Friend asking for dog food 'compensation'

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What do you make of this.

One of my school mum friends, (I'll call her Mary) has a dog and we often bump into each other out for dog walks and walk along together. Not super close, but chatty and friendly

Last week Mary told me she had been let down by a dog sitter for a holiday. She couldn't find anyone so I offered to help. Our dogs get on well and I'm used to having more than one, although at the moment only have one. She asked how much I'd charge but I said no bother just provide his usual food and treats, which she did. Her dogs food is a superior top end brand to the food I give mine.

All was great whilst we had him, but when feeding, the dogs seemed to favour each others food and swapped between bowls. I didn't think too much of it but did mention it to one of the other mums at the school gates in a jokey way, saying my dog obviously preferred the more expensive brand to the supermarket stuff I provided. Whereas her dog really liked the cheaper stuff.

Mary has obviously been told and today asked me if I fed my dog her dogs food. I was a bit taken aback but explained the above and of course I did give her dog its own food but sometimes dogs want what the other dog has.

She was very cold and told me to compensate her for any tins I gave my dog as she wasn't there to provide for my animal! I'm totally bemused, I saved her £100's in dog sitting fees and although I'm not now going to charge her she must see she is totally unfair.

Or am I wrong and should I buy a pack of 4 tins to give her. My DH says ignore but I don't want bad feeling.

Are you sure the other mum didn’t mention it in the sense of you looked after her dog and gave her expensive dog food to your dog and fed her dog the cheap stuff you buy?

Id be a bit miffed if someone who wasn’t looking after my dog come to me and started saying you were feeding your dog my expensive food.

Although I wouldn’t expect for anyone to let my dog eat any other dog food apart from her own anyway as it can cause upset stomachs.

Don’t buy her the food. She is a CF.

We look after a friends 2 dogs fairly often. Each time they bring us a significant gift, even though we don’t do it for that reason. They would never dream of asking to be reimbursed for dog food and will bring our dogs a treat too.

wow no good deed goes unpubished does it.

Ignore her & do her no more favours.

Don't buy the food and try to show her up, you lose the moral high ground and tbh will look a bit silly.

Just tell her she is out of order, how that made you feel and you will not be offering help again.

absolutely no chance of the op following your suggestion

this is an op who’s gunning for an audience i suspect

Send her 4 tins of food with a note saying invoice for dogsitting to follow.

Not that you send it but the threat will be there and that should set her thinking for a few days waiting for the postman...

I’d buy the tins and add your invoice at the same time

Ignore her. Don't buy the dog food - no matter what you say to other mums, she'll think she has been proved right and gossip about it with the others. If she raises it, I'd tell her your day rate for dog sitting.

Would just be grateful for the dog sitting! I pay the Cattery £30 per night and send the cat food (however when they are there they choose to eat the dry crap on offer- but then on holiday we all eat crap right)

"I'll return the food when you show some appreciation and give me the £100s I've saved you. Next time, I'd rather a bottle of wine as a thank you instead of a moan. I can't believe how ungrateful you are".

Cheeky fucker she is!

Honestly can't understand some people hahaha. As others said she can have her four tins when she pays the dog bosrding rate.

My mum looks after mine I provide food but she mixes and matches with all her own and I would never dream of asking for compensation haha, I'm happy mine get variety if its cheaper or more expensive

Suggested response:
”Just to clarify - you’ve had x number of nights free dog sitting from me and you want me to give you dog food?
Oh Mary. 😔”

Ignore her and if she asks again tell her not to be so ridiculous, the dog was well cared for, free gratis, and you will not be paying her for you to look after her dog.

She is being ridiculous. The food in somebody else's bowl is always more interesting to animals. My two cats always ended up eating from each other's food dishes even though they were being given the exact same thing.

Tinned food surely isn't that expensive. I mean, it's not some bespoke fresh food. It's from a tin. She obviously thinks that's so superior but really?

Send her a bill for looking after her dog.

I think I just fell in love with you 😂

This woman is insane. You did her a big favour.

Do not give her anything- and either reply to explain why she is getting nothing and, what's more, owes you an apology for her appalling behaviour or don't respond at all imo.

Another example of " no good deed goes unpunished "

How cheeky after you saved her kennel costs and didn't charge her. I'd tell her to jog on. If she insists tell her you've changed your mind about boarding costs and now want £30 per day, it's the going rate, for looking after the dog.

Ungrateful sod.

I think I'd be telling her to sod off, and if she really wants to get into a discussion about compensation she needs to consider that you've just saved her £40 a night on kennels or more for home boarding.

What are you smoking?

I bet that's the last time you offer to dogsit for her! What a cheek. Unbelievable she didn't bring you something nice or a bottle of wine.