Babysitting dog all summer and don’t want to give it back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

Agree

[Anonymous]

I vote for jokey and low-key. The people saying you should offer to keep the person's dog are crazy. That's not how dog-sitting works.

[Anonymous]

"We are so sad to see Darlo go! We love having him here and hope you'll have us watch him again soon!" Then sigh wistfully.

[Anonymous]

“We all fell in love with the dog, and it’s going to be difficult to not have him around anymore.”

Pause - wait and see what he/she says.

[Anonymous]

Just ask “Any chance you want to leave him with us? We would love to keep him” Keep it light.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

Yup. If you had been dog sitting my dog and straight out said you wanted to keep him, I’d be freaked out and you’d probably never see him again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

Yup. If you had been dog sitting my dog and straight out said you wanted to keep him, I’d be freaked out and you’d probably never see him again.

Anyone who just expects someone to dog sit for MONTHS and not become attached to the dog is a fool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

Yup. If you had been dog sitting my dog and straight out said you wanted to keep him, I’d be freaked out and you’d probably never see him again.

Anyone who just expects someone to dog sit for MONTHS and not become attached to the dog is a fool.

Anyone who thinks they can just keep someone else’s dog because they want to is out of touch with reality.

[Anonymous]

Did you ask yet, OP? Hope you get to keep the dog! There is no harm in asking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

Yup. If you had been dog sitting my dog and straight out said you wanted to keep him, I’d be freaked out and you’d probably never see him again.

Anyone who just expects someone to dog sit for MONTHS and not become attached to the dog is a fool.

Anyone who thinks they can just keep someone else’s dog because they want to is out of touch with reality.

That's not the situation - the owner left their dog for an extended period of time for whatever reason. They shouldn't have a pet if this is the norm for them; if they were a loving pet owner they would see that their pet is happy and beloved and do what's best for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would tell your relative this in a jokey, low key way. Who knows - maybe they would love to rehome the dog especially to a loving family!

I wouldn’t even joke, I would straight out say if they are interested, your family fell in love and would love to take him in.

+1

+1 This is some kind of pathology on this board that women have where they can’t be direct. “We really fell in love with Bozo this summer, if you would like us to be his permanent home we would love that.”

+1 but you may scare the owner off - you should mitigate it with how you'd be happy to take him a couple days during the week and whenever they go away - so you don't just sound grasping.

Yup. If you had been dog sitting my dog and straight out said you wanted to keep him, I’d be freaked out and you’d probably never see him again.

Anyone who just expects someone to dog sit for MONTHS and not become attached to the dog is a fool.

Anyone )who isn't in a desperate situation) who actually allows someone else to dog-sit for months, is not attached to their own dog. Stuff like military deployment excluded, of course.

[Anonymous]

A simple question like "How much for the dog?" should suffice.