I "adopted" my yorkie from a coworker. We work in a small office, and this poor dog was bored out of his mind. He was a classic "nervous little dog" who was always shaking a bit.
I started walking him because I really needed the exercise, and I figured he did too. I did not even like small dogs before I met this little guy, but needless to say, after a few walks I fell in love. I started dog-sitting for him, and eventually we agreed that she would sell him to me.
I told her that I would pay his original cost + all veterinary care. She told me that she would need some time to put all the receipts together, but I assumed it would come out to several thousand dollars. I took him home with me, and figured I would pay her whenever she got the final price together.
AND THEN today she tells me that she misses him too much and that she thinks she would rather take him back. I am heartbroken!
If I'm honest with myself, I know I'm very upset for my loss, but I thought we both knew it was better for him - she admitted to me that she almost never walked him, and this is a dog that does well with 90 minutes of daily exercise. He has not been properly socialized or house broken. And the kicker is that he needs $1,000 of dental work, which she cannot afford! I had been waiting to pay her first before scheduling his surgery.
If she says she definitely wants him back, I will give him back, but I am very upset. I don't think she is doing what's right for the dog. He became more strongly bonded to me than her even while she was still his owner, and I really think it's because she doesn't pay much attention to him. She does love him, but she's more into the fact that he's cute and she can dress him up. She does not take care of him as a dog.
I guess this is a lesson to me to legally buy a dog the next time around, rather than keeping it informal.
