What do you do when someone HAS your DOG?

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My dad has a dog, he's had for a few years, her name is Gabbie, she's a black and silver German Shepherd mix dog. She's the sweetest dog that has ever touched the planet, I am being biased of course. She is so sweet and so kind that even the kittens can get in the yard with her and she just watches over them like she's protecting them. She herds the chickens, and she watches the horses. Actually her bestfriend is a horse, she plays with him like he's a giant dog. Anyways, she's a great dog, and my family is very attached to her, especially my dad, and my 3 year niece who is autistic. My niece is normally scared to death of dogs but not of Gabbie. Gabbie has a special gift of calmness, soothness, my niece loves her and she even allows her to walk her on a leash. Well recently, my dad got Gabbie a playmate, a puppy, well one of the cows got out, and broke the fence, and the Gabbie and her playmate Harpo escaped. They disapeared and so of course naturally we put up Lost dog signs, ads on Craigslists, and in the paper, and we got calls leading up to the local zoo near where my dads farm is. We got some calls saying some people had both dogs, and then later got a call from the animal shelter saying they saw a picture of Harpo in Craigslist and so we were able to get him back home. Gabbie was still missing. A few weeks later, I got an email saying Gabbie had been adopted under a new name, Lily, petfinder.com, from another animal shelter in a DIFFERENT town. I verified this picture and it is Gabbie. We called the shelter and they said, it was too late, Gabbie has a new owner and there is nothing that can be done. We were devastated. We even had a plea written for the paper, ads in craigslist trying to find the new family... we want Gabbie back. My niece cries because Gabbie isn't there anymore at my dad's farm. It's foaling season, Gabbie's fun time of the year, she loves watching the baby horses. Last night, when no one was home, one of the mares had a foal but had trouble, the foal was stuck and some wild dogs, came and killed the foal while the mare was still giving birth. If Gabbie had been home, she would have scared them off. That was part of her working dog part, but the worst part is, going over to my dad's house, he is so depressed because Gabbie is no longer there to go along or horseback rides, her toys are still in the yard, her food bowl is still there. My niece still yells for her. What would you do if this happened to you?

Down below is the craigslists, its got pictures of Gabbie and my niece.

Help Us Find Gabbie German Shepherd Mix
 
wow... you have my sympathy. I'm not sure exactly how to proceed but if it were me, I'd do everything in my power to get my dog back - financially and politically.

some possibilities -
1. get a lawyer as a "show of force" that it's a serious business
2. contact local news
3. use internet to your advantage such as digg, facebook, blog, twitter, youtube, etc. They will flood them with letters, demands, etc.

undue media attention on them = you win

good luck, Jasmine.....
 
Thank you, I have ads all over craigslist, and some on other classifieds, but I haven't really thought about blogging or contacting a lawyer. Those are some good ideas. Maybe a little bit of that might reach them. :)
 
Jasmine4lakshmi said:
Thank you, I have ads all over craigslist, and some on other classifieds, but I haven't really thought about blogging or contacting a lawyer. Those are some good ideas. Maybe a little bit of that might reach them. :)
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:) good luck! the sooner, the better. and get aggressive.
 
Show pictures and vet records to the new owners and plead for her return?
 
I think all you can do is keep hammering at the gaunlet, as it were. Don't let it slid! The dog means so much to all of you! Ah. I am in agonies for you. There has to be some legal thing you could do about it! I am so sorry. *Hugs*
 
Whoa there! Don't deploy the artillery just yet, they would only be forced to keep your dog as a defensive tactic. When you locate them, try and plead with the "new owners" about the situation and your need to have Gabbie back. If it turns to shotgun diplomacy, at least you have 'em feeling guilty! Then show them the nuclear armed artillery! Go all the way through legal means, half assed effort is the equivalent of doing nothing at all.
 
S.O.B. said:
Whoa there! Don't deploy the artillery just yet, they would only be forced to keep your dog as a defensive tactic. When you locate them, try and plead with the "new owners" about the situation and your need to have Gabbie back. If it turns to shotgun diplomacy, at least you have 'em feeling guilty! Then show them the nuclear armed artillery! Go all the way through legal means, half assed effort is the equivalent of doing nothing at all.
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the artillery was meant to muscle around with the shelter into giving the info of the new owner. The media attention was meant to let the new owner know about the situation in case Jasmine has no luck with the shelter into giving info.
 
S.O.B. said:
Whoa there! Don't deploy the artillery just yet, they would only be forced to keep your dog as a defensive tactic. When you locate them, try and plead with the "new owners" about the situation and your need to have Gabbie back. If it turns to shotgun diplomacy, at least you have 'em feeling guilty! Then show them the nuclear armed artillery! Go all the way through legal means, half assed effort is the equivalent of doing nothing at all.
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*Grinning* Love the way you expressed yourself there. It's good advice too, better then mine. I was too angry about the whole situation to be reasonable.
 
November Gypsy said:
*Grinning* Love the way you expressed yourself there. It's good advice too, better then mine. I was too angry about the whole situation to be reasonable.
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Thanks, I just simply put myself in her shoes combined with my experience of dealing with people and gave Jasmine my take on the situation. I would be the devil if someone took my cat or dog - they are family like anyone else. :)
 
S.O.B. said:
Thanks, I just simply put myself in her shoes combined with my experience of dealing with people and gave Jasmine my take on the situation. I would be the devil if someone took my cat or dog - they are family like anyone else. :)
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goddamn right! :mad2:
 
Seen a lot of these cases after the Hurricanes. With lost dogs cases. Sometimes the "new" owners will give the dog back to the proper family. Sometimes they went through the court process.

I hope you have vet records, and such to prove that is your dog. Pictures are no longer reliable proof. :(

Good luck on retrieving your family dog back.
 
Another thought, don't you have a dog license bought from your town that shows you own her?

Then it would be theft by the new people.
 
Jiro said:
the artillery was meant to muscle around with the shelter into giving the info of the new owner. The media attention was meant to let the new owner know about the situation in case Jasmine has no luck with the shelter into giving info.
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Definitely no cooperation there, I would seek a possible court order for the info or sue them altogether. It's one nasty evil to take, but necessary for the sake of getting Gabbie back.
 
November Gypsy said:
:slap: *Looking innocently at Jiro* Why on earth? You don't really want that...I'm a giantantic tower of fury when I'm mad. *Bares teeth*
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GOOD! MORE ANGER!
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