Q: Do I have to give the dog back?
I have a dog that was dumped in my yard almost a month ago and I have tried getting ahold of the owner and she never replied back and never came to get her dog I also had him posted on Facebook in numerous group pages to find out if he was missing or dumped and people told me who his the owner was and that she definitely dumped him she never once responded. Now that I posted him on Facebook to rehome him due to me not being able to care for him anymore she now wants him back. I’m in KY do I have to give him back to her after I’ve been feeding and taking care of this dog she abandoned in my yard on a back county road in the middle of the night? She dumped him 2 days before a seriously bad ice storm nonetheless.
A: If she can prove the dog is hers, you’ll have to give her back. If she can’t proved the dog is hers, then it’s up to you. Is the dog microchipped? That could solve the mystery.
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