I want to thank all of you again for your responses. After reading through the replies, and multiple discussions with my family last night and this AM, I don't think we are going to go forward with this. The hard part is I feel bad about leaving this dog where it is currently. But I fear that to adopt him will mean spending quite a bit of money (for his needed medical care, and whatever selling price I might be able to negotiate) AND more importantly, taking a risk that she won't successfully be able to adapt to our environment, leaving us in a very difficult situation. If she didn't adapt well, I wouldn't want to return her to her current owner, and the process of rehoming her appropriately might be lengthy and time-consuming. This has been a frustrating experience and I find myself increasingly angry with the current owner, but I'm not really sure of what I can do. The dog doesn't appear to be getting neglected, but is certainly in a far from ideal living situation. |