Crazy woman and her dog

Oooooh my gaaawd you guys, I just got one of the craziest week I had two weeks ago! I wanted to wait for a few days before posting because my mind was kind of still reeling in the events that transpire the day. Now, I feel like I should tell everyone this story I had about this lost dog and the dog's owner.

At around 11AM or so, my youngest sister spotted a lost Husky pup wandering in my parents' house. Naturally, my youngest sister approached it and saw it had a name and phone number. The next thing I know, I suddenly got invovled when my youngest brother wanted to borrow my phone to contact the person's number on the tag from the dog. I went out and see and contacted the number. The owner was a female and didn't live too far from where we were. In fact, she lives at least a block away from ours. We told her we found her dog. Five awkward seconds later, she asked "which dog?" and we responded with "a husky named Tera". The owner then said she's at work and asked us to text her where we lived after the quick call. We quickly texted her our address, then she said she won't be able to get off from work until 8. The owner said she'll contact her "boyfriend" to see if he'll be available to claim the dog. Thirty minutes passed, she said the boyfriend didn't answer her calls. At this point we were like "what do we do now?" The owner then texted again saying that she has someone in her house that will be here today and we can drop her dog off right then and there. We got a bit excited and relieved that we can removed her off our hands. BUT, not even 1,000 feet away from my home, the woman texted me saying that the person isn't available until an hour later (what...the...). We begrudgingly took the dog back and literally waited until the hour passed with no news about this person the woman claims to arrive at her house. I didn't texted her until an hour and a half later, saying "is the person home yet?" Immediately I got a reply, "not yet".

We waited for another two hours until I got new messages from her. She made excuses saying that she can't use her phone too often because of work, saying that she was sorry, and asking if I was willing to watch her dog until she arrives home. I reluctantly agree to watch her dog. My sisters and brother took turns watching the dog, making sure she has enough shading and water. At some point, we left her alone in our yard (because we weren't going to hang out with the dog under the intense heat all day, that's stupid). The dog started freaking out and eventually broke herself free from her collar. We had to grab her and put the collar back on her. The dog had separation anxiety and basically make us stay by her side in the heat.

By around 5PM my eldest sister comes home to pick her son (my nephew) up and saw the dog. My eldest sister asked why we were keeping her and just let her let go wander off. The thing is, I already committed myself to watch her until the owner arrives. I couldn't just let her go! Her owner will get mad!

By 6PM the dog eventually has to be drop off to her owner's house. We tied her up near her property and under a nice shade and left, thinking that we did a good deed. I texted the woman I dropped her dog at her house...and then the woman started flip her . "What? Where?" I said "near the fences". And then she said "im so confused" "call me back". At this point, I was getting confused. "No one is home" "im not even sure if you left her in my house" "i dont even have a side area". I was getting speechless at this point. She started calling me, and I purposely left it unanswered. She texted me again and wanting me to call her and give her clarifications. I answered her call the next ring, and I started stuttering like a fool. I muttered the wrong address when I meant to say the correct one. I didn't know why she is getting mad that I left her dog. She said her neighbors would steal her dog, which I don't even know what to say about that. Should I feel sympathetic? All I said was that a family situation made me force the decision to drop her off, then she's like "yeah okay sure whatever..." and then hanging up on me (not that I really care). She texted me again, literally accusing me for leaving her dog unattended. She thinks that I left her dog in the streets when in reality, I didn't even put her dog near the streets. We left the LEASH on her in assurance that she won't leave. We TIED her up near the fences next to her property and under a nice SHADING. Then all of the sudden she said she'll take "further actions" and "be sure of that!" By then I knew this woman is trying to sue me for dog abandonment. Stress level was going really high at this point, LOL. I don't know if I wanted to reply to her and explain. I ended up not saying anything, because I wasn't sure what to say. I made a Facebook post about it and asking family and friends to see if I can do something about it. Luckily, my eldest sister comforted and making me realize a few things. Once you leave the dog near the owner's home, it won't be your responsibility to know if the dog ran away again. As long as the dog is near your home and tied up, you can't really sue.  I can always ignore the if she wanted to text and accuse me again.

I feel great now by the way LOL. Now all I am anticipating is to see if she will arrive at my door with a lawyer saying that the crazy woman has a "case" and sue me. So far, she hasn't said anything about her dog, whether or not the dog ran away again, or if she's going to be like "okay , ill see you in court" and send me the address to the hearing.

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Heartsmith
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Wow.. Just wow
I think it would be better if you just kept the dog in your house and let the owner picked it up. It's HER responsibility anw.
You did your best to take care the dog.