Bought a dog - person wants it back..aibu?

[mrsdaz]

I bought a dog 2 days ago from a lovely lady who was finding it hard to manage him due to working full time etc.

Agreed sale on Tuesday, collected him Thursday evening. All well. She has been in touch since by text to see how he is.

Yesterday got a text saying she's missing the dog and would have him back in a heartbeat.

Today I've had a text message from her daughter asking for the dog back. Plus subsequent phone call that I didn't answer.

Aibu to keep the dog? He's so happy and isn't pining for previous home etc. He will be with someone all the time rather than alone all day and has a companion dog here.

Who would give the dog back?

[HeartsAndClubs]

No I have nothing to do with this dog I call bullshit. Either you have something to do with the dog’s previous owner, or you’ve done this yourself in the past.

As for “she can get another dog,” doesn’t that go both ways? Not that I’d advise this woman to get another dog since she wasn’t capable of looking after the last one.

And advising the OP to get another dog just shows that you have no consideration for animal welfare and consider animals to be commodities and nothing more.

“Some very stupid people on this thread” indeed.

[Dullardmullard]

@scubadive

There’s some very unpleasant and stupid people on this thread.

No I have nothing to do with this dog.

I have raised the issue of money as peephole were posting that she only wanted it back to make more money, crazy speculations about it all being about money, I was merely pointing out that she had lost money and it was the op would had gained.

Op had confirmed that she has offered more money for the dog back, this is how desperate she is to have her dog back.

People were slagging the ex owner off for not doing all the proper checks, I was merely highlighting that perhaps the saintly op hadn’t done all her proper checks.

Very little info has been posted, nobody has any real idea as to the ex owners situation, how good or bad she was as a dog owner. The op herself has stressed that she was a nice lady and has not suggested any poor treatment.

Perhaps her family have stepped in once they found out what she had done and perhaps yes they have offered to help. Perhaps the mum hadn’t wanted to burden her children, perhaps they have said they would all chip in for doggie daycare. They could be 100 different scenarios but the op says the previous owner was trying to do her best for the dog and so obviously a good owner, putting her dog first.

I have merely pointed out that people can make mistakes, this owner very quickly realised hers and the op had only had the dog for less than 2 days. What was there to loose for op to hand the dog back and give this poor lady a second chance, that would have been the kind thing to do.

I remain shocked at all the immediate callous piling on, slagging off the previous owner to the hilt, saying it was all about money, what a terrible person she was, etc etc when no-one knows anything about her.

All we know is one side from the op, there are two sides to everything and people should just be kinder and more tolerant. The attitude on her has been very grabby, he’s mine now, I have myself a bargain and I’m keeping it, sod the consequences for anyone else.

The op says she offered £300 as this is all she could afford, dogs are expensive to look after and so perhaps the op should have stuck with the one dog she has already and that she actually can’t afford a second dog.

And why go ringing up about dogs that are priced out of your range?

Maybe the owner took such a discount as she liked op and wanted the best for her dog, maybe the ex owner is a nice person unlike lots of the people on this thread. There’s definitely a lot of anger and unpleasantness out there.

If she the original owner gave a shit she’d of given back to the breeder not some random on pets4homes

She did rehome and that’s on previous owner not her family ffs she’s a grown adult and what’s changed in 2-3 days. Her family finding out the dogs gone.

Officially now that the chip has been changed the Op is now the legal owner and these people are harassing her.

[Bumblebee1980a]

Delete and block.

I imagine she has a better offer with something saying they would pay the £500.

She hadn't even bothered to house train him which isn't the attribute of a caring dog owner.

[DissociativeBitch]

What's happened @mrsdaz ?

[Scarlettpixie]

Keep him OP. It sounds like he will have a lovely home with you. Block the sellers relatives.

[daisyjgrey]

I had this!!

I ended up having to report the old owner to the police after she threatened to dognap him after breaking into my garden.

Keep hold of him, make sure he's chipped and insured and you have proof you've paid etc. People are bat shit mad!

[TenThousandSteps]

Block the previous owner’s number .... If I buy a toaster from Sainsburys they can’t then demand it back. That’s not how the law of contract works.

[saltinesandcoffeecups]

Nope... the dog is yours.

I’ve become human to 2 cats in a situation similar to this. The first was while in University when I agreed to take in a friend’s cat while he was between homes. He led a typical chaotic lifestyle for someone at that stage in life and after about 6 months, I said he’d be staying with me. Lived with me from 6 months to 15 years when we lost him to cancer.

The second was a young cat of a neighbor’s niece, who found herself pregnant, unemployed, and having to move back in with her mother after the cat had had been with us longer than it had been alive we again told the original owner the cat was staying with us. He’s now coming up on his 4th anniversary of coming home day.

In both cases I felt bad for the original owners, but not bad enough to let the cats go back to unsuitable homes. They both cared for their cats but were not in a good place to provide stability.

In both cases after some time had passed they were both happy that their cats found a home with me. After the second one tough I’m going to start warning anyone that it’s a real possibility that any animal coming to stay might stay permanently

[me109f]

If the dog is happy and you are as well, keep him.