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OMG! I dont believe this is happening...(long)
Ok, so my sister agreed to watch a lady's dog for her over the weekend, (both my sister and I know this lady, she is a very nice person, a business owner ect) there was a misunderstanding about the date between my sister and this lady so my sister asks me (she also ok'ed it with the owner)if I would be willing to go by her house sat.,sunday and monday morning and make sure both her outside dogs have food and water and she has a semi feral cat and her litter of kittens that she is socializing in her house, so please play with them and feed, water and clean their litter box. I go over with my sister friday night to meet the dogs on their territory and see which room the cats are in, and the first thing I say to my sister is "There is no fence!! Do these dogs just roam???" My sister says "yes they are both older, the lab wont go anywhere, but white dog will run off if there is a thunderstorm, you cant lock her up if there is she will destroy anything around her she gets so scared. She is normally brought up to the vet clinic by who ever finds her and we just call the dogs owner to come pick her up , but dont worry its not suppost to rain this weekend!"
Saturday is rains, just a little no thunder,white dog (thats her name btw) is there when I stop by sat. morning but not there sat. night, Im not to worried as its still raining and the lad was sleeping in his dog house so I thought maybe white dog was just curled up somewhere out of the rain. Sunday morning, still no white dog, I spend about 3 hours, knocking on her nieghbors doors, I called the vet clinic and didnt hear back from them, tried reaching the owner but couldnt get her on her cell phone, so that afternoon Im still looking for her when the guy that rents a house from her comes home from his dirtbike race and he says" oh dont worry Im sure she is at the vet clinic, they will call tomorrow and you can get her then" Well Im up bright and early this morning and as soon as the vet clinic opens I call them and ask "is white dog there?" "Nope,She's been picked up by animal control, They called to let us know, because she has our rabies tag on" I was overjoyed that she was ok so I speed over to animal control, and had to wait till 10 am when they opened. I was the first one in the door, they said "we have a dog fitting that discription, please go back into the kennel and i.d. her" So I do and it is her *JOY!* and I bail her out ($35 dollars cash only please) and as Im handing the money over and signing the reclaim statement, the animal control officer hands me a ticket!!!!! I was floored, I asked what for? and stated its not even my dog, shouldnt this be in the owners name?? Nope You were responsable for the dog over the weekend, so you get charged, with failure to properly contain and control a animal. My jaw just dropped, I have only ever had 1 speeding ticket in my whole life!!! and now i have to go to court, and pay a fine (up to $1000, but because Im a first time offender the officer said it most likely wont be more than $100) and I dont even know what to do!!!! I have been almost in tears all day, Im so worried that this is going to be on my record (I still have that permanent record fear, they taught us in high school!)
I just dont know what to do!!!
Tammy
Saturday is rains, just a little no thunder,white dog (thats her name btw) is there when I stop by sat. morning but not there sat. night, Im not to worried as its still raining and the lad was sleeping in his dog house so I thought maybe white dog was just curled up somewhere out of the rain. Sunday morning, still no white dog, I spend about 3 hours, knocking on her nieghbors doors, I called the vet clinic and didnt hear back from them, tried reaching the owner but couldnt get her on her cell phone, so that afternoon Im still looking for her when the guy that rents a house from her comes home from his dirtbike race and he says" oh dont worry Im sure she is at the vet clinic, they will call tomorrow and you can get her then" Well Im up bright and early this morning and as soon as the vet clinic opens I call them and ask "is white dog there?" "Nope,She's been picked up by animal control, They called to let us know, because she has our rabies tag on" I was overjoyed that she was ok so I speed over to animal control, and had to wait till 10 am when they opened. I was the first one in the door, they said "we have a dog fitting that discription, please go back into the kennel and i.d. her" So I do and it is her *JOY!* and I bail her out ($35 dollars cash only please) and as Im handing the money over and signing the reclaim statement, the animal control officer hands me a ticket!!!!! I was floored, I asked what for? and stated its not even my dog, shouldnt this be in the owners name?? Nope You were responsable for the dog over the weekend, so you get charged, with failure to properly contain and control a animal. My jaw just dropped, I have only ever had 1 speeding ticket in my whole life!!! and now i have to go to court, and pay a fine (up to $1000, but because Im a first time offender the officer said it most likely wont be more than $100) and I dont even know what to do!!!! I have been almost in tears all day, Im so worried that this is going to be on my record (I still have that permanent record fear, they taught us in high school!)
I just dont know what to do!!!
Tammy
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