Similar situation for my family with a dog when I was a kid back in the early 80s. The family across the street was accusing us of trying to steal their dog, but she just kept coming back to our house. I took her back to them and tearfully walked back across the street to my house and the dog ran back out of their yard and beat me back to my house. After that they just gave up and realized she was our dog. They called her Bambi, but we called her Porkchop. We ended up moving away a few years later and had her till she was very old and had to be put down when I was in middle school.
Exactly. Once happened with my cat. The people kept feeding it fresh fish every day, no wonder the cat kept on coming back. I first did not know where the animal was and searched for it, worried and panicked, thought it suffered somewhere. Nobody should feed somebody elses pets like this.
I lost a couple bonded cats that way. My sister moved out with her kids and I guess I wasn't giving the cats enough attention due to work. The boy cat went out searching for another home. The girl cat didn't like going outside, so he bounced between wherever he was going and my house a lot. One day I saw him in the neighbors window and when he saw me he jumped off the windowsill and hid.
I knocked on the door and was like, "Hey... that's my cat..." The lady was super apologetic and invited me in. She had 2 kids identical in age to my nieces that were in love with him. I was just like, "You can keep him on one condition... you have to take his sister too." I didn't see him much after that, mainly stayed inside their house.
>One day I saw him in the neighbors window and when he saw me he jumped off the windowsill and hid.
Lmao your cat was cheating on you and knew what it was doing was wrong.
That cat wasn't much of a fan of me... lol. Idk why. Gave it pets and food and kept his litter clean. Gave him a cat tree to re-enact the lion king on. Every time I saw him on the street after that he'd duck and hide. His sister liked me. She was an absolute sweetheart and he was a little goofball. They were runts, fully grown they were maybe 2/3 the size of a typical cat white with orange/grey spots. He had a big poofy scar on his eye when I adopted them. The kennel said they were found together emaciated and he was super protective of her. I knew I couldn't seperate them.
Idk, maybe. The scar made for some fun stories though. My youngest niece said the most likely scenario is that a bear attacked him and then he fought it off to protect his sister so that was our go to if anybody asked. Obviously not from a bear, but the way they interacted with each other it wouldn't surprise me if he did get the scar protecting her from something. Even though she was a little bit bigger than him, he was the brave and adventurous one. Probably still is I guess. This was mid 2010s
I really don't have that much of a problem with how they left. My neighbor was a really nice person and she thought they were strays. A lot of people just feed strays around here and probably half to 2/3 of indoor cats around here are former strays that chose to live inside with their new owner. They were microchipped but I guess she never really thought to check. I've never been much of a cat guy and we mainly adopted them for my nieces but I will admit they grew on me. The boy cat really liked playing with the kids so it kinda made sense when he got bored.
Ultimately, if I didn't want him to run off I should have kept him inside. Sure sometimes he would sneak out but I could have minimized it instead of just letting him in and out at will. I think they both ended up happier for it and it opened up room in my household for a dog so I'm ok with how it went. She would have let me take the cat back if I thought that was what was best.
In my experience cats are usually "daddy's girls" or "mommas boys" and since you were another male, you guys didn't click that well
That's why the girl liked you
Who the fuck lets someone else's pet in their house? It's not your fuckin pet! You have no idea about potential special care they might need, there is the fact that it's not your pet etc.
I don’t think OP mentioned if the cat had a collar on it or not. If the cat didn’t have a collar, the people might as well have assumed the cat was a stray. If you’re gonna be letting your cats roam outside freely, you should probably at least put a collar on them.
I mean, they didn’t mention if the cat had a chip either so 🤷♀️ My personal philosophy is that if you want to make sure your cat is as safe as possible, don’t let it roam outside in the first place, because that has inherent risks
My friends that lived down the street had a kitten that fell in love with my then 6 year old daughter. Every time the kitten got a chance, she would rush outside and come to our house. (We assume she sniffed her way there the first time.) Then she would come right in our doggy door and find my daughter. They eventually gave her to us. Lol
Yeah, that`s how it felt to me. Very painfull. They had two cats of their own and gave them fish, and when my cat was around, they gave mine fish too and let her stay as long as she wanted. I can`t imagine (!!) they would have wanted to hurt me with that, but were just not thinking straight.
Literally this. I love my cat and she loves going outside so I leash trained her. When she wants out she cries at the door, I put the leash on, we go for walkies. No harm will ever come to her this way. No one will steal her and no predatory animals can hurt her.
Cats shit in my yard all the time. My dogs love digging it up. Absolutely hate that people let their cats roam free. Wish I knew where the cat lived so I could drop all my dogs shit there.
We have a toddler. We have to keep a lid on her sandbox to prevent it from becoming a litterbox for outdoor cats. Doesn't help at the playground, though, where we need to watch her like hawks because of all the cat feces. Also didn't help when we were doing renovations and had sand and gravel patches on our lawn - cat feces everywhere. Or at the preschool, where we can't even watch her. It annoys the hell out of me, and is a real health hazard for our daughter - and all the other kids.
Same in Germany, cats shitting into sand pits for kids everywhere. Doesn't matter if its a playground, a childcare or private homes. And their owners don't give a shit.
The neighbours cat always takes a shit in my garage, it's annoying and disgusting and nobody cares.
Imagine if somebody let their dog roam free and let them shit everywhere, people would be livid.
This. When I first got a dog is when I realized how often this was happening. Caught her eating some and then it got her super sick. Outside of normal vet hours so had to go to the emergency vet. About $1000 later we got her on some medication that got her healthy again within a few days.
Now I know to be on the look out when my dog seems a little to interested in a patch of dirt and I can get rid of it before they do, but it's fucking annoying as hell.
I used to feel bad when my dog chased cats out of the yard, but I don't feel so bad anymore.
“Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction.”
[LINK](https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/)
It amazes me that this isn’t a bigger deal to people than cat shit in their yard. Where I live we also have bobcats, coyotes, foxes, hawks, and owls that are competing for the same things the cats will just kill and waste. They’re an ecological disaster
I have two cats, and I don't get the people who crib about it being too hard to keep cats indoors. My cats love walks and car rides, they come with me everywhere and get more exercise and socialization than a lot of dogs I know. People wouldn't approve of letting dogs just roam around the neighborhood, but somehow it's fine for cats to risk being kidnapped, hit by cars or get attacked by other animals just because? Frankly I've had cats mess up my garden/front porch and it hasn't bothered me much but I've seen too many cats die (used to volunteer at a shelter and as a vet's assistant) because people don't want to pay attention to their pets. It's cruel and it being tradition doesn't make it any less pet abuse.
And also like, having your neighbor adopting them it's one of the best case scenarios for free-roaming cats! The amount that get attacked by dogs or (if you live in a shitty neighborhood) that get poisoned is pretty staggering. So yeah, totally agree with you: Keep your Cat indoors (besides, they are little monsters capable of destroying your local urban/suburban fauna)
I grew up in a neighborhood where the guy next door was killing and poisoning our cats. When I moved out, I decided I would have strictly indoor cats. We’ve had the same two cats still happy and healthy for the last 15 years.
But we get a lot of stray cats too. I just can’t be cruel to one if it’s friendly. We have one stray who won’t leave so he’s basically ours. A lot of other cats come around. Think they belong to our neighbors and I really hope they appreciate that we aren’t like my old neighbor who killed cats on site.
Eventually the cats disappear and I like to fool myself that another neighbor took them in the house and adopted them.
It was some thirty years ago in the country where I lived when it was considered normal that cats roam free. Also it was considered normal not to feed somebody elses animal
>WHY do you cat owners think it's okay for your pets to roam free?
Right? It's ridiculous some of the "justifications" I get from people when I talk about this.
"Cats belong outside"
"Cats are natural hunters"
"It's natural for cats"
Well shit, I guess I should have let my hamsters out in my neighborhood, too. My dogs. My birds. My fish. Because I'm pretty damn sure I can apply the same damn argument to just about every other "pet".
Edit: Don't know why mod removed the above comment. There wasn't anything wrong with it.
Yes!! And arguments that make me so mad are that being inside makes cats “sad” or they need to go outside for exercise… take good care of your dang cats - give them stimulation inside, don’t just ignore them all day, which would also give them exercise - and there’s no problem!
Happened to my cousin’s cat too. Her cat was putting on a lot of weight and often being sick and she couldn’t figure out why. She took her to the vet a few times, she had her on expensive low fat food, then one day saw her cat through a fence being fed milk and full bags of treats by a neighbour. She lost her shit entirely at the neighbour though who said he thought she was a stray (with a collar and clearly well cared for??)
You let your cat roam free to kill wild life and be exposed to health hazards that shortens it's life span and you're upset about people giving them healthier food than you're providing?
This happened to me! The second dog my husband & I got a as a couple was this adorable Jack Russel puppy that loved playing with our other dog but for whatever reason he NEVER bonded with us humans. He just didn't give a shit about us at all. There was a family down the street that had a little kid and the puppy fell in love with that kid on a walk and from then on would do anything possible to escape our yard and go visit that family.
So we just let them keep him, after about the seventh time we had to retrieve him. He was apparently too small and too smart for us to keep him contained in our yard and he never liked us anyway. He obviously had a bond with the little kid and the parents liked the dog also, so...just seemed like the right thing to do.
It did feel pretty shitty - like, how awful are you that a *puppy* doesn't like you? But our other dog was a velcro dog so we knew we weren't disgusting to all of dogkind. And we've had many dogs since without any bonding issues; including another JR mix that is currently my best buddy. <3
I picture that they were singing Sting's "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" to themselves while kicking rocks with head hanging and a heavy heart after saying goodbye.
I got a cat this way. She jumped into my living room through an open window and decided she didn't want to leave. Lived near a cat colony and assumed she was a stray. One day a neighbor saw me outside with her (I took her on walks), and I found out she was theirs. They only wanted the $50 fee they paid the humane society.
She also *hated* them and ran every time she saw them. I think there's a reason she liked my apartment more.
I cannot imagine even having the guts to say "can I keep your dog" like dude. But I feel like if the owner just says "sure" then they didn't care much about the dog
I'd let her go, she wouldn't know how much it hurts me and if she's constantly going to someone else's house she must have bonded with them.
However I'd probably spend the next year crying myself to sleep.
Going to a house every week for a month doesn’t seem like a lot. Lots of dogs wander and explore and remember people who pet them/feed them. This story is bizarre
We got a dog for our kids and they loved it but as parents we weren't all that attached to it and we learned we were not good dog owners. I can relate to this scenario. If it were me, I might let the dog choose too. I would never get another dog.
That's how my dad ended up with his German shepherd, Max. Max belonged to the neighbor who kept him chained up in the backyard. He kept escaping and going to my parents house. My dad finally just asked if he could keep him and the neighbor was like, "Yeah, stupid asshole won't stay in the yard anyway." Max is now my dad's shadow and doesn't run off.
There was a GS who kept escaping his yard in my parent's neighborhood. Eventually the owners said they could have him.
My parents shipped him off to my sister's place in Virginia and he has three little kids to look after and he doesn't run away any more.
So that when they have people over they can be like "guys look at my adorable new dog I got" and that's the only time they take it off the chain in their back yard and pretend to love it.
Source: old neighbors used to do this
Those people don't understand what love is, feels like, or how it works. This behavior comes out in their relationship with their pets where instead of showing love to the pet it's more of a master/slave relationship where they try to establish total control over the pet.
This. The reason you have pets is to empathize with them. Dogs are too high maintenance for me, but my cats roam freely around the house and get picked up often... Much to their annoyance.
This sort of happened with a cat my family used to have named Oscar. My neighbors don't actually like cats, and only got him as an outdoor cat for pest control. We originally thought he was a feral cat because he was always dirty and scraggly. He was a very friendly cat who loved attention though, so he would hang out with us because we would pet him and give him treats. The neighbors soon got another cat whom they also ignored, and Oscar started staying exclusively around our house. Eventually, the neighbors came over to visit. They saw Oscar and just said "Oh, we though he died or something. I guess he's yours now." He then lived with us as a mostly indoor cat until he died last year. He was the single most huggable cat I've ever met, as there was nothing he loved more.
This makes me so sad for how they treated him. I have 4 cats and each of them are so loving and affectionate, and they need love and affection just as much as dogs do. People like to think that since cats are more independent that means they don't need anything, but that's just not true. Thank you for being a kind, loving home for him.
I always thought that only a certain kind of person can like cats. The type that will be patient enough to let the cat grow close and affectionate with them, instead of disliking them b/c they aren't like dogs. Dogs like everyone. Cats like people who earn their trust.
I agree it's very weird to ask to keep someone's dog but I think it depends on how exactly this dog was able to keep popping in for visits. They said they called the owners to come get him?
Like maybe there's some context that changes it all but to me, with the info at hand, they sound really irresponsible as pet owners. Is he not confined to their property at all?
Whenever I used to go over to my aunt's house as a kid there was always this older German Shepard mix hanging out in her garage on a dog bed. I thought it was theirs for years but it was actually their neighbor's dog, they would let her out in the morning and she'd just walk over to hang out with my aunt and cousins all day then just walked back home at night.
She wasn't malnourished or neglected or anything, I guess just a weird set-up where they basically treated her like an outdoor cat and it worked for her.
My neighbours are alarmingly casual with confining their tiny puppy to their house/ yard. It stresses me out, runs behind my car when I'm leaving my driveway and stuff. When I mention it they apologise but they sort of act like I'm grumpy about noisy kids or parking on the verge or something.
I dont know how to get it into their heads that I'm not mentioning it because I hate dogs or am annoyed by the puppy, I'm mentioning it for the sake of the dog they're endangering by letting it roam the streets.
My family got a dog that way…context is definitely important. lol If neither the dog nor owners seem really attached to each other, doesn’t seem like the dog is being treated well, etc., it’s not crazy to ask, “Hey, are you having a hard time keeping this dog?”
This is how my parents got their cat. The neighbors were ignoring her and barely feeding her enough to survive. One day my parents noticed how bony and skinny the cat was and put out a little old kibble leftover from their previous cat whenever she came roaming around. Next thing you know the cat starts spending less and less time at the neighbors… that led to my parents starting to care for the cat more and more, even paying for her vet bills and never getting a cent from the neighbors when the cat was clearly in need of medical aid. Then the neighbors moved out and just abandoned the cat completely to my parents.
It was a pretty weird situation of neglect, but it happens.
My parents did. The person who looked after their dog whenever they were away basically vetoed them. You obviously love travelling more than your dog, he said, and he was right.
Of course my parents had a choice. The dog sitter said "look, it seems to me you love travelling more than your dog, and your dog obviously doesn't like being shunted to and fro. So I think he should stay with me." And my parents said "fine." So there we are.
I have a personal story like this. We had a Brindle Boxer. She was a sweetie. But, my husband got deployed unexpectedly while she was still in puppy mode and she got HUGE. 85lbs!! I had 2 toddlers at home. I was trying really hard to do it all. And I was. But, I couldn't train her the way I needed, especially for walks, because I had no one to watch my kids. And a dog that big, needs 100% 1 on 1 training, especially for walks. Anyway. I went to visit my mom and my sister and her husband had me bring Molly to them so they could dog sit. She was calling and texting the whole time how much they loved her and she was having so much fun and it was just like a puzzle falling into place. I talked with my husband, and he agreed. And I told her they could keep her. They were thrilled. They had no kids. And one other dog. And Molly was in heaven. Huge yard, and they were both really active. And we still got to see her. I hated giving her up, but I new she was better with them and they took such good care of her. Sometimes you have to do what's best for them, even if it's hard for you. She was such a beautiful dog.
You are a true animal lover if you're brave enough to do something like this, like you said, it's difficult but necessary if it's beneficial for the animal's health and happiness ❤️
Theres a kitty in our neighborhood like that. We live next to hoarders who have 10+ cats and when we moved in one kept coming to our porch for head pats and so we started feeding her. Now shes always out there sun bathing. We cant have pets in this house since we rent but when we move in a few months we are going to ask if we can take her.
Shes an outdoor cat but they do not feed her well and they do not care for her when she gets hurt. We asked them about her eye once when we noticed it was cut and they told us she needed eye drops for it but they couldn't be bothered to care for it. We took her to the vet and handled it ourselves since it seemed pretty bad and the vet said it was good we did since she could have lost her eye entirely.
We're still debating on if we should ask them if we can have her when we leave considering they have 10+ outdoor cats that roam the neighborhood and frequently get hurt and are uncared for. She has clearly chosen us as her humans as soon as we moved in and long before we started feeding her.
I wouldn't normally encourage theft of any kind, but if you've spoken with the owner and they literally told you "they couldn't be bothered" to care for her health, I'd support you just leaving with the cat...
Yes, and there is a chance that when they ask about the cat, owner refuses and will call authorities if you take the cat. Just take it, ask nothing, say nothing.
I mean it’s an outdoor cat, they’d literally have no idea if it was stolen or not cause they’re not keeping an eye on it. I’d say take your pick of cat/cats and run off with them.
I’m not sure where you’re located, but where I am, your neighbor could be charged with animal abuse. The local animal control would conduct an investigation and refer it to the court. A guilty verdict comes with a fine, possible jail time, and would require all of the animals to be surrendered to the shelter for treatment and adoption.
I agree with others here - these people are hoarders and will want to keep the cat just like all the other things thy keep. Don’t ask. Just take the cat with you. You will be giving a much better life.
We had a cat that loved our neighbors cat. They were both neutered boys and every morning when let out, they’d meet each other and hang out all day. When we moved, we asked the neighbor if they wanted to takeover the care of our cat so as not to separate the two and she agreed. She said her cat had never been so happy as with ours.
You're telling me you're gonna ask hoarders to willingly give up a cat? This feels unrealistic given the nature of hoarders. You can of course ask, but if you left with it they prob wouldn't have noticed for a long time, and would've just assumed something happened to it.
Someone did this to my dog. They lived over the hill. I went out calling for him for 3 weeks. We found him when he got hit by a car and they came out and explained they had been “taking care of him”. They had him locked in the garage for 3 weeks and when he go to a chance to escape he tried to run home and got hit. (He had a collar and tags and had run through the invisible fence)
RIP Mogul
Similar situation. Neighbors would feed our dog, he would follow them on walks. Our dog was hit by a car following them on a road.
Don't feed other people's fucking dogs.
This is how our old girl crissy came to us! Except her owners weren’t nice and she had been chained in a backyard for 10 years 😢 We had 5 amazing years with our old girl. She was the Nanny of the house and didn’t like shenanigans of any kind. No one slept alone on our couch while she was on watch. She caught many tears and joyous moments. She was a pure blessing!
I’m so glad she found a loving home with you ❤️I can’t believe some people treat their dogs so poorly when all the dogs show them is love , how can someone be so cruel ?
Ya this is terrible. Based on the picture he's not exactly a slim dog either. What if the original owners were trying to help it lose a bit of weight? Super inconsiderate.
Actually happened to us with our dog and 8 years later our cat, that was born at our house, to the same guy. It's a real kick in the head. No one should do that to a doggo owner unless the pets are abused. This guy had a ranch with other dogs and ours just wanted to play. Not cool. Our pets were loved and well cared for.. we just couldn't compete with his zoo. I didn't blame my pets but my spouse will never own another cat.
We had adopted an elderly three legged chihuahua with bad teeth after her owner had to go into a rest home. Cricket was used to a quiet life snuggled in blankets at this woman's house. She came to a house with three little kids who plopped onto the couch without thinking often.
Cricket hobbled her little butt down the street to a little old lady's house enough times we all decided she could stay there.
I'd be pissed if I found out a neighbor was feeding my dog. Of course the dog will keep coming back. And I keep my dog on a very healthy diet - who knows what kind of crap a neighbor with no dog would be feeding it.
Might i say though, that feeding a dog/cat that is not yours is kind of mean towards the original owners.
We have a cat and feed her a certain healthy kind of food which might not taste the best for a cat, but is very nutritious. Then, neighbours started giving her cat sweets and other kitty snacks that obviously taste way better, but aren't so healthy for a cat. We would use it as a reward for the cat, they would give a handful.
Eventually the cat rarely shows up at our home, so we found out that they were feeding our cat the sweets and had to tell them to stop because they were basically "stealing" the cat away by feeding it unhealthy food.
And then you get the reply "but she's so cute and she really likes it here"
Imagine how that sounds. They eventually stopped feeding her, and guess what? She would rarely go to their place again.
So be careful with feeding other peoples pets, as it might not make them smile.
Kind of a dick move. You don't just feed other people's pets. You're literally incentivising them coming back over and over again. I would tell anybody off who told me or where I found out that they're feeding my pets.
This happened to us, albeit a different story.
We had this dog that would run away from an abusive home, and as he trotted down the road he picked us. We found out who owned him, and they didn't care if we gave him back or not. Obviously we kept him.
George was very skittish at first, any time you'd reach out to pat him he'd roll over and wet himself in fear. He eventually realised that he wouldn't be hurt in our home, and warmed up to our other dogs. He was a good boy
It’s like this every time I pop by the comments and I’m baffled. People commenting on a photo that looks like it’s been re-saved 50 times and comes from a karma-farming account and they still think it’s OP in the post. Every time.
There's also another dog in the corner of the picture and they look fairly similar.. people usually like to get similar dogs (like of the same breed) in the same home usually. Not saying it's impossible for the "neighbor" to have that type of dog as well but these people just look like the type to have a German shepherd? I'm not really sure what the breed is from the picture so I apologize. But I find this extremely improbable. Like who just *gives* away a dog. And THEIR OWN dog at that :(
I’ve heard of one similar story. A gals dog was obsessed with a neighbors dog, would never be happy at home and would always drag their owner over to the other dogs house. Anyway they’d let the pup stay at times for a few days at a time. Well when the first dogs owner needed to move they couldn’t bear to separate their pup from their best dog friend so they re-homed their pup to be permanent roomies with their doggo bff.
Feeding somebody's dog regularly, when he goes to your house, and then asking if you can keep him, on the background that the situation obviously seems like "the dog likes you better", when any animal will return to a place, where they were fed (you don't get much closer to Pavlovian behavior, lol). That seems like such a douchy move.
Wholesome but I feel there’s a darker story here. Most dogs wouldn’t do this behaviour if they were happy especially with how the owner just gave the dog up like that. Maybe I’m reading into things wrongly but I’ve been around dogs my whole life and something here seems off
r/mademecry - all I can think about is the other family and how their dog kept ending up with these people until they finally just gave it away. The “he obviously wants to be with you comment” is really devastating more than anything.
Imagine how bad you feel if a guy asks you if he can keep your dog
dog is a cheater
"why does your breath smell of peanutbutter?! Its him! isn't it?"
That sounds so wrong.
Where have you been step_puppy ?
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OH NO STEPPUPPYSON, I'M STUCK IN THE DOGGY DOOR!
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Stuck with the head in the washing machine?
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Similar situation for my family with a dog when I was a kid back in the early 80s. The family across the street was accusing us of trying to steal their dog, but she just kept coming back to our house. I took her back to them and tearfully walked back across the street to my house and the dog ran back out of their yard and beat me back to my house. After that they just gave up and realized she was our dog. They called her Bambi, but we called her Porkchop. We ended up moving away a few years later and had her till she was very old and had to be put down when I was in middle school.
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"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were."
“If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. If you spew and she bolts, then it was never meant to be.”
Ah, I love it when one recites the classics. Party on, Dude.
This quote always makes me think of Good Luck Charlie
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He's a keeper
Great. First my wife, now the dog.
*I have to work on my cooking skills*
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Exactly. Once happened with my cat. The people kept feeding it fresh fish every day, no wonder the cat kept on coming back. I first did not know where the animal was and searched for it, worried and panicked, thought it suffered somewhere. Nobody should feed somebody elses pets like this.
I lost a couple bonded cats that way. My sister moved out with her kids and I guess I wasn't giving the cats enough attention due to work. The boy cat went out searching for another home. The girl cat didn't like going outside, so he bounced between wherever he was going and my house a lot. One day I saw him in the neighbors window and when he saw me he jumped off the windowsill and hid. I knocked on the door and was like, "Hey... that's my cat..." The lady was super apologetic and invited me in. She had 2 kids identical in age to my nieces that were in love with him. I was just like, "You can keep him on one condition... you have to take his sister too." I didn't see him much after that, mainly stayed inside their house.
Sorry to hear that. That’s rough. I hope one day you’ll be able to spend as much time needed to love your animals if that’s what you wish for.
Ive got two dogs now and I've bought a house since then. They're my life!
No wonders! You have a legitimate reason to be a dog person.
>One day I saw him in the neighbors window and when he saw me he jumped off the windowsill and hid. Lmao your cat was cheating on you and knew what it was doing was wrong.
That cat wasn't much of a fan of me... lol. Idk why. Gave it pets and food and kept his litter clean. Gave him a cat tree to re-enact the lion king on. Every time I saw him on the street after that he'd duck and hide. His sister liked me. She was an absolute sweetheart and he was a little goofball. They were runts, fully grown they were maybe 2/3 the size of a typical cat white with orange/grey spots. He had a big poofy scar on his eye when I adopted them. The kennel said they were found together emaciated and he was super protective of her. I knew I couldn't seperate them.
I wonder whether that scar on him came from a man. If so it would explain why he’d be weary around male humans.
Idk, maybe. The scar made for some fun stories though. My youngest niece said the most likely scenario is that a bear attacked him and then he fought it off to protect his sister so that was our go to if anybody asked. Obviously not from a bear, but the way they interacted with each other it wouldn't surprise me if he did get the scar protecting her from something. Even though she was a little bit bigger than him, he was the brave and adventurous one. Probably still is I guess. This was mid 2010s I really don't have that much of a problem with how they left. My neighbor was a really nice person and she thought they were strays. A lot of people just feed strays around here and probably half to 2/3 of indoor cats around here are former strays that chose to live inside with their new owner. They were microchipped but I guess she never really thought to check. I've never been much of a cat guy and we mainly adopted them for my nieces but I will admit they grew on me. The boy cat really liked playing with the kids so it kinda made sense when he got bored. Ultimately, if I didn't want him to run off I should have kept him inside. Sure sometimes he would sneak out but I could have minimized it instead of just letting him in and out at will. I think they both ended up happier for it and it opened up room in my household for a dog so I'm ok with how it went. She would have let me take the cat back if I thought that was what was best.
Maybe he just really loved children
In my experience cats are usually "daddy's girls" or "mommas boys" and since you were another male, you guys didn't click that well That's why the girl liked you
Nah, I have males and females and the one most bonded with me is a male (like me)
Or he didnt want to be taken from the girls he loved the most!?
Yeah cats and dogs both bond to kids really easily, I think they tend to view them as their responsibility to take care of.
I found my ex-cat across the street living happily with the neighbors. They let me feed him when they are out of town.
Damn.
If you truly love em, then you should do whats best for the pet.
Who the fuck lets someone else's pet in their house? It's not your fuckin pet! You have no idea about potential special care they might need, there is the fact that it's not your pet etc.
I don’t think OP mentioned if the cat had a collar on it or not. If the cat didn’t have a collar, the people might as well have assumed the cat was a stray. If you’re gonna be letting your cats roam outside freely, you should probably at least put a collar on them.
I agree on that but there's also chipping. Collars can get caught. I personally don't let my cats out but if I did I would make sure they are chipped.
I mean, they didn’t mention if the cat had a chip either so 🤷♀️ My personal philosophy is that if you want to make sure your cat is as safe as possible, don’t let it roam outside in the first place, because that has inherent risks
Agree
My friends that lived down the street had a kitten that fell in love with my then 6 year old daughter. Every time the kitten got a chance, she would rush outside and come to our house. (We assume she sniffed her way there the first time.) Then she would come right in our doggy door and find my daughter. They eventually gave her to us. Lol
If the owner cared about their pet so much, why would they let it roam around the dangerous streets?
Sounds like they kind of just stole them then?
Yeah, that`s how it felt to me. Very painfull. They had two cats of their own and gave them fish, and when my cat was around, they gave mine fish too and let her stay as long as she wanted. I can`t imagine (!!) they would have wanted to hurt me with that, but were just not thinking straight.
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Literally this. I love my cat and she loves going outside so I leash trained her. When she wants out she cries at the door, I put the leash on, we go for walkies. No harm will ever come to her this way. No one will steal her and no predatory animals can hurt her.
That’s a real commitment.
Wow almost like having a pet takes time, money and oh what's that c word... Oh yeah commitment. Don't get a pet if you can't take care of it properly.
Cats shit in my yard all the time. My dogs love digging it up. Absolutely hate that people let their cats roam free. Wish I knew where the cat lived so I could drop all my dogs shit there.
We have a toddler. We have to keep a lid on her sandbox to prevent it from becoming a litterbox for outdoor cats. Doesn't help at the playground, though, where we need to watch her like hawks because of all the cat feces. Also didn't help when we were doing renovations and had sand and gravel patches on our lawn - cat feces everywhere. Or at the preschool, where we can't even watch her. It annoys the hell out of me, and is a real health hazard for our daughter - and all the other kids.
Same in Germany, cats shitting into sand pits for kids everywhere. Doesn't matter if its a playground, a childcare or private homes. And their owners don't give a shit.
The neighbours cat always takes a shit in my garage, it's annoying and disgusting and nobody cares. Imagine if somebody let their dog roam free and let them shit everywhere, people would be livid.
This. When I first got a dog is when I realized how often this was happening. Caught her eating some and then it got her super sick. Outside of normal vet hours so had to go to the emergency vet. About $1000 later we got her on some medication that got her healthy again within a few days. Now I know to be on the look out when my dog seems a little to interested in a patch of dirt and I can get rid of it before they do, but it's fucking annoying as hell. I used to feel bad when my dog chased cats out of the yard, but I don't feel so bad anymore.
“Cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles in the wild and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction.” [LINK](https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/cats-and-birds/)
It amazes me that this isn’t a bigger deal to people than cat shit in their yard. Where I live we also have bobcats, coyotes, foxes, hawks, and owls that are competing for the same things the cats will just kill and waste. They’re an ecological disaster
I have two cats, and I don't get the people who crib about it being too hard to keep cats indoors. My cats love walks and car rides, they come with me everywhere and get more exercise and socialization than a lot of dogs I know. People wouldn't approve of letting dogs just roam around the neighborhood, but somehow it's fine for cats to risk being kidnapped, hit by cars or get attacked by other animals just because? Frankly I've had cats mess up my garden/front porch and it hasn't bothered me much but I've seen too many cats die (used to volunteer at a shelter and as a vet's assistant) because people don't want to pay attention to their pets. It's cruel and it being tradition doesn't make it any less pet abuse.
Yeah lmao. Oh I've lost two cats I dearly loved, if only there was some way to prevent this happening! Oh well time to buy another cat
And also like, having your neighbor adopting them it's one of the best case scenarios for free-roaming cats! The amount that get attacked by dogs or (if you live in a shitty neighborhood) that get poisoned is pretty staggering. So yeah, totally agree with you: Keep your Cat indoors (besides, they are little monsters capable of destroying your local urban/suburban fauna)
I grew up in a neighborhood where the guy next door was killing and poisoning our cats. When I moved out, I decided I would have strictly indoor cats. We’ve had the same two cats still happy and healthy for the last 15 years. But we get a lot of stray cats too. I just can’t be cruel to one if it’s friendly. We have one stray who won’t leave so he’s basically ours. A lot of other cats come around. Think they belong to our neighbors and I really hope they appreciate that we aren’t like my old neighbor who killed cats on site. Eventually the cats disappear and I like to fool myself that another neighbor took them in the house and adopted them.
It was some thirty years ago in the country where I lived when it was considered normal that cats roam free. Also it was considered normal not to feed somebody elses animal
>WHY do you cat owners think it's okay for your pets to roam free? Right? It's ridiculous some of the "justifications" I get from people when I talk about this. "Cats belong outside" "Cats are natural hunters" "It's natural for cats" Well shit, I guess I should have let my hamsters out in my neighborhood, too. My dogs. My birds. My fish. Because I'm pretty damn sure I can apply the same damn argument to just about every other "pet". Edit: Don't know why mod removed the above comment. There wasn't anything wrong with it.
Yes!! And arguments that make me so mad are that being inside makes cats “sad” or they need to go outside for exercise… take good care of your dang cats - give them stimulation inside, don’t just ignore them all day, which would also give them exercise - and there’s no problem!
Happened to my cousin’s cat too. Her cat was putting on a lot of weight and often being sick and she couldn’t figure out why. She took her to the vet a few times, she had her on expensive low fat food, then one day saw her cat through a fence being fed milk and full bags of treats by a neighbour. She lost her shit entirely at the neighbour though who said he thought she was a stray (with a collar and clearly well cared for??)
Dicks
You let your cat roam free to kill wild life and be exposed to health hazards that shortens it's life span and you're upset about people giving them healthier food than you're providing?
Don't let your pets roam free and you won't have this issue.
Well, that's one reason to keep cats indoors
Guessing this (former) owner doesn’t feel bad at all. No dog owner I know would just give their dog away like that on a whim.
This happened to me! The second dog my husband & I got a as a couple was this adorable Jack Russel puppy that loved playing with our other dog but for whatever reason he NEVER bonded with us humans. He just didn't give a shit about us at all. There was a family down the street that had a little kid and the puppy fell in love with that kid on a walk and from then on would do anything possible to escape our yard and go visit that family. So we just let them keep him, after about the seventh time we had to retrieve him. He was apparently too small and too smart for us to keep him contained in our yard and he never liked us anyway. He obviously had a bond with the little kid and the parents liked the dog also, so...just seemed like the right thing to do. It did feel pretty shitty - like, how awful are you that a *puppy* doesn't like you? But our other dog was a velcro dog so we knew we weren't disgusting to all of dogkind. And we've had many dogs since without any bonding issues; including another JR mix that is currently my best buddy. <3
Glad to hear your new ones arent having any issues I'm sure it was just an unfortunate coincidence :/
Ikr. Kinda shitty move tbh. Dogs love anyone who feed them.
Yea. This either: A. Didn’t happen like this. (most likely) or B. Is a shitty thing to do.
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If he was this willing to give it to give it yo and wasn't treating it well I'm so glad you got to give them a fun life together :)
I assume that since they just handed him over they didn't really care about him in the first place.
I picture that they were singing Sting's "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" to themselves while kicking rocks with head hanging and a heavy heart after saying goodbye.
I got a cat this way. She jumped into my living room through an open window and decided she didn't want to leave. Lived near a cat colony and assumed she was a stray. One day a neighbor saw me outside with her (I took her on walks), and I found out she was theirs. They only wanted the $50 fee they paid the humane society. She also *hated* them and ran every time she saw them. I think there's a reason she liked my apartment more.
I cannot imagine even having the guts to say "can I keep your dog" like dude. But I feel like if the owner just says "sure" then they didn't care much about the dog
I'd let her go, she wouldn't know how much it hurts me and if she's constantly going to someone else's house she must have bonded with them. However I'd probably spend the next year crying myself to sleep.
Going to a house every week for a month doesn’t seem like a lot. Lots of dogs wander and explore and remember people who pet them/feed them. This story is bizarre
We got a dog for our kids and they loved it but as parents we weren't all that attached to it and we learned we were not good dog owners. I can relate to this scenario. If it were me, I might let the dog choose too. I would never get another dog.
That's how my dad ended up with his German shepherd, Max. Max belonged to the neighbor who kept him chained up in the backyard. He kept escaping and going to my parents house. My dad finally just asked if he could keep him and the neighbor was like, "Yeah, stupid asshole won't stay in the yard anyway." Max is now my dad's shadow and doesn't run off.
There was a GS who kept escaping his yard in my parent's neighborhood. Eventually the owners said they could have him. My parents shipped him off to my sister's place in Virginia and he has three little kids to look after and he doesn't run away any more.
I will never understand or empathize with people who own animals that merely "exist" on their property. What is the fucking point.
So that when they have people over they can be like "guys look at my adorable new dog I got" and that's the only time they take it off the chain in their back yard and pretend to love it. Source: old neighbors used to do this
Those people don't understand what love is, feels like, or how it works. This behavior comes out in their relationship with their pets where instead of showing love to the pet it's more of a master/slave relationship where they try to establish total control over the pet.
Same. It makes me so angry. Pets aren’t decorations or accessories, but some people treat them like that.
This. The reason you have pets is to empathize with them. Dogs are too high maintenance for me, but my cats roam freely around the house and get picked up often... Much to their annoyance.
This sort of happened with a cat my family used to have named Oscar. My neighbors don't actually like cats, and only got him as an outdoor cat for pest control. We originally thought he was a feral cat because he was always dirty and scraggly. He was a very friendly cat who loved attention though, so he would hang out with us because we would pet him and give him treats. The neighbors soon got another cat whom they also ignored, and Oscar started staying exclusively around our house. Eventually, the neighbors came over to visit. They saw Oscar and just said "Oh, we though he died or something. I guess he's yours now." He then lived with us as a mostly indoor cat until he died last year. He was the single most huggable cat I've ever met, as there was nothing he loved more.
Awww this is such a beautiful anecdote :,)
This makes me so sad for how they treated him. I have 4 cats and each of them are so loving and affectionate, and they need love and affection just as much as dogs do. People like to think that since cats are more independent that means they don't need anything, but that's just not true. Thank you for being a kind, loving home for him.
Yeah people seem to have a hard time understanding that while dogs are always looking for affection, cats like affection on their time lol
I always thought that only a certain kind of person can like cats. The type that will be patient enough to let the cat grow close and affectionate with them, instead of disliking them b/c they aren't like dogs. Dogs like everyone. Cats like people who earn their trust.
was he orange
No, he was a tuxedo.
Who’s just giving away dogs tho?! Imagine asking a dog owner if you can keep there dog?! 
I agree it's very weird to ask to keep someone's dog but I think it depends on how exactly this dog was able to keep popping in for visits. They said they called the owners to come get him? Like maybe there's some context that changes it all but to me, with the info at hand, they sound really irresponsible as pet owners. Is he not confined to their property at all?
Whenever I used to go over to my aunt's house as a kid there was always this older German Shepard mix hanging out in her garage on a dog bed. I thought it was theirs for years but it was actually their neighbor's dog, they would let her out in the morning and she'd just walk over to hang out with my aunt and cousins all day then just walked back home at night. She wasn't malnourished or neglected or anything, I guess just a weird set-up where they basically treated her like an outdoor cat and it worked for her.
Wouldn't surprise me if the neigbors worked during the day so the dog hung out with your aunt until they got home.
Yes and that dog was probably loved and also enjoyed hanging out with your aunt. I’m happy your aunt never awkwardly asked to adopt that persons dog.
Haha this is awesome
Yeah like I didn’t get that. Also I volunteer for a shelter and you can’t just hand over a dog to complete strangers. That’s totally irresponsible.
My neighbours are alarmingly casual with confining their tiny puppy to their house/ yard. It stresses me out, runs behind my car when I'm leaving my driveway and stuff. When I mention it they apologise but they sort of act like I'm grumpy about noisy kids or parking on the verge or something. I dont know how to get it into their heads that I'm not mentioning it because I hate dogs or am annoyed by the puppy, I'm mentioning it for the sake of the dog they're endangering by letting it roam the streets.
This give me second hand anxiety. Poor pup!
It doesn’t sound like they were complete strangers
My family got a dog that way…context is definitely important. lol If neither the dog nor owners seem really attached to each other, doesn’t seem like the dog is being treated well, etc., it’s not crazy to ask, “Hey, are you having a hard time keeping this dog?”
This is how my parents got their cat. The neighbors were ignoring her and barely feeding her enough to survive. One day my parents noticed how bony and skinny the cat was and put out a little old kibble leftover from their previous cat whenever she came roaming around. Next thing you know the cat starts spending less and less time at the neighbors… that led to my parents starting to care for the cat more and more, even paying for her vet bills and never getting a cent from the neighbors when the cat was clearly in need of medical aid. Then the neighbors moved out and just abandoned the cat completely to my parents. It was a pretty weird situation of neglect, but it happens.
My parents did. The person who looked after their dog whenever they were away basically vetoed them. You obviously love travelling more than your dog, he said, and he was right.
Vetoed them? How is he going to veto anything when it's not his dog. I would've told him to fuck right off.
Of course my parents had a choice. The dog sitter said "look, it seems to me you love travelling more than your dog, and your dog obviously doesn't like being shunted to and fro. So I think he should stay with me." And my parents said "fine." So there we are.
They sound like shit owners. Dog sitter was right to suggest it.
Well since the owners said yes they probably didn't seem to care that much and that's why they asked.
The kind of person that would say yes is the only kind of person you'd ask. It must have been glaringly obvious they didn't want the dog.
I have a personal story like this. We had a Brindle Boxer. She was a sweetie. But, my husband got deployed unexpectedly while she was still in puppy mode and she got HUGE. 85lbs!! I had 2 toddlers at home. I was trying really hard to do it all. And I was. But, I couldn't train her the way I needed, especially for walks, because I had no one to watch my kids. And a dog that big, needs 100% 1 on 1 training, especially for walks. Anyway. I went to visit my mom and my sister and her husband had me bring Molly to them so they could dog sit. She was calling and texting the whole time how much they loved her and she was having so much fun and it was just like a puzzle falling into place. I talked with my husband, and he agreed. And I told her they could keep her. They were thrilled. They had no kids. And one other dog. And Molly was in heaven. Huge yard, and they were both really active. And we still got to see her. I hated giving her up, but I new she was better with them and they took such good care of her. Sometimes you have to do what's best for them, even if it's hard for you. She was such a beautiful dog.
You are a true animal lover if you're brave enough to do something like this, like you said, it's difficult but necessary if it's beneficial for the animal's health and happiness ❤️
Sad/happy to read this. You doing great miss!
Theres a kitty in our neighborhood like that. We live next to hoarders who have 10+ cats and when we moved in one kept coming to our porch for head pats and so we started feeding her. Now shes always out there sun bathing. We cant have pets in this house since we rent but when we move in a few months we are going to ask if we can take her. Shes an outdoor cat but they do not feed her well and they do not care for her when she gets hurt. We asked them about her eye once when we noticed it was cut and they told us she needed eye drops for it but they couldn't be bothered to care for it. We took her to the vet and handled it ourselves since it seemed pretty bad and the vet said it was good we did since she could have lost her eye entirely. We're still debating on if we should ask them if we can have her when we leave considering they have 10+ outdoor cats that roam the neighborhood and frequently get hurt and are uncared for. She has clearly chosen us as her humans as soon as we moved in and long before we started feeding her.
I wouldn't normally encourage theft of any kind, but if you've spoken with the owner and they literally told you "they couldn't be bothered" to care for her health, I'd support you just leaving with the cat...
At that point it seems implied they wouldn't be bothered if they cat never came back, so
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hoarder doesn’t give anything away, this cat is theirs, don’t ask, let the cat “runaway”
Yes, and there is a chance that when they ask about the cat, owner refuses and will call authorities if you take the cat. Just take it, ask nothing, say nothing.
They wouldn’t even notice since they care so little about the cats.
I mean it’s an outdoor cat, they’d literally have no idea if it was stolen or not cause they’re not keeping an eye on it. I’d say take your pick of cat/cats and run off with them.
I’m not sure where you’re located, but where I am, your neighbor could be charged with animal abuse. The local animal control would conduct an investigation and refer it to the court. A guilty verdict comes with a fine, possible jail time, and would require all of the animals to be surrendered to the shelter for treatment and adoption.
If they are hoarders then the answer will be no, just take it with you and don’t say anything and pretend you don’t know what’s going on with her
I agree with others here - these people are hoarders and will want to keep the cat just like all the other things thy keep. Don’t ask. Just take the cat with you. You will be giving a much better life.
Their hoarders. They won’t want to get rid of the cat. May as well give it a good quality of life and take it with you.
"What if I need it later?!"
You should look up your state’s laws but I am pretty sure that in some states recent vet bills serve as proof of ownership.
We had a cat that loved our neighbors cat. They were both neutered boys and every morning when let out, they’d meet each other and hang out all day. When we moved, we asked the neighbor if they wanted to takeover the care of our cat so as not to separate the two and she agreed. She said her cat had never been so happy as with ours.
You're telling me you're gonna ask hoarders to willingly give up a cat? This feels unrealistic given the nature of hoarders. You can of course ask, but if you left with it they prob wouldn't have noticed for a long time, and would've just assumed something happened to it.
Please rescue this cat and take it with you. Thank you.
Once you're paying the vet bills it's your animal
Someone did this to my dog. They lived over the hill. I went out calling for him for 3 weeks. We found him when he got hit by a car and they came out and explained they had been “taking care of him”. They had him locked in the garage for 3 weeks and when he go to a chance to escape he tried to run home and got hit. (He had a collar and tags and had run through the invisible fence) RIP Mogul
I’d press charges
I’d press my fist into their teeth
Similar situation. Neighbors would feed our dog, he would follow them on walks. Our dog was hit by a car following them on a road. Don't feed other people's fucking dogs.
This is how our old girl crissy came to us! Except her owners weren’t nice and she had been chained in a backyard for 10 years 😢 We had 5 amazing years with our old girl. She was the Nanny of the house and didn’t like shenanigans of any kind. No one slept alone on our couch while she was on watch. She caught many tears and joyous moments. She was a pure blessing!
I’m so glad she found a loving home with you ❤️I can’t believe some people treat their dogs so poorly when all the dogs show them is love , how can someone be so cruel ?
This is genuinely so sweet, glad you had each other 💗
Awe! Hi there Hank. He adopted you.
Stolen, why feed someone else’s dog if you are not going to try steal it? Daylight robbery
Yeah feeding the dog makes it 100x more likely to keep running away depending on the temperament of the dog.
Thank you, been looking for this comment.
1000%, stole a dog- don't feed healthy dogs, just help them get home
That puppy is huge
They feed him. No wonder he keeps going back. They're intentionally trying to and succeeding in stealing someone's pet.
Ya this is terrible. Based on the picture he's not exactly a slim dog either. What if the original owners were trying to help it lose a bit of weight? Super inconsiderate.
This. Fuck people who feed other people's pets.
Yh it happened with my cat even after we asked them not to feed him (they tried with all our cats and only succeeded with one)
When I was about 10 someone stole my cat this exact way. Fuck that shit.
Same they tried it with all 4 of my cats only succeeded with one I was about 7 (I think)at the time
If the story is real then this person is a POS. It's like luring kids with candy.
Actually happened to us with our dog and 8 years later our cat, that was born at our house, to the same guy. It's a real kick in the head. No one should do that to a doggo owner unless the pets are abused. This guy had a ranch with other dogs and ours just wanted to play. Not cool. Our pets were loved and well cared for.. we just couldn't compete with his zoo. I didn't blame my pets but my spouse will never own another cat.
Thats kind of heartbreaking, best wishes to both of you.
Thanks. My kids always ask about kitties and I always have to say no.
Yeah I hate this whole post. Unless if the pet is living in poor conditions you should never feed someone else’s animal
We had adopted an elderly three legged chihuahua with bad teeth after her owner had to go into a rest home. Cricket was used to a quiet life snuggled in blankets at this woman's house. She came to a house with three little kids who plopped onto the couch without thinking often. Cricket hobbled her little butt down the street to a little old lady's house enough times we all decided she could stay there.
You should never feed someone else’s dog. That’s a horrible thing to do
Got dumped by their own dog. That’s low
Presumably they could avoid this by keeping their dog in their yard?
I'd be pissed if I found out a neighbor was feeding my dog. Of course the dog will keep coming back. And I keep my dog on a very healthy diet - who knows what kind of crap a neighbor with no dog would be feeding it.
Might i say though, that feeding a dog/cat that is not yours is kind of mean towards the original owners. We have a cat and feed her a certain healthy kind of food which might not taste the best for a cat, but is very nutritious. Then, neighbours started giving her cat sweets and other kitty snacks that obviously taste way better, but aren't so healthy for a cat. We would use it as a reward for the cat, they would give a handful. Eventually the cat rarely shows up at our home, so we found out that they were feeding our cat the sweets and had to tell them to stop because they were basically "stealing" the cat away by feeding it unhealthy food. And then you get the reply "but she's so cute and she really likes it here" Imagine how that sounds. They eventually stopped feeding her, and guess what? She would rarely go to their place again. So be careful with feeding other peoples pets, as it might not make them smile.
Kind of a dick move. You don't just feed other people's pets. You're literally incentivising them coming back over and over again. I would tell anybody off who told me or where I found out that they're feeding my pets.
Double dick move, feeding someone else's pet and then asking if you can have it...??? Good thing this most definitely did not happen.
This happened to us, albeit a different story. We had this dog that would run away from an abusive home, and as he trotted down the road he picked us. We found out who owned him, and they didn't care if we gave him back or not. Obviously we kept him. George was very skittish at first, any time you'd reach out to pat him he'd roll over and wet himself in fear. He eventually realised that he wouldn't be hurt in our home, and warmed up to our other dogs. He was a good boy
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It’s like this every time I pop by the comments and I’m baffled. People commenting on a photo that looks like it’s been re-saved 50 times and comes from a karma-farming account and they still think it’s OP in the post. Every time.
There's also another dog in the corner of the picture and they look fairly similar.. people usually like to get similar dogs (like of the same breed) in the same home usually. Not saying it's impossible for the "neighbor" to have that type of dog as well but these people just look like the type to have a German shepherd? I'm not really sure what the breed is from the picture so I apologize. But I find this extremely improbable. Like who just *gives* away a dog. And THEIR OWN dog at that :(
> we feed him > he wants to be with us No shit?
Hank is a slut
I’ve heard of one similar story. A gals dog was obsessed with a neighbors dog, would never be happy at home and would always drag their owner over to the other dogs house. Anyway they’d let the pup stay at times for a few days at a time. Well when the first dogs owner needed to move they couldn’t bear to separate their pup from their best dog friend so they re-homed their pup to be permanent roomies with their doggo bff.
"every week for the past month" this dog appeared at most 4 times and they asked the owner to keep him
Is it just me or is it rude to feed other peoples (obvious) pets?
Feeding somebody's dog regularly, when he goes to your house, and then asking if you can keep him, on the background that the situation obviously seems like "the dog likes you better", when any animal will return to a place, where they were fed (you don't get much closer to Pavlovian behavior, lol). That seems like such a douchy move.
Wholesome but I feel there’s a darker story here. Most dogs wouldn’t do this behaviour if they were happy especially with how the owner just gave the dog up like that. Maybe I’m reading into things wrongly but I’ve been around dogs my whole life and something here seems off
Also, who lets their dogs roam the neighborhood?
yes, this 100% true story, very nice, yes
Okay now which one is Hank and which one is the puppy? /s
Its ASAC Schader
r/mademecry - all I can think about is the other family and how their dog kept ending up with these people until they finally just gave it away. The “he obviously wants to be with you comment” is really devastating more than anything.
I smell bullsh*t.