Q: Someone agreed to watch my dog for an undetermined amount of time and want to keep her now that i want her back. Legal?
April 2019 someone agreed to watch her while i found housing that would accept her. We agreed to pay 50 a week to help with food and costs. August 2019 we visited and he accepted 100 from us and told us that he wasn't worried about the money that she is a pleasure to have around. He also said that we did not need to visit often or contact often because his dad was in the hospital and he probably wouldn't have time anyways. When we contacted in september to pick her up because we found housing, they are saying we abandoned her because we didn't contact them for ten days. I have two people that were with me for the drop off and heard the agreement, and two people with me when he accepted money from me on Aug 26th. I have all vet records and license records. She is also Microchipped to me.
A: Consider a small claims replevin action in your state. Replevin is an action to recover property like an animal.
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