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[AtheistCrusader]

220. There are people for whom the number of red flags I've observed in this story will reach that conclu

sion. You bet. Not surprising or unusual. Some people react to that with polite caution, some people take a bit more jaded approach, often informed by the number of times they've seen people mistreated and ripped off. I'm not exactly defending it, but I'm certainly not going to judge it. I would encourage you to try to understand, rather than just yelling 'concern troll'. Some people are just 'done' with things that smell fishy, if you take my meaning.



TTW 'lost' me when the poster ruled out giving the dog up to a rescue society. They place dogs with forever homes as quickly as possible, because separation anxiety and other issues can permanently harm the dog. (Could explain all the alleged bad outcomes of the boarding group, whoever it was) Sometimes you have to sedate a dog to get over it. Certain breeds are more prone to it.

The vantage point I come from in life, my relationship with a pet isn't the most important thing in the relationship. I love a pet? I'm going to do the best thing for that pet. In this case, that best thing is clearly a stable, permanent home. Not 'put my dog in a kennel till I sort *my* shit out'. That's (to me) wholly unfair to the pet. That is not the right solution. I'm sorry. That's disregarding the needs of a live, social animal that has no understanding of the situation.

Why on earth are people trying to defend the cruel and heartless people who in actuality are probably making life a little more hell for someone already there?

It's been said TTW doesn't have time to post anything here. It follows that TTW then does not have time to read anything here, so I fail to see the problem of discussing the issue openly, without filters to protect TTW's feelings.

If we are wrong about TTW's motives, and this is a scam, or something inbetween the obvious range of possibilities, who would then be the cruel and heartless party? Could it be you, for attacking skeptical posters? For giving cover to a bad actor, even though you yourself would be a victim in that case?

If it's a scam or something close to, know this; I've seen worse. I've seen more elaborate constructs. I've seen more honest people sucked in, and putting themselves in a position of defending it (like you, calling people insecure and heartless (a personal attack BTW)). I've also seen situations like this by people who aren't exactly hostile scammers, but certainly bad people taking advantage of the honest generosity of others.

Not seen many happy outcomes. Wish that weren't the case, but that's the reality of it.