I'm not sure if this will help your situation but, a couple I knew hada dog that they were not caring for, their dog also needed some costly vet attention, and they were wanting to rehome it. They let some friends take him for a "trial period" to see if they wanted to keep him, in that time their child cried to have the dog back so they asked to have him back and the people refused because they felt the dog was not being taken care of. in the end the other people kept the dog, despite the couple hounding them for him back.
If you really feel that your dogs former owner wasn't treating him well then just be upfront about it, even if you hadn't paid her yet you had every intention of doing so when she finally got a price together for you.
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