothing nada. Was I expecting too much. Sorry that was a bit long.

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Bambamber · 01/06/2019 22:50

The vet absolutely could pass on the details if they were specifically left for that person.

In my experience, some owners are very appreciative when their lost dog is found.

In a lot of cases the owners couldn't give a flying fuck and sometimes even drag their feet coming to collect their own animal. Sometimes expecting us to house it overnight and feed it for free when we need the space for animals that actually need medical treatment. We usually see these dogs more than once.

It could be that the owner was unappreciative. Or it could be that the person that handed over the dog wasn't the same person you dealt with and wasn't aware you left your details. Or it was the same person but they forgot you left your details. Or the owners had every intention of phoning but simply forgot. Lots of possibilities

LilQueenie · 01/06/2019 23:06

A thank you would have been nice but do is doing a good deed without expecting anything in return.

LilQueenie · 01/06/2019 23:06

so not do.

NoSauce · 02/06/2019 00:00

We left my name and number expecting a thank you. But nothing nada

As some pp have stated that I left my name and number so that they could thank us, that was not the case. The vet asked me to leave it

Which one is correct?

ssd · 02/06/2019 08:05

The issue here isn't whether the op left her name and number cos she wanted thanked or cos the vet asked for it, it's the fact she did the right thing and it wasn't appreciated. That's shit, manners cost nothing.

AnAC12UCOinanOCG · 02/06/2019 08:20

It's pretty obvious OP left her name and number when asked and, as a side effect, expected them to be used to be thanked.

Of course the owners should say thank you. When I took a cat to the vet in similar circumstances the owner thanked me profusely and insisted on paying me back for the vet bill (cat had a small injury but was fine). It's basic manners.

EnterUsernameHere · 02/06/2019 08:44

It's pretty obvious OP left her name and number when asked and, as a side effect, expected them to be used to be thanked.

This.
Why is everyone so picky on this thread?W
I took an injured bird I found in the garden to my local vet. They also took my name & phone number. I've never heard anything since (didn't expect to as it was nobodies pet) but they still asked for all my details.

Bluerussian · 02/06/2019 08:57

It would Have been nice to receive a thank you, it may still happen but don't fret about it. The important thing is the animal is safe.

I was fortunate that when my cat was run over and someone took him to the vet, I was actually in the vet's surgery and the rescuer came in to enquire about him so I was able to thank her profusely, personally. The vet hadn't taken her address or 'phone number as far as I know.

Once we took an injured cat to a Blue Cross hospital and the owners sent us a bouquet of flowers but we were asked for our details and also said we would take the cat if the owners didn't materialise.

NoSauce · 02/06/2019 09:22

It would have been nice to receive a thank you but I still wouldn’t have left my name and address with the vet expecting one.

ssd · 02/06/2019 11:05

I really can't see the problem with the op expecting a thank you for her kind deed, I would have expected it without a thought as I would have thanked her without a thought. People expect to be treated as to how they treat others. But often we don't realise others can be arsehole, which the op found out and came here for a moan. I don't blame her!!

PortiaCastis · 02/06/2019 11:10

The OP was asked for her name and address and whatever happened to common courtesy as in thanking someone for doing something for you.

MadisonAvenue · 02/06/2019 11:25

I found a dog while walking mine in the woods a couple of years ago. I walked around with him for an hour or so, hoping to find the owner looking for him and asking other dog walkers if they’d seen anyone looking for him. The dog was wearing a collar but no tag.

While walking I posted a pic and location of where I’d found him on Facebook and shared it onto some local pages and I also called the dog warden but being a Sunday all I got was a recorded message with information of where to take any dogs found, it was a kennels 15 miles away.

I had to phone my husband to come and find us with a spare lead so that I could get the dog safely through our estate to our house.

We drove to the kennels and they found that he wasn’t chipped, he was an old dog and we were all assuming that he perhaps had a health issue that the owner didn’t want the expense of.

The following evening a friend texted me to say that she’s seen on one of my
shared posts on one of the local pages that the dog’s owners had been reunited with him. Obviously my name was there on Facebook and they’d have been able
to see how much trouble I’d gone to but I never heard anything from them.

curiouscat74 · 02/06/2019 11:30

I found someone's cat by the side of the road and took it to the vet. I left my details and the vet called me to pass on thanks from the owner. It doesn't take much.

TitusP · 02/06/2019 13:18

I think it's poor form that the owners haven't said thank you (or maybe they just haven't done it yet). But I also think it's very poor form to expect a thank you and to leave your details for that express purpose. If I was given the details of someone and told it was so I could thank them I think my reaction would be something like this . It smacks of the people who give blood once/give a small donation to charity/give a homeless person a cup of tea and then tell the whole world about it on Facebook. You did a good deed, a thank you would have been nice, you didn't get one. Just be content with the warm fuzzy feeling inside you reunited a pet with its owner.

slowdownplease · 02/06/2019 13:24

This exactly happened to my neighbours dog, did it happen in NE Scotland, near a village beginning with P? If so, I could maybe get you in touch with the owners?

NoSauce · 02/06/2019 15:17

The OP doesn’t say that the vet asked her to leave her name and number, she says she left it expecting a thank you. It’s in the first post.

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