And it continues!

So last I checked in Getzy was back. The old "owner" took 24 hours to actually come by and pick up the dog...even then he didn't do it, his brother did. At the time he told my husband that "he is sorry, it's just a bad situation over there." The guy told me that the dog was going to his parents and would be kenneled. To be honest this made everyone in the house sad as we knew it meant we would never see him again, but it was over! We started looking at rescues to get a new playmate for Magellan/furbaby for ross. This was four or five days ago.

Yesterday we were on our way to target and Ross yells across the living room to me from the entry way. Asking me to guess who is here. He opens the front door and there Getzy sits waiting patiently to be let in.

UM....Parents house? Kennel? I don't think so. We are done. We are keeping the dog. Bring on the war (UGH).

As per usual the guy didn't contact me until midday today wondering if I had "his" dog. I assured him that we had the dog but we will be keeping him. He went into this sob story about the dog in broken grammar and then backtracked on his story about the parents and the kennel. These people have been constantly lying to us. It is ridiculous.

He then said his best friends mom is a lawyer and he will do what is necessary to get the dog back. I said that's nice. I have family members in the profession as well and can attain an attorney. HUGE change of tune then. Oh we don't need to go through any legal actions. I called his bluff.

Then he tried to tell us our dogs live a sad life in our "tiny" back yard. That dogs aren't meant to be kept like that. Wandering is in their nature! Getzy isn't fixed and that is why. Yes that is part of the reason, but I have an intact dog that has NEVER wandered off like this, even if the gate got left accidentally unlatched.

Furthermore we have 2.25 acres. Our dogs get expensive dog food, trips places, and expensive dog training. They get trips to dog parks and petsmart. We groom them and care for them.

I told him we are keeping him. He hasn't responded in quite some time now. I feel bad for having to seem like the "bad" guy, but our family took this dog in and formed an attachment. We can not keep having him come into our lives and then back out again. He clearly wants to be here. He has never once tried to leave our yard. I just hate having issues with this guy...even his girlfriend realized last time that the dog wants to be here, he needs to freaking get it in his head

He's Back!

As others predicted..... Getzy was at our house today. Apparently he made the long walk from the other house, across a busy street, back to our home. Ross called the woman and told her we had him. I was of all day running school mom errands. They went to check on the dog later in the day and he was GONE!

Turns out the boyfriend of the girl, who apparently the dog belongs to (???), came into our backyard without our knowledge and took the dog. I was LIVID. That is clear trespassing and theft. So after a great deal of drama and the cops I finally got an apology from these people. I will not press charges at this time. There is a lot more to that portion of the story and I don't really feel like writing it all out.

The day continued and Dwight was walking our dog Magellan. A black dog came running at him. From far off he thought maybe a pit. Nope. Getzy. Followed him home.

TWO times in one day.

Again he was placed in the backyard and again we spoke with them. Its now 10 pm and they have yet to come get the dog. This is ridiculous. If you want the dog, make him a priority!

Getzy is gone

So as some of you may be aware if you follow me on facebook, we found a dog maybe a month ago. At first I did not want to deal with the issues of having another dog in the house. (We have a purebred Australian Shepherd named Magellan) However he won us over with his loving disposition.

Getzy had an orange collar that was chewed and the O-ring rusted. It bore no tags. At first a family member walked the neighborhood with him. However no one knew who he belonged to and said they had seen him wandering for some time. I took him to two locations and had him scanned 4 times for a microchip, nothing. I put in a found report at the local shelter and local well established massive animal hospital. I also posted his picture to the local county lost and found pets page. NOTHING. I called our neighborhood HOA and was told that no one had reported a dog missing and it was known that people often drop dogs off in our neighborhood believing the people with the large homes and lots would take them in. We received no responses to ANY of our attempts. The shelter informed us that after a 10 day period of holding him he would be ours legally. We waited our 10 days and I allowed my housemate, I call him my "adopted" son to keep the dog. He named him Getzy. 

Getzy and Magellan got along well, not perfectly but well for two unfixed males. We had plans to get Getzy fixed in the next few weeks. We took him tot he vet where Ross, the "son", spent 140 dollars on a rabies vax, country registration, and check up on him. He also spent money on food, bowls, etc for Getzy. 

Magellan was happy to have a friend in the yard during the day. We took them to dog parks together, on walks, etc. Well a few days ago my husband was out taking the dogs on his usual walk with the youngest child when a woman/girl approached them. She said it was her friends dog. Richard, my husband, gave his phone number and proceeded to go home. These people then followed him, the dogs, and my child home where they stood at our gate demanding the dog back. She showed him a picture of the dog and herself. Yes, it was clearly our Getzy. We learned that they do  not have a a fenced yard and apparently allow him to roam. My husband didn't know what else to do but gave her the dog back. Ross was upset, as we all are, but what could we do. Yes the dog is legally ours, but it is her dog. She lives about a mile away across a very busy street. Yes I could legally call the cops and have the dog given back, but I refuse to start a war. 

It sucked to watch Magellan go out and look for him in the yard and not find him. It sucks that we took this dog in and formed an attachment just to have him ripped away from our family. It sucks that people out there are not responsible with their dogs. Get your dogs microchipped! Or at least a tag! We are looking into getting another dog, from a rescue this time. I hope that these people are more responsible with Getzy from now on out. Maybe next time he gets out, actually LOOK for him. :(