My new dog has an owner, wwyd?

[iris0110]

Originally Posted by diapermommy I'm all for spaying and all. my kitten has apt next tuesday. but I'd be D#$$# is someone told me I couldnt' have MY!!!!!! animal, they would be making a medical decision and I would have to pay them back. I'm sorry but that is straight BS!!!!! Period! You're not the animal queen of the world, you have no right to make a decision or judgement regarding this dogs health or the owners care for said dog.

When irresponsible owners lose their pets and can't manage to even bother looking for them for over a week it is common practice for shelters and rescues (and the OP runs a rescue she isn't just a person off the street) to require that owners seeking the return of said pet to spay/neuter them so that should pet find themselves in such a predicament again at least they won't be adding to the pet over population problem. Our local AC has the same requirements before you can spring an unaltered animal from their shelter (you can spring them for $15 but you have to sign a contract to have your pet altered within 60days with the exception of pets under a certain age). The OP is the legal owner of this dog, she is being more than generous by giving the animal back at all. This dog is not a specimen that should be bred. In her place I think I would be hard pressed to make the same decision with such an irresponsible owner.

[bdhutier]

Originally Posted by keen1981 Happened to me. Just last week. True story. Don'tcha believe me??????

I think I saw that on the news but there were so many it is hard to keep it straight.

[EmilyMae12]

Originally Posted by bdhutier Actually LEGALLY OP is the owner and she has every right to make whatever medical decisions she wants because it is HER DOG. And frankly I think she should be the animal queen of the world! She takes dogs no one else wants and doesn't care about and makes them better and finds loving homes for them. I think the title of your highness is well earned in this case.

Originally Posted by bdhutier Just an FYI around here many pounds /shelters won't release an animal back to it's owner until it has been spayed or nurtured and a current rabies vaccine . So it isn't just the queen you have to worry about, if your animal gets out to are subject to whatever rules whoever finds them has.

Originally Posted by Mom23kids She runs a rescue and rescued this dog from euthanization. I think pretty much all rescues require sterilization before placing them, except possibly a breed specific one. IDK. I feel the op is doing the responsible and reasonable thing and I personally don't view it as anything other than an adoption at this point. The owner is lucky the dog is even alive and this lady is willing to return her at all, IMO. All cats I've ever gotten from a rescue have been fully vetted and sterilized, I don't think this case is any different. The owner's story sounds bogus to me, really, and waiting 10 days to have anyone look for the dog seems fishy.

Yup yup yup!!

We had someone at the shelter I worked at come almost a MONTH after losing her dog (who was in foster care for an injury) and volunteer recognized the dog from picture. The shelter didn't HAVE to give it back, but they did return the dog to her. She took one look at the dog, lifted her tail to look at her lady parts and said "Oh, she's fixed?!?" and was very upset because she was a "$50,000" breeding dog . . . needless to say this was a bully breed dog that was found as an injured stray in Phoenix. She took the dog back, but it was just sad because she seemed to care much more about breeding than anything else.

Sorry for the derail, but if you lose your unaltered animal and a rescue or shelter takes possession of the dog after the time period allowed by law they have every right to alter it. Spend a day "in the back" at an open admissions or "kill" shelter as they are called and then tell me whether this or any other dog should be spayed/neutered.

[Dory]

Originally Posted by Mom23kids She runs a rescue and rescued this dog from euthanization. I think pretty much all rescues require sterilization before placing them, except possibly a breed specific one. IDK. I feel the op is doing the responsible and reasonable thing and I personally don't view it as anything other than an adoption at this point. The owner is lucky the dog is even alive and this lady is willing to return her at all, IMO. All cats I've ever gotten from a rescue have been fully vetted and sterilized, I don't think this case is any different. The owner's story sounds bogus to me, really, and waiting 10 days to have anyone look for the dog seems fishy.

the other alternative to a rescue getting her was euthanasia. Dead dogs can't reproduce very well. Maybe next time she'll use a boarder or carry Precious in her purse.

[~happy2Bamommy~]

Originally Posted by diapermommy I'm all for spaying and all. my kitten has apt next tuesday. but I'd be D#$$# is someone told me I couldnt' have MY!!!!!! animal, they would be making a medical decision and I would have to pay them back. I'm sorry but that is straight BS!!!!! Period! You're not the animal queen of the world, you have no right to make a decision or judgement regarding this dogs health or the owners care for said dog.

Technically the dog would be dead right now if not for the OP. Just in case you missed it, she actually rescues dogs knocking on deaths door. If it had not been for the OP, there would be no dog to return to first owner.

She actually is well within reason to require this animal be spayed. If the owner had found her pet on day 1 at the shelter, she would have been required to have her spayed there too. That is pretty standard for any shelter/rescue group.

[diapermommy]

okay okay, i get it.
I was in a bad mood, sorry

it just always feels like people are so quick to judge. we have no idea if or when this person started looking for her dog. good pet owner loose their dogs too sometimes.