Please advise!

Hi,

I found a little dog at the weekend. He has over grown nails/dew claws, his
teeth are brown and he has a cough. He was also afraid when I reached out to
pet him. He had an ID disk, so I called the number. A lady told me she no
longer owned the dog (for the past year). She gave me her sons number as he
had originally purchased the dog from rescue.He told me I could keep the
dog, and agreed to change the microchip details over to mine. Then he called
back and said his wife knew who the owners were and wanted him back.
I got the owners number and asked if I could keep him, but they said no. I
asked if I got him vetinary attention would they pay for it, so I could make
sure they fixed him up, they said no. They also admit that he is 3 and
un-vaccinated. They threatened me on the phone, so I called the police. They
said it was ok for me to get the dog treatment tomorrow, and I told them I
wanted to take the people to court (with evidence from my vet in the form of
a letter stating the dogs condition). I was told not to approach these
people.

Next the police call, saying the owners friend has reported that I held the
dog for ransom money!
The police say they are going to visit me within the next few days.

If the dog was in good condition and loved, I wouldn't hesitate to give the
dog back. We already love him to pieces. I am in the UK.

Where do I stand???

A.

I'm not sure if I followed the story correctly, but did you say there was an
ID that showed the dog had been adopted from a rescue group? If that's the
case, have you contacted the rescue group? I don't know about how y'all work
in the UK, but I'm pretty sure leaving a rescue dog un-vaccinated would pretty
much be a violation of the adoption contract...

Good luck...

Tirya

"Andrea" <andrea22_uk(nospam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7Txlc.2651$7R6.2622@doctor.cableinet.net...
> Hi,
>
> I found a little dog at the weekend. He has over grown nails/dew claws, his
> teeth are brown and he has a cough. He was also afraid when I reached out to
> pet him. He had an ID disk, so I called the number. A lady told me she no
> longer owned the dog (for the past year). She gave me her sons number as he
> had originally purchased the dog from rescue.He told me I could keep the
> dog, and agreed to change the microchip details over to mine. Then he called
> back and said his wife knew who the owners were and wanted him back.
> I got the owners number and asked if I could keep him, but they said no. I
> asked if I got him vetinary attention would they pay for it, so I could make
> sure they fixed him up, they said no. They also admit that he is 3 and
> un-vaccinated. They threatened me on the phone, so I called the police. They
> said it was ok for me to get the dog treatment tomorrow, and I told them I
> wanted to take the people to court (with evidence from my vet in the form of
> a letter stating the dogs condition). I was told not to approach these
> people.
>
> Next the police call, saying the owners friend has reported that I held the
> dog for ransom money!
> The police say they are going to visit me within the next few days.
>
> If the dog was in good condition and loved, I wouldn't hesitate to give the
> dog back. We already love him to pieces. I am in the UK.
>
> Where do I stand???
>
> A.
>
>