Accident to dog whilst in my care

Ms_Chocaholic

Oh that doesn't sound too bad then, I was thinking he might be harassing you. If you do answer (accidentally) then just turn the convo back to how the dog is doing as soon as he mentions money.

AylesburyDuck

This all sounds very dodgy to me, sounds like he wants paying out TWICE to me, he's harassing the OP for money when the animal is insured and the OP has already paid well past the excess. And then IF he gets all this money he is harassing the OP for he can still quite legally (from the insurance point of view) claim via his insurance. Thus getting vets bills paid, AND being money up on the deal.
Politely point out that that would put him in a position better than if the accident occurred and frankly he'll have to take you to court id he wants it and no court is going to side with him. Dont forget you'll have the vet as witness to this.

phryne

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

but if it wasn’t for a business encouraging people to leave their animals with strangers, none of it would harvest happened!

elsien wrote: »

I wouldn't leave Gitdog with a complete stranger the first time I met them, even if they had come through a site like BorrowMyDoggy.

..and yet people leave their CHILDREN with complete strangers, all the time :think:

williamsl5

Thank you, I appreciate your comments. I try to see the best in people so when this first happened, I tried to do everything I could to make it easier for him, which is why I paid the initial bills. It does seem that he wants me to pay the whole bill, rather than going through insurance, although like you said he could still go the insurance route and end up in pocket. I really feel for him though as he left his dog with me in good faith and this happened.

Red-Squirrel_2

phryne wrote: »

..and yet people leave their CHILDREN with complete strangers, all the time :think:

:rotfl:

Bit obvious, unlikely to get many bites I reckon. Try harder next time.

happyandcontented

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

:rotfl:

Bit obvious, unlikely to get many bites I reckon. Try harder next time.

Bells are ringing with me though!!

Red-Squirrel_2

happyandcontented wrote: »

Bells are ringing with me though!!

Bells of Big Ben scale ring from the first few posts of each new ID. They don’t really bother disguising them!

bmthmark

williamsl5 wrote: »

Thank you. I'm not sure what his reasons are for not claiming, he seems to think I am liable so laying on the guilt trip a bit. I obviously feel guilty as a) this happened when the dog was with me and b) it was my cat that did this.
My only prayer now is that the dog's eye is ok and there's no long term problems.

It was not your fault and accidents do happen. So please do not feel guilty, there is no way you would know this would happen.

Personally I would tell the person that they need to go through insurance and that there isn't anything else you can do.
I have my doubts that they actually have insurance, but this is not your problem.
Try not to worry about it as it sounds like the dog is fine now.