This 26-year-old woman is the proud owner of a large-breed purebred dog with the kindest temperament. Her dog spent pretty much every day with her neighbors and their dog, since she worked long hours.
Sadly, it got to a point where she could no longer afford to own her dog, and her neighbors offered to adopt her, but with a catch (or two).
Her neighbors said that if she paid to put up a 6-foot-tall vinyl fence and put up money for allergy testing to be done on her dog, they would happily take her in.
“Initially, before this, I offered to give them a year of her [medication] and food cost in cash cause they are the perfect home for her,” she explained.
“But they countered with this. Mind you, they are not poor or struggling, whereas I’m a 26-year-old living alone, managing a house with some pretty serious mental illness.”
“I ended up surrendering her, and in 2 days, she was with a waitlisted family that had NO issues paying for her monthly med fee or expensive food.”
Her dog’s new owners absolutely adore her, and they used to have another dog of the same breed with close to the same name. She couldn’t have dreamed of a better situation for her dog, and she is overjoyed.
However, her neighbors have noticed her dog is no longer at her house, and they’ve been texting her asking where her dog went. She replied in a vague way, but now she’s wondering if she should tell her neighbors the truth and that she already found new owners for her dog.
Hopefully, in a couple of months, she can move and will no longer have to interact with her neighbors.
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“I didn’t feel psychologically safe to ask my neighbors one more time. They know I have autism, and they are opportunists and predatory. So I just never told them,” she added.
“Please don’t shame me for rehoming her, I am not proud of being an irresponsible pet owner… but it was the most responsible decision given my situation.”
No, I don’t think she should clarify to her neighbors that she already found a new home for her dog. It was so rude of them to try to get her to pay for all those extra things!
But if she does want to say something to them, she should leave it at she couldn’t afford their asks, so she found an alternative rehoming solution.
It was so generous of her to have offered to pay for her dog’s medication and food for an entire year to begin with, especially since she’s having financial troubles.
Usually, when you adopt a dog, it’s the other way around: you have to pay for their needs and an adoption fee; it’s not the owner or shelter giving you money.
Do you think she should tell her neighbors about what she did?
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