Originally posted by Karen
Everyone, Darlin' is an older dog, not a pup. Darlin' is an adult, stable and demands less time and attention than a young pup especially of a Collie - they are herding dogs, active, bright and energetic.

I am sure Cayter's heart is broken over this.

No one needs to post here about what they think of Cayter's parents - THEY do not read Pet Talk. And, frankly, I think Cayter is being as responsible in this situation as she can be. She tried for months to work it out. She contacted the breeder, and made arrangement there. She did not do any of the awful things that are often done to dogs. I won't go into the the "coulda beens" - because they aren't going to happen.

Do not yell at her, please. You wanna yell? PM me and yell!

But the strength of Pet Talk is that we care. We care about animals. This causes dissention sometimes, but only because we DO care.

And that's a good thing.
Well said Karen. I feel the same way.

I understand everyone's point here, but seriously, some of you are going WAY overboard. What has happened has happened has happened. Its a thing of the past, and there's no way you can go back in time and make Ozzy's adoption something that never happened. It ALREADY happened. Cayter ALREADY got Ozzy, months ago. I agree that it wasn't well thought out enough, but sheesh, would you all just stop hurting her so personally? For heaven's sake, the girl is 12 or 13 years old. Girls at that age are so very sensitive. I know she is well aware of the wrong that happened in this whole issue, and I'm certain she regrets it, and has learned a valuable lesson from this. Her heart is already hurting so much. How sad that the same people who care SO much about a dog could care less about the feelings of their fellow human beings.

Ozzy will now hopefully go to a home where he will get all the love and attention he deserves. The end results will hopefully be good. Enough criticism. I'm sure Cayter got our point 3 pages ago. This was a huge lesson for her to learn, and I'm sure it will have a great impact on her life.