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11-21-2002, 04:33 PM
Last Friday we got an adorable Poodle in who someone had picked up as a stray. They had found her on Tuesday and put up signs hoping to find the owner. I was hoping to NOT find the owner because she was in need of a grooming, had black gunk encrusted into her fur in several places, overgrown toenails, not spayed, not on heartworm preventative (found that out later), etc.
Anyway, her owner saw a sign and found out she was at our shelter on Sunday but she didn't call us until Tuesday. She said she was on her way but she never showed up :confused: On Wednesday some weird guy came in and said he was the owner's cousin. We wouldn't release her to him though and said we needed the owner to come in with vet records and pictures as proof. So now she is supposedly coming in tomorrow (Friday).
I am upset and confused. By law, she is ours after we have her for 72 hours and we've had her a week now. The manager doesn't want to give her back but I think the President of the Board said we had to. This woman has already blown us off before and I hope she blows us off again. When she talks to the manager on the phone, she acts so put out. She doesn't even have time to pick up her own dog !!!!!!!!!!!! :( I just know she has the poor thing sitting in the backyard alone all the time. I wonder why she even wants her back. Oh yeah and on the phone she said, "How much is this crap gonna cost me?"
ARgh. So if tomorrow she goes back to the woman who doesn't care for her, I was wondering if you guys could say a prayer that she'll be happy there. She's really the sweetest girl. all she wants to do is be around people. You can tell she hasn't had much attention, but that hasn't changed her. I walk around work holding her like a baby.
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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid39/p8d3be0974fc63e77af3d9972d53a1063/fd0519c9.jpg
Anyway, her owner saw a sign and found out she was at our shelter on Sunday but she didn't call us until Tuesday. She said she was on her way but she never showed up :confused: On Wednesday some weird guy came in and said he was the owner's cousin. We wouldn't release her to him though and said we needed the owner to come in with vet records and pictures as proof. So now she is supposedly coming in tomorrow (Friday).
I am upset and confused. By law, she is ours after we have her for 72 hours and we've had her a week now. The manager doesn't want to give her back but I think the President of the Board said we had to. This woman has already blown us off before and I hope she blows us off again. When she talks to the manager on the phone, she acts so put out. She doesn't even have time to pick up her own dog !!!!!!!!!!!! :( I just know she has the poor thing sitting in the backyard alone all the time. I wonder why she even wants her back. Oh yeah and on the phone she said, "How much is this crap gonna cost me?"
ARgh. So if tomorrow she goes back to the woman who doesn't care for her, I was wondering if you guys could say a prayer that she'll be happy there. She's really the sweetest girl. all she wants to do is be around people. You can tell she hasn't had much attention, but that hasn't changed her. I walk around work holding her like a baby.
:(
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid39/p8d3be0974fc63e77af3d9972d53a1063/fd0519c9.jpg