[yorkietalkjilly]

I hope the older lady who felt her dog was being kept from her despite her ability to now get it needed medical care and wanted it back wasn't made to say something she didn't truly volunteer to do to get her dog back and it's not a provisional kind of return - unless there is far more to the story concerning the dog's welfare we don't know about. If my Tibbe were being kept from me after surrendering him for care I was now somehow able to provide, I would probably be on here calling it stealing or worse because I'd be hysterical at that point. No, I'd be beyond hysterical. You'd think rescue, once they saw the dog could go back home and get care, would return the dog to its owner for the medical care and alert Animal Control if the welfare of the dog as to teeth, nutrition and cigarette smoke or other conditions were concerned and been done with it unless there are worse factors we don't know about.

It was terribly good of the rescue to work out the terms they did with the vet. But that terse statement about the coming retraction seemed.......a little too leading and certain about the statement to come and the tone of the words it would contain and had a bit of an or else quality about it to me.