I know there are people on craigslist that get free dogs then repost them with a "rehoming fee". I have a coworker that adopted a little Maltese from someone that said they were a "rescue" and the dog had had all his shots etc. My friend questioned why the dog was limping and was told she had taken him to the vet after he'd been hit by a car and there was nothing that could be done (they also used this to justify the adoption fee). When my friend contacted the vet that was supposed to have provided care for the dog there was not only no record found on that dog but none on that person. Same story with the groomer! She then noticed the dogs tags had another woman's name and phone number listed so contacted har and found this woman had got the dog for free and had immediately been hit by a car and the previous woman was led to believe her dog was dead! Luckily this little guy has a happy life now, but the limp was a $1300 vet bill and was told by their vet was because it didn't look like it had been treated at the time. |