Hi,
Thank you all for your responses. To clarify, though Max was abused, I did not obtain him at a rescue shelter. His previous owner (the abuser) bought him from a breeder and knows my mother. She showed up at my mother's home with him because she could not handle him (I guess when you starve a dog he becomes difficult). She dropped him off with her receipt and his registration papers.
Also, I only referred to yorkie prices as a reference point to show what he is worth.
As for a negligence case, Max was leashed and the big dog was not. Personally, an unleashed 50 lb dog owned by a small female measured against a friendly, leashed dog outweighs whatever negligence, if any, was on my end.
And as for my claim that he was a monetary asset, think about this: If someone threw up on your Marc Jacobs bag and ruined it, you would expect the guilty party to offer some type of reimbursement for the item. And no one would claim you were negligent for leaving your bag near the person who threw up on it either.
Just a thought.
please note I do not think of my dogs in the same way I do handbags and shoes. in this instance, it makes it easier to think about without emotions clouding your reasoning. |