[Gunrunner2]

>>It depends. She needs to visit that home or have someone else do a home visit. It is not fair to judge the family without that.<<

That's the point. The nosy do-good biddy pre-judged the situation and claimed the dog as her own, thinking the home situation was abuse because the dog lived in a dog house. Give the dog back and if Animal Control drops by for a visit to check on the animal, that's the way it goes.

[Goodgirlinred]

yep. However, I still think dogs deserve to be with their people. Dogs are like that, they love their people and want to be with them. My son-in-law is allergic to pet dander. He has a bird dog. He ties him up at his dog house a lot of the time. The dog is pitiful. He gets wild when he is tied up. Then when he lets him run, he comes to my house as I live next door practically. He plays with my big dog. They run through the woods together. Then, at night, he comes in the pet door and eats my dog's dry food and I find him asleep on the floor with my dogs when I wake up in the morning. He likes being with people and other dogs. Sometimes, he will be asleep by me and my dogs will be on the other side of the room. He always wants attention. Pitiful. Of course, my son-in-law gets mad, but how am I to keep his dog out. He comes in the pet door.