lukethedrifter wrote:Strange. What happened?
I adopted two puppies. One is scared of the world and the other wants to see as much of it as he can.
The black one, loves adventure. He escaped the second day I had him. He escaped again Tuesday. When I got home from work and realized he was gone I drove the neighborhood for a few hours looking for him, knocked on doors, called local animal control, made craigslist ads, etc.
I also contacted the rescue group. They made a facebook flyer and it got shared like, 500 times.
Tuesday night, I decided to get up early and start putting flyers up in the neighborhood, but I know my neighborhood. Either a good person is going to take him to local animal control or a bad person is going to keep him.
So I am leaving messages on various shelter groups, finishing up my flyer, etc...and at 9:30am there are people at my door with flyers to post in the neighborhood from the group. Ok, well, I made my own flyers which are more clear to read. But it is thanksgiving, and how amazing that they would come and help. But how weird that they wouldn't call, email or text me that they were coming. Then they were aggressive about how I could have lost him, and were angry that I hadn't knocked on doors in my neighborhood that I already knew nobody lived at.
Still, appreciative, but not changing my plans. Head to print MY flyers at my office. While there, Animal control calls me, lets me know they have him.
I call home to tell my bf, he says there are more of them here now. puts me on the phone with someone who says the dog will not be released to me, that they will make sure of it, and it is an "almost legal" thing. exact words.
I call animal control and tell them I want to pick my dog up. they say someone from the rescue group has arranged to pick the dog up.
I have a contract and the microchip in my name. the contract states legal responsibility and liability ended for the rescue group on 11/12/13.
I had to send copies to animal control to get them to agree release the dog to me.
The aggressive rescue group person who talked to me said "We are taking the reigns on this. We will arrange for the dog to go to the vet. You'll get him when we are done"...This was a random volunteer. And she was rabid. I said, I what if this dog gets loose again in years? Are you going to demand custody again? She said yes.
I didn't get a dog to share. I got a dog that I am responsible for. I am paying the fine. The level of aggression was crazy. i am leaving a lot of the aggressive talk out.
But to show up without calling or emailing (they had my phone number and email address) and just decide the dog goes back to them.....
