UPDATE on Doberman rescue
OK, these people that have this dog, there is no nice way to say it, they are dirt bags. They are now trying to get money for their poor neglected dog that they were so willing to just give to my BIL. He can't be involved, he is a police officer so he just told us about the dog and we had to contact him on our own. My MIL talked to the owners who now want to get some money for their dog. They have a "buddy" who will pay $200 for him, so they don't just want to give him to us for nothing. We explained to him that we want him to go to a really nice rescue where they will neuter him,microchip him, test him for heartworms, treat him if necessary, and carefully screen a wonderful home to put him in where he will live in the lap of luxury and sleep on a down comforter every night of his life, and most importantly, make sure he has found his forever home. Well, they don't give a rat's ass about that, they just want money. I'm not really in a position to pay $200 for this dog to turn over to rescue but I'm agonizing over the thought of him being bounced to another dead beat or just left in his own back yard to rot, and don't know what to do. I have not called my contact at doberman rescue back to see what he suggest that I do. She promised us that she will not sell him before Monday but I don't know how confident I am about that, all I can do is pray that she won't. My MIL said if we show up with $100, which we can both probably put up $50 each between us, she would probably hand him over to us, so I have a feeling that's what we'll have to do to get him. I can't just leave him there to rot. I will talk to the rescue guy again, maybe he can go with me to get him. The thing is, she apparently really loves the dog and likes the idea of us taking him since she likes us, but she has no idea that I plan to give him to rescue to find him a good home and I was hoping that he would go directly to rescue and not have to come to me since I assume he is probably not good with cats since he has not been around them and been a back yard dog. We could always lock the cats up for the night and take him in for the night, Steve is just nervous about that because he doesn't know if this dog will bite one of the kids or God forbid one of the cats gets out, or what if he doesn't get along with Greta? What should I do????? These people live in a horrible neighborhood, rampant with crime, another reason I just wanted the rescue place to go pick him up. Help! KIm! Tell me what I should do! I never had a situation like this with springer rescue so I don't know what I should do, I don't know how ethical you have to be when dealing with people, can you lie and tell them you are taking him when you are really giving him over to a rescue, I just don't know what I should do. I just know that I have to get him. Hopefully they will wait and not sell him off. I will place another call to the rescue guy tonight and see what he says I should do. I friggin hate people that buy a dog like this that they can't care for. I am so nervous that he is full of fleas, ticks and heartworms. This sucks.
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