I think I just gave away a pup, please help!

alisara

I posted this on another forum as desperate to know what to do. Wonder if any of you guys can help.

My shitz-zu had a beautiful litter, the puppies are shitz-zu schnauzer crosses. I have found all of them great homes, I did not advertise it was through friends and people through work. So I have a link to each and every pup!

I know a lovely lady from dog walking, and since my dog was pregnant she let me know her sister would love one.

I reserved a boy for her sister and when puppies were 4 weeks old she picked her little boy. Her sister asked was I charging and I said yes I am charging and would offer her sister a discount so pup would be £100.00; told me she would let her sister know.

Fast forward to yesterday she picked up her puppy and left me a present, a gorgeous box and inside of the box was a bottle of very expenisive gin/soda and a lemon and a card. I thought how nice what a lovely lady! I opened the card and there was no payment.

I want to send her sister a text, letting her know how grateful I am for the present (I did include a puppy pack for this lady, with blanket, teddy, vet details, groomer details, and a bottle of Prosecco), however I was charging.

Would I be unreasonable asking for my money, I feel embarrassed to have to ask her.

Please help

PlymouthMaid

Oh dear how awkward. It sounds like your dog walking contact did not pass on the message about £100 to her sister. There are only two choices here: be brave and contact her and tell her the puppy was £100 and hope she pays or, secondly, just forget about the money and be pleased that your puppy seems to have found a good home. I suppose expecting there to be money inside with the gift was a little optimistic and not too businesslike.

dandelionclock30

I'd just contact her and ask for the £100 nicely. It is possible its a genuine mistake. I'd just say could she either come round this week or I'd go over for it, or she has to return the puppy.

alisara

I just sent a nice text a couple of hours ago (it was read) but radio silence so far

dandelionclock30

If they dont reply today then I would go round tomorrow. Basically its theft if she doesnt pay you. I think its an awful thing to do if she knew the dog was £100.

sheramber

If she doesn't pay I would want the pup back as I would be concerned what type of home it had gone to.

Pollycat

alisara wrote: »

Would I be unreasonable asking for my money, I feel embarrassed to have to ask her.

Please help

You are absolutely not being unreasonable.

This woman (or her dog-walking sister) has put you in a very awkward situation, you should not be feeling embarrassed about asking for your money.

How well do you know the dog-walker?
Could you ring her and ask if she actually passed the message about the £100 onto her sister?
Just so you know whether the sister is trying it on or not.

If you could do that today - and the answer is that yes, the sister knew full well that the pup was £100 - I'd then ring the sister and ask her what she intends doing about the payment for the pup.
Is she bringing it over or does she want you to call and collect it?
I would have the bottle of gin ready to hand back to her if she tries to argue that that is adequate payment.

If the dog-walker admits that she didn't pass the message on, you are in a bit more of an awkward situation.
But you still are owed £100. This is not your fault.

Good luck - you sound like a nice lady.

Running_On_Empty

Send a text saying thank you for gin etc but you have forgotten to include the 100 pounds for the pup. Maybe she did just forget to put the cash in the card...

Pollycat

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

Send a text saying thank you for gin etc but you have forgotten to include the 100 pounds for the pup. Maybe she did just forget to put the cash in the card...

I assumed the OP had already done something similar yesterday around mid-day:

alisara wrote: »

I just sent a nice text a couple of hours ago (it was read) but radio silence so far

I'd say that if it was a genuine mistake to not include the £100 in the card, she'd have replied straight away to apologise and make arrangements to pay up.

alisara

I received a reply yesterday, and was told we didn't realise you wanted payment we thought you just wanted pup to be loved; well of course I did. I referred her to an email I had sent with the price of the puppies early in December, she apologised and said she would send the money around.

Pollycat

So your dog-walker friend didn't pass your message on.
And the sister didn't read the email you sent before she even took the pup.

A lesson for the future if your dog has another litter.

Glad the sister is being reasonable (although I'd still wonder if she was trying it on) and paying up.