This world is full of dangers lurking and there are many unforeseen and tragic events that can happen. One of them is losing a dog.
Any pet owner will confirm that it is a stressful event that’s filled with wondering about what had happened, and fear that you will never see your pet again. And if you don’t find the pet, the hardest thing is to accept the fact that it might not be alive.
Fortunately, many lost pets are found by the owners. In other cases, the lost animals stumble upon kind people willing to provide them with a loving home. We have her one of those stories.
Reddit user with the handle u/Sea_War8327 posted a question, “AITA for Refusing to Give Someone “Their” Dog Back?” They found a puppy under their staircase and decided to keep it after unsuccessfully trying to locate the owners.
Six years have passed, and a former owner appears, demanding the puppy (now a big, adult dog) to be returned to him. Who is right here?
The person who bought it and lost it, or the person who had provided a loving home, medical care, food, and shelter for the past six years?
Take a look at this interesting story:
OP asks:
She found a Newfy puppy under the stairs of her apartment six years ago, and she took him in after unsuccessfully trying to locate the owners.
She recently posted his pics in a Facebook group, and the previous owner sent her a DM
The previous owner wanted to meet and to take the dog
OP started panicking. She couldn’t believe he wanted the dog that had spent six years with her. He doesn’t even remember his first owners. He was a puppy when he got lost.
He got angry and started threatening
OP is not sure what to do
Story in short:
OP also posted clarification about why she doesn’t think this is a scam:
The Redditors backed OP on this one:
The dog is middle-aged now, and set in his ways
He bonded with the OP
It would harm him to change a family and the environment.
One Redditor suggested OP to make a list of expenses, just in case the previous owner decides to go legal on her:
And it is a hefty sum:
OP agreed it is a good suggestion
One Redditor shared their experience:
They managed to fight off the previous owners (who were seriously neglecting the dog)
Makes sense:
This is how you do it:
It all comes down to this:
So, people, what would you do in this case? What strikes us the most is the previous owner’s insisting on how much he paid for the dog.
And every time that pets and prices are put in the same sentence kind of makes us uneasy. How can you put a price on life?
The other thing is his complete unawareness of the past six years. The dog has a new life, he bonded with his new owner.
Why would he want to ruin his life? It makes us think that the only reason he wants the dog back is that “It is his because he paid for it.”
It is not the dog’s well-being, for sure.
