name changed for this as it is potentially outing.
I know a couple who last year had to give up beloved dog as he became increasingly distressed when he was left on his own and both worked full time jobs. they also had a young baby and the dog had started to become aggressive (he had always been the "baby" and I think jealousy had a role though in hindsight this could of been due to him starting to get unwell but a trip to the vet picked up on nothing) dog went to someone they know so were able to keep in touch with dog.
anyway fast forward 11 months to now and sadly poor dog had a massive stroke that he did not recover from and had to be put down. person who took dog on has asked for contribution towards the cremation - previous owners have asked for the dogs ashes back.
this has caused a massive row as new owner wants to keep the ashes. previous owner is devastated citing that they had dog for 10 years vs them for 11 months and that whilst he will be forever grateful they took the dog on when he no longer could he desperately wants his ashes back. I think part of the desperation is the previous owner has always felt such guilt that he couldn't keep him even though it was the fairest thing on the dog and the safest thing for the baby.
I'm really not sure - new owner claims it's his dog now so he keeps the ashes whereas previous owner is in bits saying he brought him up, had him far far longer and is being expected to cover over half of the money for him to be cremated and that this is not fair.
what do we think?