but..it's a dog

[Danzig]

look, i know this board is populated by animal lovers-- i have a dog and a cat myself, and have taken in several strays over the years that were dumped by uncaring humans. but this is ridiculous. story i just heard on the local news here--but about a woman in san antonio, tx. her 10 year old bulldog disappeared, and a $500 reward did no good. so she offered up her car, a just paid-off, customized mustang.

she got her dog back, some guy got her car. so now, no car, depending on her family to get her around. that's just crazy.

[31lengths]

How many of you would take the car of a someone who loves their dog that much?

Originally Posted by 31lengths

How many of you would take the car of a someone who loves their dog that much?

I would.

[trifecta124]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

I would.

I couldn't take the car. I would take the $500.

I don't like Ford cars anyhow.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

How many of you would take the car of a someone who loves their dog that much?

I wouldn't.

I would take the Mustang and have a replica of her dog painted on the hood and I would drive by her house everyday laughing and honking my horn.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

I would take the Mustang and have a replica of her dog painted on the hood and I would drive by her house everyday laughing and honking my horn.

This doesn't surprise me at all.

[Mortimer]

He is a VERY bad man!!!



Excellent question Cajun.









I would have refused any reward and been happy to give the little wuffie back to his/her loved ones.


















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[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

How many of you would take the car of a someone who loves their dog that much?

i'd have taken it but traded it for $ to someone who loves cars that much.

it's win-win-win.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

How many of you would take the car of a someone who loves their dog that much?

not me, that guy shouldn't have taken her car!

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

look, i know this board is populated by animal lovers-- i have a dog and a cat myself, and have taken in several strays over the years that were dumped by uncaring humans. but this is ridiculous. story i just heard on the local news here--but about a woman in san antonio, tx. her 10 year old bulldog disappeared, and a $500 reward did no good. so she offered up her car, a just paid-off, customized mustang.

she got her dog back, some guy got her car. so now, no car, depending on her family to get her around. that's just crazy.

Boy...you're really reeling them in with yet another of your mundanities of life threads.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

http://www.eonline.com/news/article/...7-29df6a9d8973

LOL...Last I heard,these women running the adoption agency are adamant about not giving the dog back to these 11 year old girls. I think it's an honest mistake,and I think it's actually pretty normal to be too embarassed to give a dog back.Who wants to admit they made a mistake when they adopted a dog? Especially,when you have to admit it to what appears a couple women that appear a lil too dog-centric to begin with.This is gunna make people never want to get a dog from an adoption agency.Get them from a breeder.Once you get a dog,that should be your dog.You need to be responsible for it.These 2 yentas need to let go.I mean check the people out to begin with(that are adopting,) and trust that they will take good care of the dog,and if they can't,you need to trust them to find a good home for the dog.

"a rep from the agency went to the hairdresser's home Sunday night, police in tow, and removed the dog, much to the devastation of the children."

Damn Nutcases.......Need to get a man(or a woman) to get with, and leave the dogs (that have homes)
alone,cuz you're fruitcakes.

[Riot]

The dog was not wanted. It ends up at the agency. The agency tries to place it in a permanent home. Ellen (and I like her) decides the dog is too inconvenient (due to not getting along with her cats) and gives the dog away, clearly breaking her adoption contract, which says the dog has to be returned to the adoption agency.

Too bad Ellen would be embarassed to return the dog. That's what she agreed to. People adopt dogs on whims all the time. Ellen is just another one. Good for the agency for taking the dog back. That's called permanent reponsibility for the lifetime of the animal (who has now been in two homes - it's original, and Ellen's, that gave it up).

You think breeders are "better"? Not real ones. I just got a 4-year-old dog I bred back from Ontario. The people (who swore they loved him and would give him a lifetime home and paid a good amount for him as a rare and valuable pedigree-show-coursing dog with excellent conformation, who did win in the ring and in the field) didn't want him any more. It's in my contract they can't give this dog away to anyone, it must come back to me. The dog is microchipped in my name. I would gladly walk in anywhere with the police and take this dog back if they had given it away - no matter how many crying children would miss him. I refunded the full purchase price and drove to Detroit to pick him up at the former owners convenience. Oh, by the way, they neutered the dog without telling me. Glad they wanted those valuable, rare bloodlines. And these people jumped through hoops when I interviewed them multiple times before placing the dog with them.

Sometimes it just doesn't work out, and people that truely care about the dog for it's whole life take responsibility for that. I see no fault at all with the adoption agency. Ellen should pay attention to her contractual agreements. If she wanted a dog with no strings, she should have gotten a dog out of the newspaper, not from a private adoption agency.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Riot

The dog was not wanted. It ends up at the agency. The agency tries to place it in a permanent home. Ellen (and I like her) decides the dog is too inconvenient (due to not getting along with her cats) and gives the dog away, clearly breaking her adoption contract, which says the dog has to be returned to the adoption agency.

Too bad Ellen would be embarassed to return the dog. That's what she agreed to. People adopt dogs on whims all the time. Ellen is just another one. Good for the agency for taking the dog back. That's called permanent reponsibility for the lifetime of the animal (who has now been in two homes - it's original, and Ellen's, that gave it up).

You think breeders are "better"? Not real ones. I just got a 4-year-old dog I bred back from Ontario. The people (who swore they loved him and would give him a lifetime home and paid a good amount for him as a rare and valuable pedigree-show-coursing dog with excellent conformation, who did win in the ring and in the field) didn't want him any more. It's in my contract they can't give this dog away to anyone, it must come back to me. The dog is microchipped in my name. I would gladly walk in anywhere with the police and take this dog back if they had given it away - no matter how many crying children would miss him. I refunded the full purchase price and drove to Detroit to pick him up at the former owners convenience. Oh, by the way, they neutered the dog without telling me. Glad they wanted those valuable, rare bloodlines. And these people jumped through hoops when I interviewed them multiple times before placing the dog with them.

Sometimes it just doesn't work out, and people that truely care about the dog for it's whole life take responsibility for that. I see no fault at all with the adoption agency. Ellen should pay attention to her contractual agreements. If she wanted a dog with no strings, she should have gotten a dog out of the newspaper, not from a private adoption agency.

Yes,don't get dogs from adoption agencies.Get them from breeders,and don't sign anything saying these people have any rights to this dog anymore.You will see that this is gunna result in people not wanting to take dogs from these agencies anymore.Buyers don't need this ****.I have seen some of these adult MINPINS that need homes,and I have the set up to give them happy homes,and was gunna maybe get another one in December.Now,I will not go on those sites anymore.I will buy a pup from a breeder,and it will be because this bitch took this dog away from a couple human beings who loved him.That is just not cool.That is not the way to deal with it.It's overkill.Find some middle ground,and start thinking about humans a lil more.

[Riot]

Yes,don't get dogs from adoption agencies.Get them from breeders,and don't sign anything saying these people have any rights to this dog anymore.You will see that this is gunna result in people not wanting to take dogs from these agencies anymore.Buyers don't need this ****.I have seen some of these adult MINPINS that need homes,and I have the set up to give them happy homes,and was gunna maybe get another one in December.Now,I will not go on those sites anymore.I will buy a pup from a breeder,and it will be because this bitch took this dog away from a couple human beings who loved him.That is just not cool.That is not the way to deal with it.It's overkill.Find some middle ground,and start thinking about humans a lil more.

We do think mainly of the humans. That's the problem. Overkill is what we do to excess dogs that are inconvenient to humans. It's a uniquely American attitude of disposability - they buy it, they toss it when it's no longer wanted.

That's why those agencies, with all the contracts, have come to exist in the first place. Adoptive homes ending up being worse homes than where the dog came from. Try to adopt an ex-racing greyhound from some groups - some have contracts that say you can't ever let the dog off leash (for example, in a dog park). Some are the "permanent owner" of the dog.

Every breeder I know has a contract that says the dog comes back to them if it's ever not wanted. Not every breeder that exists, certainly. Anyone who watches their dogs have sex calls themselves a "breeder", and the term means little to nothing, as obviously, it depends upon the person behind the term.

Those that want a dog without being beholden to anyone else about what happens to that dog during it's life have a multitude of places to obtain one from. It won't make any dent in the more controlling agencies, in my view.
Some folks obviously would be better off with stuffed toys rather than living animals.

[Mortimer]

BARK!!!





WUFF!!!!

[paisjpq]

it's all about what you can afford....if I could give someone a car to get my dog back you can bet your ass I would do it.

[Mortimer]

Well done.






Not the dog.

What you said.



Reawrding with a car is as you put it.

But betting your ass ....ah don't know.

[paisjpq]

so true Morte...my dupa is not worth betting on....now yours on the other hand....

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

so true Morte...my dupa is not worth betting on....now yours on the other hand....

Well it does have a skin illustration of you on it....don't ya know.